Retina display

As sturdy as Apple’s MacBooks are, it’s a little depressing to pull your laptop out of your bag and discover a ding or scratch on the aluminum case. If you want some extra protection for your laptop, Handy Candy Cases’ $60 HardShell Case might be the answer. Hard Candy makes the HardShell Case for...

Macworld blogger Steven Aquino wrote a fascinating piece today on how Apple's Retina display technology has helped him -- a legally blind individual with extremely low vision -- to be able to enjoy Apple's products as if he had no vision limitations at all . Aquino says that he had used the...

Sharp, one of Apple’s display suppliers that is rumored to have just begun production on next-gen iPhone displays , this week announced it will soon begin producing notebook displays with the highest pixel density in the biz. With displays ranging from 11.6 inches to 15.6 inches, it’s entirely a...

iOS’s accessibility features are great, particularly on the iPad— as I’ve written elsewhere —but for disabled users, accessibility is more than just a niche set of options in the Settings app. But perhaps the greatest accessibility feature is the most obvious part of a smartphone: the screen. As a...

When Apple started putting high-resolution retina displays into its line of MacBook notebook computers, it spurred a lot of competitors to begin offering high-resolution screens and notebooks for themselves. This is good news for users who prefer high-resolution screens. During CES 2013 back in...

Switching resolutions on a Retina MacBook Pro usually requires going through System Preferences, but an app called QuickRes is designed to mitigate that annoying process. QuickRes puts an icon in your Mac’s menu bar that allows you to quickly jump between a variety of preset display resolutions all...

With each passing moment, we get closer to Apple's next iPhone launch, which is made even more dramatic by Apple's desperate need for a design win. It's not that Apple will go out of business if the next iPhone is a flop, but with Samsung gaining so much market share and BlackBerry's recent...

Meet Toshiba's Kirabook, a high-res Ultrabook for the Windows world. Andrew Cunningham High-resolution, high-density screens are expected on most high-end phones and tablets today. Everything from the iPhone 5 to the Samsung Galaxy S 4 to the Nexus 10 is trying to pack as many pixels as it can into...

Toshiba is claiming a first in the Ultrabook PC race, launching a new line of machines with Super HD resolution screens. The new range will go by the name Kira and features 13.3-inch displays with 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution LCD panels. This gives Toshiba a pole position in screen spec among its...

While we’d certainly like to see an iPad Mini with a Retina display this year, months of rumors have produced no compelling evidence that it’s going to happen. If anything, we’re less certain about the prospect than ever in light of several conflicting reports. Thanks for nothing, rumor mill! The...