If they are going to the extent of having new LCDs fabricated, why not just license reflective/transmissive switchable LCDs from Pixel Qi? The ability to read your display in full sunlight and comfortably read e-books without backlight-induced eyestrain would more than make up for any slight decrease in pixel density WRT the Iphone4. And shaving 80% off the power consumption would also give phones with reflective-mode LCDs unbeatable battery life.

After all, if you can't read the display because the ambient light is too high (or your battery is dead), all the pixels in the world make no difference at all. Whoever comes out with a decent reflective-mode LCD smartphone will probably outsell the Iphone in short order.

Yeah, it's not "Hype." I almost turned in my iPhone4 for a Galaxy S, until I saw the Galaxy S's screen - it looks like it has vast, black ditches between the pixels. YUCK.

Hype? No. Hope? yes. Android needs to catch up to that badly.

I waited for ages for Apple to stick a decent screen resolution on the iPhone. Now, having heard too many bad things about iOS and getting increasingly annoyed with Windows Mobile, I'm waiting for a decent Android option. There's no way I'm living with a PenTile matrix, though (my other half has a Desire, but it would annoy me), and WVGA is so last year dahlings, so the sooner we get DVGA or (for 4") XGA/SXGA/720p on a phone, the better.

And a picoprojector (854x480 will do). And a laser keyboard. And a pony.

Get it out the door, someone. My credit card is waiting.