[RayChuang88]

I think the small screen size plus the 1204x600 resolution is why the Color Nook looks so good at rendering text. This is why I really want Apple to use 1280x768 or 1280x960 resolution for the 2G iPad for cleaner looking text--effectively Retina Display quality holding the iPad between 1.5 and 2 feet from your eyes.

[Swordmaker]

I think the small screen size plus the 1204x600 resolution is why the Color Nook looks so good at rendering text.

It's 1024, not 1204, Ray... nothing special... but the small size does help. The smaller dot pitch means that when you build larger fonts you can use smaller dots and wind up with denser packed dots for equivalent size on the screen. It will look better. The iPhone4's 960 x 640 on a 3.5" screen retina display will blow it away, though.