that's uncorrect. Old applications will look the same (just using 4 pixels instead of 1), text and other standard elements will be rendered at the new resolutio

that's uncorrect. Old applications will look the same (just using 4 pixels instead of 1), text and other standard elements will be rendered at the new resolution. If you make them at 640 x 980 they will just look better, but screen-ratio is the same, so no big deal. Also a one year cycle for new products is understandable and easy to deal with. Guess what, for the next year I know exactly on which devices I will work on. For Android every other day there is a new phone, with different specs, different UI layer and a lot of other differences.