He said: “One other crucial area in which it must improve radically and I think this is the key one. A book, typically, has a resolution of between 600 and 2,400dpi [dots per square inch]. A computer screen has about 74. It’s not comfortable to read. When I’ve finished a day’s work on the computer I print the stuff out and go and sit on the sofa to read it. When resolution improves that – coupled with a screen that is backlit – will, I believe, change a lot of attitudes very quickly.
In February 2001, just three months before he died aged 49 from a heart attack, Adams addressed a convention in Cannes on mobile phone technology – then in its relative infancy.
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