http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/ Engadget Comments for Pixel Qi ramping production lines, multitouch (40-hour?) tablets at CES http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/Dec 7th 2009 5:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/Dec 7th 2009 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/Dec 7th 2009 6:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/
Not really... so called "transflective" LCDs have been around for many years. Though compared to those that have come before it, the reflective state with the Pixel Qi technology seems to have much better contrast.]]>Dec 7th 2009 7:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/Dec 7th 2009 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/Dec 7th 2009 6:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/Dec 7th 2009 11:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/How do you know it's not Apple, d'you work for them.

I'm just thinking the Apple tabley has to have some nifty trick or else what's the big deal?]]>Jan 9th 2010 3:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/Dec 7th 2009 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/Dec 7th 2009 6:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/
Bout 41 hours]]>Dec 7th 2009 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/
That, and the MOTO AMP 10.
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If these displays are so cheap to crank out .. they could easily sell a huge amount of these in Africa and India etc.

Surely they could make $20 TVs that could run off solar or battery power if need be.
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Is it a .... "super-twist" display? LOL

Seriously, eInk is NOT the same as a non-backlit LCD. We've had those! Your watch or calculator probably is one. There have been many non-backlit LCD eReaders (they've all failed too) already.

I don't see the innovation here.]]>Dec 7th 2009 6:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/Dec 7th 2009 7:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/
Thanks for the clarification... then I will retract my call for e-ink within the hardware (see below, not above).]]>Dec 7th 2009 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/
Why do you read engadget?]]>Dec 7th 2009 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/
Crap, the cool technology reduced me to child speech.

Gimmie, gimmie, gimmie!]]>Dec 7th 2009 6:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/Dec 7th 2009 6:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/Dec 7th 2009 8:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/Dec 7th 2009 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/Dec 7th 2009 8:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/Dec 7th 2009 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/
I'm not sure what the difference is between that and the ThinkPad technology, except for the fact that you can only get the ThinkPad SuperBright in, well, a ThinkPad.

I haven't seen a direct comparison between the two, but from separate demos, 3Qi looks to have more contrast outdoors, with the sacrifice of seeing even less colour.]]>Dec 7th 2009 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/They are similar in some ways, but Pixel Qi seems to be a more refined technology for outdoor viewing compared with currently available solutions. One of the videos Charbax posted some time ago gave a little demonstration of an early Pixel Qi model compared to a Toshiba transflective notebook display, with quite an advantage going to the former.

The goal is to approach e-paper levels of readability in ambient lighting conditions, sacrificing overall color response in the process. They admitted some time ago to lack the "white" of e-ink (which actually isn't very bright in the first place, only about 60-80% as bright as paperback paper), but I don't know if they've discussed the black point in reflective mode, or if/how OS-based font smoothing techniques can be tweaked (or disabled) for optimal font viewing.

Still very cool possibility for devices. Between this, Mirasol, and Liquavista, with other possible competing techs out there as well (even the LCD tech in the JetBook is quite OK and could be developed to much higher resolutions), I'm somewhat hopeful for the future of daylight-readable, battery-friendly devices without the tragic limitations of currently available e-ink.]]>Dec 7th 2009 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/07/pixel-qi-displays-hit-production-lines-in-january-multitouch-4/why isn't this news breaking?]]>Dec 7th 2009 4:25PM