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The point was that this technology has seen mass production and release. It's not just vaporware. Quote:
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08-28-2009, 02:28 PM | #17 | |
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Another thing to think about is that Mary Lou Jepsen (hope I spell it right) said that in the beginning there was absolutely zero change in manufacturing compared to a regular LCD screen.
With all the revisions I think she had to take back those words, as they already mentioned using different layering system on their PiQi screens, including adding a touchscreen layer by default,as well as reducing the thickness of the screens. Perhaps it's even possible to make them of plastic instead of glass, so they'd be a little more tolerant to bending (glass breaks faster). That on itself (the different layering they use, and the built in touchscreen) has to imply that at least 'some' change had to be done on the original design of the LCD screen. I still expect a lot of netbooks to be manufactured with the newer Atom. I just read on tomshardware the following: Quote:
If the manufacturers are of the same thought, they probably will have the first netbook batches ready by February or March (since there's not too much to change compared to a regular netbook). That would be 6 months down the road, but who knows? Last edited by ProDigit; 08-28-2009 at 02:31 PM. |
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I'm also hoping for interesting things involving PixelQi, but I'm a little skeptical about what early implementations will be like. I guess that depends on who their first big customers are. As a concept, I think it'd be wicked to see a netbook with not only a pixelqi screen for general consumption of reading content, but also an independent controller/OS for ultra-low power ebook reading. I am quite curious about the appearance of text in the reflective mode. I'm not too hopeful, since it doesn't appear to exceed ebook reader electrophoretics. However, it would interest me significantly to see how it fares next to an M218a or Jetbook, and whether OS-adjustable text AA can make delicate serif typefaces usable. In any event, I don't think they're really aspiring to one-up electrophoretics in monochrome display quality, but rather in all-around versatility (too bad though, still hoping for a silver bullet [not to be confused with a gray one]). |
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There are ARM powered netbooksavailable. They get about 10 hours of battery life under light use. With a screen like this,it could result in upto about 15 hours of use; a bit in the likes of the Iliad.
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I think they'd make an excellent display for the Apple tablet. Can I start a new rumor?
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