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Originally Posted by JSWolf
pixelqi never made screens for readers. So you do have it incorrect.
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I thought so, but they originally created a small batch of 5" screens at the very beginning, before they started experimenting with backlit LCD's that made color.
The screen is obviously PixelQI technology, an extremely thin LCD substrate over a white background and a non-glossy, non fingerprint absorbant screen like e-ink devices.
It's very hard to believe any other company would have created this, unless PixelQi has no license on this technology, or allow just any manufacturer to copy their material.
I know they made small batches about 1 year ago for 5" screens, for what they called 'mobile devices', even though their current screens are only 9 or 10".
It would not surprise me that ectaco had signed up for a few batches for their jetbook, or perhaps just bought one engineering sample (they where quite expensive, in the $400 range) and reverse engineered it, and manufactured their own.
Seeing that they sell the ectaco mini for less than $75 street price, I probably think they manufacture their own screens, though based on a pixel Qi screen!
*Edit: I just read that "Toshiba was the original developer of the low power grayscale LCD screen that this unit utilizes.", still, it is so good, that I have a hard time believing Pixelqi's can be any better (save for a small increase in contrast ratio)