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Old 03-21-2009, 04:55 AM   #1622
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Re: Pixel Qi

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Originally Posted by Sonist View Post
I might be a bit too skeptical, but I feel what might be a warm mist in the air....
As someone who has eagerly awaited e-book technology for years, I understand where your skepticism comes from. I know that e-ink has finally delivered an adequate solution, but the wait and over-promises to get here have been tortuous.

On the other hand, I watched the announcement of the OLPC and thought they would never get the price as low as $200. The screen alone seemed like it would break that budget. One of the groundbreaking innovations that made the OLPC work was the special two-mode (high resolution b/w and color) screen from the founder at Pixel Qi.

Basically, the difference between Pixel Qi and the other vaporware e-book devices is that they have already delivered a real product in high volumes. Although the OLPC has fallen far short of estimates it appears that its actual shipments have been near the number of shipments of e-ink readers (neither e-ink shipments nor OLPC shipments are known figures, but it appears that they are in the same neighborhood).

So, Pixel Qi is not talking about a lab prototype and vaporware. They are actually talking about the second generation of a product that is already available.

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