MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Multimode Displays from PixelQi due next month!

Charbax · 05-12-2009, 06:11 PM

3Qi is going to have 3 modes:

1. A very low-power, sunlight-readable, reflective E-paper mode

2. A full-color, bright, conventional LCD mode

3. A low-power, basic color transflective mode !!

So the 3Qi will also offer color in low power mode for transflective use!! (transflection I think means surrouding light intensifies the perceived brightness on the color screen.) Perhaps a light sensor can be situated next to the screen, to dynamically change the backlight intensity according to the surrounding light.

I think that perhaps that E-readers with the 3Qi may just as well be built like clamshell Tablet computers, with a full keyboard either staying behind the screen when in E-reader or tablet modes, or covering the screen when closed for example in the bag. And perpendicular to the screen like a laptop on the table to input text and browse the Internet and anything you would do with a real laptop. 3Qi basically would turn the Kindle DX type device into a fully fledged laptop, or turn every netbooks into E-ink like E-readers.

Pixel Qi is launching a 10,5" and a 7,5" (OLPC XO-1 sized) model within the next to months according to http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/05/pixel-qi/

I have an XO-1 right here and have been updating http://olpc.tv for the past 3 years. I think Mary Lou Jepsen's XO-1 screen is amazingly awesome and a million children in developing countries are enjoying it right now every day at school and at their homes with their families.

An improved E-reader mode (more contrast, even better visibility), a color transflective mode and a higher quality full color mode would be fantastic. On top of that a 10,5" model good for the high volume commercial netbook markets, and even touchscreen capability.

05-12-2009, 06:11 PM	#24
Charbax Addict Posts: 203 Karma: 550683 Join Date: Mar 2007	3Qi is going to have 3 modes: 1. A very low-power, sunlight-readable, reflective E-paper mode 2. A full-color, bright, conventional LCD mode 3. A low-power, basic color transflective mode !! So the 3Qi will also offer color in low power mode for transflective use!! (transflection I think means surrouding light intensifies the perceived brightness on the color screen.) Perhaps a light sensor can be situated next to the screen, to dynamically change the backlight intensity according to the surrounding light. I think that perhaps that E-readers with the 3Qi may just as well be built like clamshell Tablet computers, with a full keyboard either staying behind the screen when in E-reader or tablet modes, or covering the screen when closed for example in the bag. And perpendicular to the screen like a laptop on the table to input text and browse the Internet and anything you would do with a real laptop. 3Qi basically would turn the Kindle DX type device into a fully fledged laptop, or turn every netbooks into E-ink like E-readers. Pixel Qi is launching a 10,5" and a 7,5" (OLPC XO-1 sized) model within the next to months according to http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/05/pixel-qi/ I have an XO-1 right here and have been updating http://olpc.tv for the past 3 years. I think Mary Lou Jepsen's XO-1 screen is amazingly awesome and a million children in developing countries are enjoying it right now every day at school and at their homes with their families. An improved E-reader mode (more contrast, even better visibility), a color transflective mode and a higher quality full color mode would be fantastic. On top of that a 10,5" model good for the high volume commercial netbook markets, and even touchscreen capability. Last edited by Charbax; 05-12-2009 at 06:14 PM.