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Originally Posted by Robertb
Sorry, DG25! We will meet with Pixel QI in our offices in very early June and will get a sample. They are not ready to roll out panels yet and there is a lot of planning to accomdate that panel. It is proceeding. I expect working prototypes in October with a major unveiling at CES in early January and release in maybe February, 2010. The first product will be 8.9 inch with a 10.1 at a later date.
The 7 inch color screened "Lectra" is only in for trial tests. It is LCD but gets about 8-10 hours per charge. More will be published on my blog when the trial proceeds to yield results.
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Actually 8-10hrs for a prototype is pretty impressive. Give the engineers the time and they will ar least triple that number. And if used as an ebook reader mode only I could see run times approaching 50-60hrs. I expect in real world use we will be looking at 20-30hr run times. It is a significant compromise but if we can get better pocket size readers using eink or an analog to drag along on treks into the wild for a week or more, it would then make sense, maybe, to actually own two devices.
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Originally Posted by kacir
You should also consider the finish of the surface. Will it be matte, semi gloss, high gloss, super shiny? For a high gloss surface a "Ferrari red" might be an interesting choice
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Very good point. The trend over the past 5ish years toward glossy finish laptops is laughable because a glossy black or white case will show every nick, scuff and scratch. Darker colors are the worst offenders. They also show wear much more quickly. Perhaps there are two reasons for these cases, first joe consumers are attracted to shiny things and second people think if the case looks worn it is time to buy something new, even though the guts of the thing will chug along for another decade doing everything you need just fine. Think about it this way, have you ever seen a business build laptop with a glossy case? I think maybe Dell made some once, but I do not know for certain.
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Originally Posted by Robertb
Nobody has mentioned brown yet... a brown not quite to Mahogany could look great!!
You commented about greens and blues and I am happy that you did. The Luchscher Color Tests showed that people respond best to light lime green and light tan.
I will look into the Boxwave Clear Touch Anti-Glare today and see how pricing might work. This is a valuable tip and I appreciate it!!
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I actually thought the lime green on the "cooler reader" or whatever that cheap device is called was not an objectible color. Still until seeing it in real life, as you and others have mentioned, color on the display, especially LCD's (even if color calibrated and using a proper color profile) are far from good at representing color accurately.
A tan color might also be interesting as I was serious about the bamboo thing.
One thing is I would be in favor of a satin or even brushed metal type finish. Think about painting wallks in your home, satin paint hides most everything whereas glossy exposes every flaw.
And about the Boxwave screen overlays. A very nice part of the anti-glare overlay is it has a feel just like paper. This helps when writing on the device...but also there are those who do appreciate the improved clarity of a glossy display even if they require near perfect lighting to use w/o eye strain issues.