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emellaich · 09-06-2009, 10:25 PM

All of the speculation above is why I said Pixel Qi. Not only is price an Eink barrier, but from what I've read its color mode will not be anywhere near commercially ready by the end of this year.

In regard to Pixel Qi and touch screen, my belief is that it works together just fine. I think that a rumor got started by someone who misunderstood a statement by the CTO. My belief was that the CTO was referring to the specific prototype produced and said it wasn't Touch Screen. Some folks took that to be a statement that the technology didn't support touch screen. However this rumor began, I am sure that after the rumor leaked out the CTO made a statement that the Pixel Qi technology was fully compatible with touch screen technology and there would be no barriers to using it.

So, I think we have two choices for this tech. Either its pixel qi or its traditional LCD. If the latter it's going to be a major disappointment. Actually, I'm a bit worried about it anyway. Touch screen, color, what O/S will it run Win7? I'm not convinced that they can deliver what they claim for $164 (100 British pounds). This is like delivering the iphone or G1 with a bigger screen for a cheaper price. I'm assuming there will be compromises galore. Probably a slow processor and creaking performance.

Furthermore, they talk about a range of devices. I doubt very much the dual screen device is there low-end system. Probably a low-end smaller screen system more akin to the Ipod Touch in size up to a $600 dual screen, touch-screen system.

09-06-2009, 10:25 PM	#17
emellaich Wizard Posts: 1,101 Karma: 4388403 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Palm>Ebookman>IPaq>Axim>Cybook>Kndl2>IPAD>Kndl3SO>Voyager>Oasis	All of the speculation above is why I said Pixel Qi. Not only is price an Eink barrier, but from what I've read its color mode will not be anywhere near commercially ready by the end of this year. In regard to Pixel Qi and touch screen, my belief is that it works together just fine. I think that a rumor got started by someone who misunderstood a statement by the CTO. My belief was that the CTO was referring to the specific prototype produced and said it wasn't Touch Screen. Some folks took that to be a statement that the technology didn't support touch screen. However this rumor began, I am sure that after the rumor leaked out the CTO made a statement that the Pixel Qi technology was fully compatible with touch screen technology and there would be no barriers to using it. So, I think we have two choices for this tech. Either its pixel qi or its traditional LCD. If the latter it's going to be a major disappointment. Actually, I'm a bit worried about it anyway. Touch screen, color, what O/S will it run Win7? I'm not convinced that they can deliver what they claim for $164 (100 British pounds). This is like delivering the iphone or G1 with a bigger screen for a cheaper price. I'm assuming there will be compromises galore. Probably a slow processor and creaking performance. Furthermore, they talk about a range of devices. I doubt very much the dual screen device is there low-end system. Probably a low-end smaller screen system more akin to the Ipod Touch in size up to a $600 dual screen, touch-screen system.