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Originally Posted by charleski
The primary issue was probably one of availability. With screens only coming into production now I doubt PixelQi could have guaranteed Apple the quantity of screens they'd want.
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Pixel Qi is designed to be mass manufactured according to demand from day one. If Apple puts a billion dollars on the table, you can be sure Pixel Qi would deliver just as many screens they need.
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Originally Posted by mores
direct-sunlight-reading is one of the last things I am bound to do 
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Pixel Qi does not require direct sunlight to be readable. In fact, ambient light is better than direct sunlight on the screen. Ambient light such as reading in the shadow of the sun is the best way to read on the Pixel Qi screen.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Frankly, I think it's barking mad to suggest that the iPad is going to be a "failure" because it doesn't use a specific screen technology. (...)
I confidently predict that it will be a huge success.
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During the next few months, several other companies can unveil $200 10" Tablets that run 50 hours on a battery, that are actually readable using Pixel Qi screen technology, and that will be able to multi-task and do all the other much better things that Android does so well and that will only do even better for higher resolution larger screens.
The ipad will not sell more than the Apple TV, if you want to call that a failure or not, I dunno. That's still potentially a few million devices, it's just not going to revolutionize anything.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Precisely, and I think that's the point that some people may be overlooking. The majority of buyers will be purchasing it for music, video, web browsing, etc, not as a book reader.
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Music is better on a pocketable device, video is better on the HDTV, web browsing is better on the laptop. A 10" Tablet can only be good if it is good for reading. If you are the type at all that enjoy reading and eventually taking notes on A4 sized pages.
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Originally Posted by delphidb96
That is not to say that the 3Qi tech won't be better, just that I'm not really ready to commit to a 'product' which can't state it *is* available or will be available within the next two months.
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Apple prides itself (and by its legion of fanboys) for being an innovating company, which means that Apple should be one of the companies pushing new technologies into the market. I just don't find them innovating at all if they don't push the market forward using Pixel Qi screen technology.
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Originally Posted by Sonist
Regardless of what a few here and there think, Flash is one of the most widely adopted internet technologies, with practically 100% install rate. (...) the lack of Flash (is) unacceptable
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Let's use Android Tablets instead. Full Flash 10.1 support in Android is imminent. No reason Android Tablets can't do as much if not much more than the ipad.