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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
that's how many companies work. Once we get over the fact that Apple is a company and not an altruistic organization, we can move on.
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That's not how all companies work. Some companies have evil plans to just screw people as much as possible out of all the money that they can take. Other companies like Google are founded by actual engineers who actually really know something about technology, founded by people who know how to program, how to do really advanced mathematics and how to build a server.
Then you have companies like Apple and Microsoft that are founded by technology opportunists that don't know much about technology but found the company based on stealing intellectual propriety from other small companies and then making a big business out of it.
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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
It's gone from "it'll add about 30 minutes of runtime" to "10 times the battery life".
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That's the difference between using Pixel Qi in an ARM Powered device where the ARM processor and the whole system basically uses milliwatts when for example reading text or just not moving anything on the screen, there Pixel Qi makes 10x difference.
And then there is the Intel based Laptops and Netbooks where the Intel processor consumes more power than LCD backlights, there the improvement is below 2x because you still have to run the Intel processor and the whole x86 system all the time.
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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
the most recent 10x comment was based on the 2W to 200mW = 10x efficiency statement made by Notion Ink, even though Pixel Qi stated around 500mW).
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5x for the screen, but even further optimizations in overall power consumption are made much more easilly using ARM processors than Intel.
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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
You do not appear to understand how light works though, if you believe it is like looking directly at a light bulb or looking at the sun.
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I understand how light works. It's like looking into neon lights with few words and transparent images stickered on it as content. Have fun doing that for hours for reading books.
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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
Apple does not need to use Pixel Qi to be popular.
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Luckilly Pixel Qi does not need Apple to be popular either. There are plenty other huge companies that can't wait to out-compete Apple with better Android products on the market.
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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
Yes, some people wish for it and are disappointed that Apple hasn't taken it up, but those people are not important or common enough yet,
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People who read have been the dominant segment of society for centuries. Apple is disregarding the interest of the majority of consumers because they would rather sell a few more Britney Spears music videos or ifartbeer apps first.