Comments on: CES

By: Yu

Yu — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:23:41 +0000

I’m keeping my hopes up, that they won’t do something as stupid as moving a glossy coating over a pixel qi screen; But are there any non-”glossy” Touchscreens out there?

Even if it was to come with supposedly matte glass surface I seems they will still add unwanted reflections; At least I had that impression with the Viliv S10 on the videos (i.e. http://www.umpcportal.com/2010/01/viliv-s10-at-ces-coming-in-feb/ ) which was announced somewhen to come with a matte touchscreens. Sadly I’m not even sure this holds true for the unit shown, so I can’t really tell…

By: mukiex

mukiex — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 07:17:09 +0000

I have no clue where the glossy fad even started. Even non-Qi screens look horrendous with that coating. Does nobody own windows when they design these things?

By: foxcatalyst

foxcatalyst — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:28:51 +0000

I hope that new Pixel qi displays will no be with glare coating. The mirror-like screens are of no use when working outdoors.

By: mukiex

mukiex — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:48:27 +0000

Keep in mind, Yu, that that version is a prototype (the “case” was made out of wood and painted, IIRC). The final version is supposed to have a matte finish. Personally, I’m not even LOOKING at any tablet that doesn’t have a 3Qi screen and a Tegra or ION platform, and the a device with the former chip’s gonna have to have some verification that it can play anything I throw at it, unmodified.

By: Yu

Yu — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:56:04 +0000

Well, about Tablets… http://www.slashgear.com/notion-ink-adam-hands-on-0969281/

I got a bit irritated by that device; I guess that’s an example how the concept suffers from touch screen layers, which are like mirrors, though I suppose its still a huge improvement compared to ordinary screens (after all, no matter how bright the reflections get, the incoming light also improves the brightness of the wanted screen content, right?)

By: sergey samokhov

sergey samokhov — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:21:52 +0000

@Rebuilt: Yep, for some reason I’m more excited about 3Qi netvertibles (or even just netbooks) than all this tablet stuff. I mean, almost any e-Ink reader will do for books, and I don’t surf or read news or watch the tube that much, but the ability to _work_ in an epaper mode is something only Pixel Qi can do any time soon.

By: Rebuilt

Rebuilt — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:53:13 +0000

There is a great article on Pixel Qi in the February 2010 edition of Popular Science starting on page 46. I’m about to read it now. From a quick flick there is graphical explanation of the 3Qi technology and two glamour shots of the good doctor. Its six pages long.

Dr. Jepsen, may you make a post about this article for comments?

Thanks,

Rebuilt.

By: Rebuilt

Rebuilt — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:23:54 +0000

Wow! The interwebs are awash with video of the 3Qi partying in Las Vegas. Lets hope for the 3Qi that what happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas. Still we’ve only heard from the Notion Ink folk on the use of the 3Qi with the remainder of Pixel Qi’s tight lipped clients keeping their ships afloat. The suspense!! Will Apple break out a 3Qi i-something-or-the-other later this month, or MSI’s duel be released with 3Qi, or HP’s slate, or the enTourage eDGe pop out an edger version with dual 3Qi? All those 3Qi rolling of the factory line are going somewhere and it doesn’t look as if Notion Ink are that ready to receive them. What if the secrete big name is not Apple but instead Asus? They certainly did a lot with netbooks last year. 3Qi netverables, anyone?

By: sergey samokhov

sergey samokhov — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:25:03 +0000

@pepe: I could live without touchscreen, especially on my netbook. If I had (or was about to buy) a netvertible, that might be a different story. Besides, Pixel Qi screens themselves have no touchscreen layer, leave alone “touch-interface”.
As for DIY connectors, I don’t think that’s an impossible (or forbiddingly expensive) task. After all, even netbooks are made to be maintainable, and there’s not that much panels/motherboards/video-chips manufacturers out there. At the very outside, the kits can be made for the most popular models (after careful considerations I propose starting with Samsung NC-10 ).

By: pepe

pepe — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:50:56 +0000

@Rebuilt, the actual conference starts just today. And note how PixelQi keeps using plural form for their customers…

@linrong, Current status is that other sizes will come later. Only 10 inch available as of now.

And even now with CES it appears we still have to wait several months..especially those of us who are not US citizen. I would have bought an eBook-reader several months ago had I known this..

@PixelQi: I’m quite sceptical about the DIY offer. Current netvertibles/tablets are probably highly integrated. How likely is it that the cabeling/sockets matches? What about touch-interface?