Computex Update - Pixel Qi
We are showing about a dozen different products and prototypes at Computex 2010 this week. We are in 5 tablets, a few netbooks, and are also displaying multitouch, wide-viewing angle screens, and pen-based digitizing and all combinations thereof.
A customer asked to compare our screen with an ipad screen in sunlight and while en route outside I ran into Charbax and asked him if he wished to video tape it - which he did - the result is here . Various Apple fans are crying foul which is bizarre to us. Let me say right here and right now - we will take the best ipad vs pixel qi screen test proposed and face off with them. (and to add - we have great respect for the Apple display team and their accomplishments - but have gone a different path to create innovative screens of our own).
- Mary Lou
Fantastic news! I’m really glad things are moving along.
So! When can I buy a conversion kit?
Excellent news! I’ve seen video of Innoversal’s tablet as well.
Dr. Jepsen,
May you consider an extended DYI screen programme. Consider that there are many cellphone users out there that would love to have a 3Qi in their phone; iPhone, Nexus One, and so on. The problem is that there are different screen sizes; iPhone is 3.5 inch, Nexus One is 3.7inch, and so on; but many phones share the same screen size. I believe that there is a solution to this if you pre-sell the screens.
That is, first you work out how many screens of each size you need to produced to make it a viable run at the factory. Say you need 5000 3.7 inch screens (yes, I own a Nexus One) to make it a viable run. You then pre-sell the screens and only make the run when you reach the 5000 number. Then you only make the 5000, charge the DYI’ers, and ship the screens. You’d make it a limited time offer (say, one month) and only produce the one batch. If the orders don’t reach the batch size by the time the offer expires then you don’t create any screens the DYI’ers luck out.
To get the pre-sales started you could offer the first 1000 at 90%, 2nd 1000 at 95% 3rd at 100%, 4th at 105% and 5th at 110%. Or you could keep it all at 100%. Whichever you think will get the batch to fill faster. I think you’d be surprised how quickly the batch would fill. There are far more phones out there than netbooks/laptops. There are even businesses built around digitiser and screen repairs for cellphones. So there are methods for less tech savvy people to upgrade their phone screens.
I’d like to swap my Nexus One 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED for a 3.7 inch 3Qi. I’m sure someone would write an Android widget to shut-off the screen’s backlight or at least turn it way-way-down.
Thanks.
I just want one Pixel Qi-sporting tablet (or netvertible) with a 1080p capable, Linux-friendly chip (Broadcom Crystal HD, Nvidia ION/Tegra 2, etc.).
We get closer every day, I can’t wait.
Also, I think the main reason people “cried foul” is due to the exact same problem with every “comparison” your company has shown, even going as far back as to the Kindle/Pixel Qi/Toshiba comparison from way back when.
You really need to show identical content on all screens.
This is as simple as loading the same web page on all screens being compared. A slight difference in browser rendering or screen resolution is substantially different from comparing a screen running a black-text-on-a-white-background web page to an iPad running the home menu, which is mostly a dark background, colored icons, and a smidgen of white text.
Slowly pan a camera back and forth between the compared devices, in sunlight, as they all lie flat and level, and you won’t get any complaints. However, people will cry fowl when this “spot of the moment” comparison doesn’t get compared with even a simple, more comprehensive, more slow and direct, comparison within a few days.
I know you guys are incredibly busy getting production going, but if you wanted to know why people are crying fowl, that’s why. Show them something that leaves no doubt, as the screen easily will in a direct, scientific comparison, and mouths will be shut.
If you’re going to do that, however, I’d also suggest throwing in the “anti-glare” Macbook Pro screen, if only to show that, even if Apple was shooting for a glare-free experience on the iPad, it wouldn’t even begin to compare to the Qi3.