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  • Toshiba is done with netbooks (in the US)

    Toshiba is done with netbooks (in the US)

    Earlier this year Toshiba introduced its first netbook with an Intel Atom N2600 Cedar Trail processor. But if ...

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  • VIA APC: A $49 Android computer with an ARM11 CPU

    VIA APC: A $49 Android computer with an ARM11 CPU

    VIA Technologies is entering Raspberry Pi territory with its latest product -- the APC. It's a $49 barebones ...

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  • $74 PC on a stick features Allwinner A10 CPU, Android 4.0

    $74 PC on a stick features Allwinner A10 CPU, Android 4.0

    The FXI Cotton Candy is getting a lot of attention as a PC on a stick that will ...

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  • AMD launches Trinity processors with an eye on “ultrathin” laptops

    AMD launches Trinity processors with an eye on ultrathin laptops

    AMD has launched its second-generation A-series line of processors aimed at a wide range of computers from desktops ...

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  • 10 Ultrabook deals for under $800

    10 Ultrabook deals for under $800

    Ultrabooks are thin and light laptops that use Intel processors and solid state disks (or solid state cache) ...

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  • How to root a Kindle Fire with Software Version 6.3.1

    How to root a Kindle Fire with Software Version 6.3.1

    Amazon released a minor software update for the Kindle Fire this week. It gives users a little more ...

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  • New kernel brings Netflix to Android 4.0 Kindle Fire

    New kernel brings Netflix to Android 4.0 Kindle Fire

    Kindle Fire owners have been hacking Amazon's $199 Android 2.3 tablet to install unofficial versions of Android 4.0 ...

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  • CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0.1 for the NOOK Tablet kills (some) bugs dead

    CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0.1 for the NOOK Tablet kills (some) bugs dead

    Just over a week after releasing the first build of Android 4.0 for the Barnes & Noble NOOK ...

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Pixel Qi promises retina-quality low power displays

Pixel Qi power comparison

Pixel Qi’s low power displays are based on standard LCD display technology — but the company’s screens support a high contrast mode that allows you to turn off the backlight and use the screens in direct sunlight — or in any room where you just want to save power. There are about a dozen devices available with Pixel Qi displays…

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April 21st, 2012, 7:51 am by Brad Linder | 3 Comments

Intel: Future could use less power Panel Self Refresh tech

Intel Panel Self Refresh

One of the reasons E Ink displays consume less power than LCD screens is because they only draw power when the image on the screen changes. You can leave a Kindle or NOOK reader open to a page in a book for weeks without any noticeable power drain. Try doing that with a notebook or tablet and see how far…

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April 13th, 2012, 10:00 am by Brad Linder | 7 Comments

Intel: Retina laptop, desktop displays coming in 2013

Intel screen resolutions

Apple calls the displays on its iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad “retina” displays because they have so many pixels packed so tightly that it’s impossible for the human eye to tell one pixel from another while holding the device a comfortable distance away from your face. Android tablet makers are expected to step up their game soon, with Acer, Asus,…

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April 11th, 2012, 3:58 pm by Brad Linder | 14 Comments

LG introduces 6 inch flexible e-Paper display

LG epaper

Most popular eBook readers on the market today have the same boring screen: a 6 inch, 800 x 600 pixel e-ink display. Sure, it doesn’t use much power and looks great outdoors. But will it bend? I didn’t think so. Enter LG’s new flexible electronic paper display. LG’s new screen is a 6 inch, 1024 x 768 pixel e-ink display….

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March 29th, 2012, 1:55 pm by Brad Linder | No Comments »

On-Lap 1302 is a 13.3 inch display for your smartphone (or laptop or camera)

On-Lap 1302

Smartphone displays seem to be getting bigger and bigger all the time, but I still wouldn’t want to use a Samsung Galaxy Note with a 5.3 inch screen to watch a movie with a friend. A company called GeChic has a solution – the On-Lap 1302. It’s a 13.3 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display which you can use as…

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March 19th, 2012, 12:00 pm by Brad Linder | No Comments »

Fourth Dimension packs 2048 x 1536 display onto a 1 inch screen

Fourth Dimension Displays

The new iPad is getting a lot of attention for its high resolution, 9.7 inch 2048 x 1536 pixel display. In fact, the pixels are packed so tightly that you can’t really see them while holding the tablet about 15 inches from your face. But Fourth Dimension Displays has gone a few steps further. The company offers 1 inch screens…

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March 18th, 2012, 9:03 am by Brad Linder | 3 Comments

Qualcomm buys display company Pixtronix

Bambook eReader

Qualcomm may be known first and foremost for making the processors that power millions of phones and tablets. But the company also has a display division… and it’s about to get a little bigger. EE Times reports Qualcomm has acquired display company Pixtronix for about $175 million. Pixtronix is a startup working on MEMS display technology which can offer high…

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January 26th, 2012, 11:20 am by Brad Linder | No Comments »

Pixel Qi sunlight readable displays at CES 2012

sunlight

Pixel Qi makes LCD displays that can be viewed outdoors in direct sunlight using nothing but ambient light. In full color LCD mode they still look better outdoors than a typical screen, but you can also cut the backlight entirely and use the screens in a high-contrast, nearly black and white mode that uses as much as 80 percent less…

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January 11th, 2012, 4:00 pm by Brad Linder | 1 Comment

Hands-on with the Kyobo Mirasol eReader

Korean eBook company Kyobo is now selling the first consumer device with a Qualcomm Mirasol display (although a Chinese company just announced that it’s ready to follow suit). The Kyobo eReader runs a modified version of Google Android 2.3 with an emphasis on eBooks, but it can also play videos, view photos, or perform other activities. That’s important, because unlike…

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January 10th, 2012, 12:00 pm by Brad Linder | No Comments »

LightPad projector turns your phone into a laptop, home theater

lightpad

Modern smartphones have crazy fast processors, high resolution displays, and enough features to make a 10-year-old laptop weep with shame. But they’re limited by their size. It’s hard to watch a movie with friends on a 4 inch display, and it’s hard to type your doctoral dissertation using an on-screen keyboar. QP Optoelectronics plans to show off a new device…

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December 20th, 2011, 9:50 am by Brad Linder | 3 Comments

Closer look at the Kyobo eReader with Mirasol color display

Kyobo eReader

Korean company Kyobo introduced the first eBook reader with a Qualcomm Mirasol display recently. The device has a 5.7 inch, 1024  x 768 pixel low power color screen that can handle books or magazines as well as full-motion video content. Nicole from Netbook News got some hands-on time with the device recently, and they’ve confirmed that while the Kyobo eReader…

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December 14th, 2011, 12:50 pm by Brad Linder | 2 Comments

Ever wonder what you’d actually use a transparent, flexible display for? (Video)

samsung concept

Samsung has been showing off concepts for futuristic displays for the past few years. Some of the company’s designs include flexible displays that you could roll up and put in a pocket or slap around your wrist and wear as a watch. Others involve semi-transparent displays, allowing you to look right through the screen at times, while viewing text and…

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December 5th, 2011, 3:12 pm by Brad Linder | 2 Comments
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