liliputing logo
  • Home
  • Products
  • Top stories
  • Reviews
  • Deals
  • Ultrabooks
  • Contact
  • About
Featured Articles
  • MIUI 4.0 for the Kindle Fire (custom version of Android 4.0)

    MIUI 4.0 for the Kindle Fire (custom version of Android 4.0)

    We've seen how to install Android 4.0 on the Amazon Kindle Fire, thanks to CyanogenMod 9. We've also ...

    Read More

  • Toshiba Thrive 7 inch Android tablet review

    Toshiba Thrive 7 inch Android tablet review

    Android tablets with 7 inch displays seem to be a dime-a-dozen these days... or at least available for ...

    Read More

  • CyanogenMod 7 ported to the NOOK Tablet – video

    CyanogenMod 7 ported to the NOOK Tablet - video

    A team of independent developers have ported a beta version of CyanogenMod 7 to run on the NOOK ...

    Read More

  • $265 Spark Linux-based tablet shipping in May (pre-order in Feb)

    $265 Spark Linux-based tablet shipping in May (pre-order in Feb)

    The Spark is a 7 inch tablet with an open source Linux-based operating system and an open platform ...

    Read More

  • How to install Android 4.0 on the HP TouchPad (CyanogenMod 9 Alpha)

    How to install Android 4.0 on the HP TouchPad (CyanogenMod 9 Alpha)

    The first public build of Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is now available for the HP TouchPad. ...

    Read More

  • How to install Android 4.0 on the Kindle Fire

    How to install Android 4.0 on the Kindle Fire

    An early build of Google Android 4.0 is now available for the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. If you ...

    Read More

  • Install Android Market on BlackBerry PlayBook

    Install Android Market on BlackBerry PlayBook

    Ok, you've installed the PlayBook OS 2 beta. You've rooted your PlayBook. Now it's time to get the ...

    Read More

Pixel Qi: Over 3 million screens in the wild

Pixel Qi 7 inch screen

Pixel Qi makes transflective displays that look like full-color LCDs when used with a backlight, but look more like a low power, outdoor readable E Ink when you turn off the backlight on a computer, eReader, or other device. The company has been showing off its technology for a few years, but so far very few consumer devices have actually…

Read more »

October 6th, 2011, 11:58 am by Brad Linder | 5 Comments

First look at Pixel Qi’s 7 inch display, new netbooks, tablets

Pixel Qi has begun showing off its new 7 inch display based on the same technology used in the company’s low power 10.1 inch screen. Pixel Qi’s displays can function both as full color LCD screens and as high contrast, grayscale displays which are viewable without a backlight by relying on ambient lighting — much like an E Ink display….

Read more »

January 6th, 2011, 9:54 pm by Brad Linder | 10 Comments

Pixel Qi to deliver 7 inch low power, high contrast screens next year

Pixel Qi founder Mary Lou Jepsen has announced that the company is working on a 7 inch version of its low power, dual mode displays. The 7 inch screens should ship in the first half of 2011, although samples could be available for companies looking to integrated the technology into their tablet computers and eBook readers by the end of…

Read more »

September 17th, 2010, 2:23 pm by Brad Linder | 7 Comments

DIY Pixel Qi netbook screen kits coming soon

It’s still not clear when the first tablets, netbooks, or other devices with Pixel Qi displays will start to hit the streets. But Pixel Qi founder Mary Lou Jepsen says that you’ll be able to pick up a DIY kit for installing a Pixel Qi screen in your own device by this summer. Pixel Qi’s LCD displays combine some of…

Read more »

March 7th, 2010, 7:53 am by Brad Linder | 10 Comments

Pixel Qi displays: Not just for 10 inch netbooks and tablets anymore

Pixel Qi’s fancypants display technology allows the company to create LCD screens that look good either in full color, or black and white modes. In black and white mode, the display looks almost like e-Ink, but doesn’t suffer from the slow screen refresh rate that plagues e-Ink. And in color mode, the display looks pretty much like any other LCD….

Read more »

February 26th, 2010, 2:07 pm by Brad Linder | 4 Comments

Pixel Qi display shows up standard netbook displays in office lighting

pixel qi shoot out

Pixel Qi founder Mary Lou Jepsen is starting to make a habit of showing teasing us with cool new photos of the company’s upcoming display technology — which still isn’t available to the public yet. Her latest blog post shows an Acer Aspire One netbook outfitted with a prototype Pixel Qi display next to two Dell Mini laptops with anti-glare,…

Read more »

November 22nd, 2009, 9:31 am by Brad Linder | 5 Comments

Pixel Qi displays shipping to OEMs soon

It looks like the wait for Pixel Qi’s low power, dual mode screens could be over soon. Speaking at a recent event, company founder Mary Lou Jepsen (who helped design the OLPC XO Laptop display) said that the first Pixel Qi screens could ship to an tablet maker ahead of schedule, as early as November. As she clarified on the…

Read more »

October 18th, 2009, 9:04 am by Brad Linder | 9 Comments

Pixel Qi display’s impact on battery life

3qi-one

You know those Pixel Qi displays we’ve been talking about for the last few days? It turns out there’s a major advantage to these screens besides the ability to flip over to ePaper mode and read them outdoors. They also use far less energy. According to Time Magazine, that hacked Acer Aspire One netbook that Pixel Qi founder Mary Lou…

Read more »

May 30th, 2009, 7:37 pm by Brad Linder | 10 Comments

Pixel Qi to sample first low power, daylight readable screens this spring

pixel-qi-logo

Pixel Qi is working on new screens for laptop and mobile devices that are unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. They’ll consume as much as 5 times less power than an average LCD, which will greatly improve battery life. But more significantly, they’ll have two modes: a black and white epaper mode and a fully saturated color mode. In epaper…

Read more »

February 4th, 2009, 1:55 pm by Brad Linder | 12 Comments

OLPC designer working on 20-40 hour laptops

There are two ways to make a laptop run longer on a single battery charge. You can give it a bigger battery, or you can reduce the amount of power it uses. Netbook makers have taken both approaches, by using low power processors and solid state disks and cramming 4 annd 6 cell batteries with capacities as high as 6600mAh…

Read more »

November 29th, 2008, 8:04 am by Brad Linder | 2 Comments
||
Google+ facebook icon Facebook twitter icon Twitter facebook icon YouTube rss icon RSS

Recent Posts

  • Oregon Scientific unveils MEEP! tablet for kids
  • No Flash plugin for Windows 8 on ARM: Another nail in the Flash coffin?
  • JetWay Mini ITX motherboard features Cedar Trail processor

Featured Videos

  • Amazon Kindle Fire with MIUI 4.0 (Android 4.0)
    Amazon Kindle Fire with MIUI 4.0 (Android 4.0)
  • CyanogenMod 9 Alpha on the Kindle Fire
    CyanogenMod 9 Alpha on the Kindle Fire
  • CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0.6 on the HP TouchPad
    CyanogenMod 9 Alpha 0.6 on the HP TouchPad






2007-2012 Liliputing

Advertising | Privacy | TOP