Solid state drives are faster, more energy efficient, and harder to break than hard drives. But they also tend to be more expensive and come in smaller capacities. So while it’s not unusual to see laptop and desktop computers ship with 1TB or larger hard drives, models with SSDs often have just 256GB of storage […]
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Pixel Qi is dead (but its low-power displays are not)
Pixel Qi, maker of low-power, sunlight readable displays has closed up shop. In late 2014 we learned that the company’s founder, Mary Lou Jepsen, was now working on a new display technology project for Google X. Today GoodEReader reported that Pixel Qi has pretty much gone out of business. But that doesn’t mean there’s no […]
Sol Computers introduces a sunlight readable 10 inch USB monitor (with Pixel Qi display)
Need to use your computer outside, but find the glossy screen turns into a mirror in direct sunlight? Sol Computer is offering a sunlight-viewable 10 inch monitor which you can plug into a USB port. But it’ll cost you. While a price isn’t listed on the website (and may vary if you place bulk orders), […]
Trimble launches Yuma 2 rugged tablet with Pixel Qi display
Trimble has unveiled a new rugged tablet for outdoor use in construction, transportation, utility work, and other areas where tough build quality trumps pretty design. The 7 inch Trimble Yuma 2 tablet also features a Pixel Qi sunlight-readable display. Pixel Qi screens are a special type of LCD that offers full-color when used with a […]
InHand Hydra-T3: Rugged tablet with outdoor visible screen
The Hydra-T3 from InHand is a rugged 7 inch tablet with a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, support for Google Android 2.3, Ubuntu 10.10, and Windows Embedded Compact 6. It also has a Pixel Qi LCD display which can be viewed in direct sunlight. Before you pull out your wallet, you should know that the […]
$299 kit lets you add a Pixel Qi display to a BeagleBoard, PandaBoard
Tin Can Tools has released a new kit that lets you add a Pixel Qi sunlight readable display to a BeagleBoard or PandaBoard system. Both are tiny computer systems aimed at hobbyists interested in building anything from digital signage to robots with the palm-sized computer as the brains. The Tin Can Tools kit includes a […]
Sol Computer unveils ruggedized, pricey netbook with Pixel Qi screen
Sol Computer is a small California-based company that offers computers with Pixel Qi sunlight readable displays. The company’s notebooks and tablets are aimed at customers willing to pay a premium price for a screen that’s visible outdoors, including pilots and other professionals that work outdoors. This week Sol Computer started showing off its latest product — […]
Pixel Qi promises retina-quality low power displays
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 […]
A dozen products with Pixel Qi sunlight viewable displays now avaialble
For the past few years Pixel Qi has been showing off its unique display solution at trade shows. And for the past few years folks interested in a display that looks like a normal color LCD indoors and like a high contrast E Ink display outdoors have been wondering where they could buy one. While […]
Joyplus M10PQ tablet features a Pixel Qi sunlight readable display
At first glance the Joyplus M10PQ looks a lot like other cheap Chinese tablets. It has a 10 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display, 512MB of RAM, 4GB of storage, and a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 single core processor. But then you dim the backlight and the Joyplus M10Q’s one special feature stands out. The […]