Qualcomm’s been working on low-power displays that can be used indoors or outdoors for years. But during a recent earnings call, the company announced that it would move to license the technology to other companies, instead of making Mirasol displays itself. That doesn’t mean Qualcomm is turning its back on Mirasol entirely, but the company […]
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Toshiba goes big with a 13 inch tablet, coming in June for $650
Toshiba plans to offer an Android tablet with a 13.3 inch display in June, which could make the Toshiba Excite 13 the largest Android tablet on the market this summer. Competitor Samsung is taking a sort of shotgun approach to Android tablet screen sizes by offering tablets with 7, 7.7, 8.9, and 10.1 inch screens, […]
LG introduces 6 inch flexible e-Paper display
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 […]
Samsung shows off a 10 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel display
Last week Toshiba introduced a 6 inch display with a ridiculously sharp screen resolution of 2560 x 1600 pixels. Today Samsung introduced something slightly more likely to make it to market in the not-too-distant future: a 10.1 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel screen. The screen is an IGZO TFT LCD display which has the same physical dimensions as the […]
Qualcomm Mirasol displays could compete with OLED screens in the tablet space
Qualcomm has been showing off its Mirasol display technology for the last few years. The low power screens don’t require a backlight, instead relying on ambient lighting like an E Ink screen. That reduces power consumption and makes it possible to view the screens in direct sunlight. But unlike most E Ink displays, Mirasol screens […]
Polymer Vision demonstrates a rollable E Ink display
High contrast, low power E Ink displays are great if you want to read eBooks. But the top E Ink devices with 6 inch displays from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, and other companies all have one thing in common: They won’t fit comfortably into a tight pocket. That could change if a company called […]
Hitachi developing touchscreen to recognize finger or stylus
Capacitive touchscreen displays are all the rage these days. They show up in mobile phones like the iPhone and most Android phones. They’re in tablets like the iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab. Even some netbooks, like the HP Mini 5103 come with optional capacitive touchscreen displays. What sets capacitive screens apart from other touchscreen displays […]
Initial crop of Pixel Qi DIY display kits are sold out
So a funny thing happens when you launch a product that’s generated a lot of buzz among a small group of geeky tech enthusiasts… turns out they’re actually willing to spend money to buy that product. Yesterday Pixel Qi announced that the first DIY touchscreen kits with the company’s low power, outdoor readable displays were […]
Pixel Qi display DIY upgrade kit now available
Good news everyone! Pixel Qi’s 10.1 inch, outdoor readable display is officially not vaporware. You can buy a DIY kit today that will let you swap out your netbook’s current screen with a Pixel Qi display and the whole process is supposed to take just 5 to 10 minutes. Now for the bad news… the […]
Liquavista’s low-power displays look good — even in direct sun
Liquavista’s color and monochrome screens have looked impressive in demos we’ve seen to date — but their performance in direct sunlight was still an unknown. That’s all changed now, as the folks at ARMDevices managed to secure a little outdoor time with the displays on a bright, sunshiney day. As you can see in the […]