Qualcomm is getting a lot of attention this week thanks to their new 5.1 inch Mirasol screen, but most of the press coverage has left out one key detail.
The screen doesn’t actually work.
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Entries Tagged as 'hardware news'
Qualcomm Repurposes Mirasol Screen Tech As Fancy Movie Prop & One Day Hopes to Get it Into Mobile Devices
May 22nd, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · conferences & trade shows, hardware news → 2 Comments
E-ink Debuts Spectra 3 Color Display – Not Ready For eReaders
May 21st, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · conferences & trade shows, hardware news, video → 3 Comments
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E-ink has managed to be the most exciting and biggest letdown at SID Display Week this year.
They’ve just unveiled a new screen tech that promises to offer the sharp color that the Triton 2 color E-ink lacks in no less than 3 colors, but unfortunately it is also limited to exactly 3 colors.
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Why Samsung Sold Liquavista, in a Single Photo
May 21st, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · conferences & trade shows, hardware news → 3 Comments
I was in the Samsung booth earlier today, checking out their screen tech, when I came across the the perfect scene to explain why Samsung sold Liquivista.
Here it is:
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E-ink is Going Where No Electronic Shelf Label Has Gone Before – to the Freezer Case
May 21st, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · conferences & trade shows, hardware news → No Comments
E-ink has a number of new products on display at SID Display Week this year and one of the more unusual ones is their new Aurora shelf label. This is going to be the first shelf label that can be deployed into a supermarket’s freezer case (or so E-ink says*).
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Hisense Releases a Nexus 7 Clone for $149
May 21st, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · hardware news → 6 Comments
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When Google unveiled the Nexus 7 last year it was one of the best tablets on the market for its price point. The screen resolution, CPU power, and general polish couldn’t be matched by any other $199 tablet – but that is no longer true.
The Chinese budget tablet maker Hisense has just released a new 7″ Android tablet that appears to match the Nexus 7 in almost every way, and it even one-ups last year’s wunder-tablet with a microSD card slot and cameras.
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$99 Dual-Core Polaroid Tablet Now Available at BigLots
May 20th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · hardware news → 3 Comments
Ever since I came home from CES 2013 I have been predicting that the new standard for 7″ budget tablets would be a dual-core CPU and a sub-$100 price. We’ve already seen at least one tablet that met the standard, and today another one showed up at BigLots.
The new Polaroid PMID720 is only available in stores, and the flyer is a little short on details, but luckily at least one user over at the Freaktab forums bought one and shared their impressions online.
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Nook Touch to Get New Update With Web Browser, Email Client ? I Doubt it
May 19th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · hardware news → 7 Comments
Nook Media has shown every sign that they were getting out of the ereader business, but if today’s rumor is true then they’ll be leaving a gift behind as they go out the door.
TechCrunch is reporting that the Nook Touch and Nook Glow will be getting an update sometime next month:
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Acer Iconia W3 Tablet Shows Up on Acer Website
May 18th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · fcc, hardware news → 2 Comments
Microsoft’s rumored 8″ Surface tablet is still a whisper on the wind, but it looks like one of Acer’s 8″ Windows 8 tablet is considerably more substantial.
Update: a reader tipped me to a new product page on the Acer Finland website (Thanks, quadtronix!), so I rewrote this post to focus on the new info instead of the FCC filing.
Did Amazon Kill Off the Kindle Keyboard?
May 17th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · Amazon, hardware news → 8 Comments
Amazon has kept their 3rd Kindle model around for nearly 3 years, and today it looks like it is on the way out.
Engadget reported this morning that the Kindle Keyboard 3G model was out of stock at Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. Normally I wouldn’t have paid attention to the story (Target hasn’t carried the Kindle since last year), but I double checked the reports and it looks like Engadget was half right.
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Early User Reports Say that Sony’s New Writing Slate is Lightweight & Well-Designed (video)
May 17th, 2013 by Nate Hoffelder · hardware news, video → 2 Comments
Sony astounded the world a few days ago when they formally launched the 13.3″ digital writing slate that they had been working on for the past several years. This slate has a flexible screen that was promised to be more durable and lighter than your average ereader, and an early report says that promise is true..
I still haven’t had a chance to get my hands on the new digital writing slate that Sony announced a few days ago, but I did get an email this morning from a contact in Japan. He spent a few minutes with the writing slate yesterday, and he was impressed.
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