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First 7″ Pixel Qi Screen Now Demoing On The ZTE Light 2 Android Tablet

February 15th, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware news

Pixel Qi and ZTE have just announced that Pixel Qi’s newest low power screen is now used on the Light 2, a 7″ Android tablet. I don’t have any pictures yet but I’ve asked a couple people at MWC to find the tablet. The Light 2 is based on Pixel Qi’s dual mode LCD screen [...]

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Sunbook now shipping with a Pixel Qi screen

January 30th, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news

Clover Systems are now selling the first commercial netbook with a Pixel Qi screen. It’s based on an Intel Atom 1.66GHz CPU with 1GB RAM, 250GB hard disk, Wifi, a SD card slot, webcam,  speakers and a 10.1″ Pixel Qi screen. It’s running Win7, which is almost enough to make me avoid it. This netbook [...]

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The Pixel Qi screen is a LCD killer

January 7th, 2011 · 9 Comments · hardware news

Pixel Qi is an exhibitor at CES this year, and I was finally able to see their screen first hand. (I’ve been wanting to see it for a couple years now.) They didn’t have a booth; instead they rented one of the small meeting rooms in the far end of South Hall. It was incredibly [...]

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Pixel Qi screens to go wireless (video)

September 28th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news, video

Mary Lou Jeppsen just announced a new USB option for Pixel Qi’s 10″ screen. Now you no longer have to install the screen in a netbook. You don’t even have to have it plugged in to the PC: Today we announce such a solution, the Display Solutions d-screen-Qi10. Display Solutions AG has developed the d-screen-HYBRID [...]

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Pixel Qi now working on a 7″ DIY kit

September 17th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Mary Lou Jepson jut announced the new screen on the Pixel Qi blog: New Screen Development: 7? We are developing a 7” screen for tablets and ereaders that is planned for mass production in H1 2011. Samples will be available earlier, perhaps by late Q4 2010. Contact us to be an early access partner: send [...]

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Pixel Qi screen vs. XO-1.5 screen (video)

July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · video

Mike Lee of OLPC News posted this video yesterday. It shows the difference between the 2 different generations of screen. (The Pixel Qi DIY screen is based on the same technology as the XO screen and it was developed by the same people.) You might also be interested in Mike’s FlickR stream. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvqfvEWtoNo

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Pixel Qi DIY kit now available

July 1st, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Pixel Qi are now offering their dual mode screen as a DIY kit. The only size available is 10.1″ (I’m waiting to hear back from Pixel Qi about other screen sizes), and it’s going for $275. Ouch. The neat thing about this Pixel Qi screen is that it has a standard LCD mode and a [...]

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Computex: Pixel Qi

June 1st, 2010 · No Comments · conferences & trade shows, hardware news

Try as we might, we missed PixelQi at SID Display Week. I would have loved to post some information but it just didn’t happen. But I can tell you that according to the PixelQi blog they are demoing about a dozen different products at Computex. I also have some videos that were shot at Computex.The [...]

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Pixel Qi wins IEEE award, DIY kit coming soon

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

Mary Lou Jepsen just posted several updates over on the Pixel Qi blog. The first tidbit is that Pixel Qi was just given the 2010 IEEE ACE Award for “Emerging Technology offering the greatest potential for financial success” at the Embedded System Conference. The other piece of news is that Pixel Qi screens are in [...]

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OLPC & Pixel Qi Announce cross-license deal

March 30th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news

From the press release: The One Laptop per Child Foundation (OLPC), a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help provide every child in the world access to a modern education, and Pixel Qi Corporation, an innovator in high-performance, low-power displays, have signed a permanent and royalty-free cross-licensing agreement that will allow both organizations to deliver [...]

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