I wanted to share an elaborate April Fool’s day joke with you. The folks at Android Police spent much of last week putting together a truly impressive practical joke. the combined plausible pictures, detailed tech specs, and even a faked handout from Amazon. I nearly fell for it, it’s that good. i also know a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'screen'
MSI demo dual screen tablet at CeBIT
March 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
MSI are showing off a new concept tablet at CeBIT this week . This isn’t just a tablet with 2 screens; the goal of this design is to let you separate the 2 screens and only carry one with you when you don’t need the second. This is one that’s going to get all the [...]
Screen size is important
February 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Jakob Nielsen has something new to say about mobile devices. He’s written in the past on the problems of reading on mobile devices, and in today’s newsletter he expands on new research. His article is worth reading in entirety, so I’ll just summarize it here.
NoteSlate website update, still no info on screen tech
February 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware news
NoteSlate updated their website this past week. This wasn’t just a marketing refresh; there’s a lot of new details about the device’s abilities. They’ve improved the firmware and expect to have OCR support on it at launch, along with basic gestures recognition, and improved format support. There are also several images that appear to be [...]
Dual screen tablets are the next gadget fad
February 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · hardware rumors
Engadget is reporting that Sony working on a dual screen Android tablet. They don’t have much in the way of technical details, but they were told that the new tablet, known as the “S2″ internally, closely resembles an oval cylinder when closed. It’s supposed to use a tegra 2CPU and have Wifi, 3G, and a [...]
Asus eeeNote has serious issues with its screen (video)
February 22nd, 2011 · 1 Comment · hardware reviews, video
One of the early buyers of Asus’ new e-reader, the Asus eeeNote, has posted a video showing that the screen on the eeeNote is exceptionally picky about lighting. But I don’t know much about lighting a video so I’d appreciate a second opinion. Does this looked rigged? I’m having trouble believing that the screen could [...]
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 [...]
Review: Hanlin A6 – Sipix screen
February 10th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware reviews, Sipix
So one of the swag I brought home from CES this year was a brand new, just announced e-reader from Tianjin Jinke, a Chinese e-reader maker. It’s the Hanlin A6, and they announced the model that week. The unit I have is the OEM model, so when it shows up on the market it might [...]
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 [...]
Qumo Libro II to have E-ink’s Pearl screen
January 26th, 2011 · 5 Comments · hardware news
Qumo have announced the Libro II, a new Kindle clone with a 6″ Pearl E-ink screen. It’s the one on the right, of course. The smaller black e-reader is the Colibro, which I’ve covered before. This e-reader is the repalcement for the Libro, and it has a keyboard, headphone jack, microSD card slot, and 4GB [...]
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