Must say, if the tablet DOESN'T have this screen, it can't be a success for revitalizing the print industry. I have a Kindle, I have an iPhone and a MacBook Pro... when it comes to reading, the Kindle wins in every possible way. If the Tablet is able to switch between a color eInk and a display that can still show video.... Damn that Tablet would REALLY be the coolest device around. I always said the Kindle would be a knockout success if it was color and had a touch screen.
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3Qi Screen Technology Shipping in Time for Apple Tablet?
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Seeking Alpha's take of companies that could have Kindle competitors (and in some way therefore have the screen technology for a reader (not necessarily multitouch) -
http://stockwidget.seekingalpha.com/article/131011-would-be-kindle-competitors
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Fujitsu (FJTSY.PK): Already selling an e-reader with color epaper
Bridgestone (BRDCY.PK): Also has a color display
Endless Ideas, the Dutch company behind the black and white BeBook reader.
Samsung: Its Papyrus reader features a touchscreen.
Pixel Qi, a startup focused on making cheap color screens. Run by Mary Lou Jepsen, former CTO of the One Laptop Per Child project.
http://stockwidget.seekingalpha.com/article/131011-would-be-kindle-competitors
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Fujitsu (FJTSY.PK): Already selling an e-reader with color epaper
Bridgestone (BRDCY.PK): Also has a color display
Endless Ideas, the Dutch company behind the black and white BeBook reader.
Samsung: Its Papyrus reader features a touchscreen.
Pixel Qi, a startup focused on making cheap color screens. Run by Mary Lou Jepsen, former CTO of the One Laptop Per Child project.
Thought I would add this to the discussion: http://www.olpcnews.com/hardware/screen/apple_tablet_to_use_olpc_scree.html
The current color readers mentioned above are VERY expensive. This seems to be pointed toward a more general public.
Unipixel Screen Technology also Shipping in Time
As read on http://www.macbidouille.com/news/2009/12/07/une-technologie-d-ecran-interessante (in French), which references an English press release http://www.unipixel.com/assets/press20091001.pdf
This technology would have all the advantages of 3Qi and then some. Seems just as (un)likely a candidate for the Apple tablet.
As read on http://www.macbidouille.com/news/2009/12/07/une-technologie-d-ecran-interessante (in French), which references an English press release http://www.unipixel.com/assets/press20091001.pdf
This technology would have all the advantages of 3Qi and then some. Seems just as (un)likely a candidate for the Apple tablet.
I liked the part in the video where she says the display would work fine as a Wacom enabled display..
If Apple's tablet has this sort of screen, Wacom-like stylus support and multitouch (like the new bamboo tablets).. I'll need one! I'd sell my MBP for one even.
If Apple's tablet has this sort of screen, Wacom-like stylus support and multitouch (like the new bamboo tablets).. I'll need one! I'd sell my MBP for one even.
Feh!
Two words: Boooor rrrring. IMHO, this would be a HUGE step backward for Apple who is known for making things insanely great. This display, IMHO, is total sh*t.
Two words: Boooor rrrring. IMHO, this would be a HUGE step backward for Apple who is known for making things insanely great. This display, IMHO, is total sh*t.
Jimmy, I had a Compaq PDA years ago, the first one that they made and it had a transreflective screen and it was stunning! In fact the more sun light the better it displayed. It's colors were simply awesome!
Just some food for thought.
Wrong. Very capable of touch screen technology. She says it in the video.
Also guys you should check out 9to5mac, they have some very interesting things to add to this story. Seems Apple and Pixel Qi have had more than just "anecdotal ties." And down the rabbit hole we all go...
Link to original article:http://www.9to5mac.com/pixel-qi-apple
This is it.
It seems there are some additional connections
"Dr. Carlin Vieri - VP of Engineering
Carlin Vieri joined Pixel Qi from Apple Computer where he engineered new generation display electronics for the iPhone and other devices. Previously he pioneered liquid crystal on silicon electronics backplanes, drive schemes and interfaces with the MicroDisplay Corporation..."
"Our first production batch of screens will be ready shortly. We will be ramping production scale over Q1 2010. We can now announce that the first units are going into specialized tablet devices with multi-touch. Increasingly these screens will be super-slim, but some customers prefer the standard thickness."
http://9to5mac.com/pixel-qi-apple
"Dr. Carlin Vieri - VP of Engineering
Carlin Vieri joined Pixel Qi from Apple Computer where he engineered new generation display electronics for the iPhone and other devices. Previously he pioneered liquid crystal on silicon electronics backplanes, drive schemes and interfaces with the MicroDisplay Corporation..."
"Our first production batch of screens will be ready shortly. We will be ramping production scale over Q1 2010. We can now announce that the first units are going into specialized tablet devices with multi-touch. Increasingly these screens will be super-slim, but some customers prefer the standard thickness."
http://9to5mac.com/pixel-qi-apple
I downloaded the videos h264 (Click2Flash) and:
-- the one with the woman is 1288x720 30FPS
-- the one with the man is 480x270 30 FPS
Both look pretty good ,Full Screen, on a 1920x1200 iMac 24
The other interesting thing is the interviewer challenged the woman that $200 was too much for the screen... her answer was, paraphrased: its more like $200 for the whole computer with the screen built into it.
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Not only is this the first news that may seem legit to me, but it actually seems REALLY promising. Wow.
And although I will still purchase it, I am still trying to get out of denial that it most likely wont have OS X.
Interesting stuff that makes a lot of sense.
That with a possible PA Semi CPU and iPhone OS would give a lot of battery life.
Not only is this the first news that may seem legit to me, but it actually seems REALLY promising. Wow.
And although I will still purchase it, I am still trying to get out of denial that it most likely wont have OS X.
"I will buy anything if its shiny and made by Apple."
I will almost certainly buy it too. I really hope we can take our iPhone's SIM out and put it in the tablet. That would be amazing and I wouldn't have to chop off my other arm to give to AT&T to pay for data.
Really?
I've been eagerly awaiting these screens for about 6 months now. Being able to use a laptop outside is a killer application. It looks like they will start showing up in products around Q2 2010.
This video is what really sold me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oawX3wenxNc&feature=related
WOOOOOOOAHHH!!!! I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT!!!! Good thing AT&T has one of the best most reliable 3G networks
***Unfortunately I fear AT&T would have a sh*tfit. They are having trouble with the network in some places still just with data from MMS...Furthermore, it seems they would require to be "tied in" some how with the tablet ie contract or something, I don't know.
Also interesting is that the EXIF of the image reveal that this has been shot with an iPhone whereas other images on the same page are not.
I've been wondering about whether Apple would use this in their tablet... it seemed a little far-fetched, because it is such a new technology, but I guess we'll see. If so, that would be great. It could actually get me thinking about buying one--assuming handwriting recognition is very good on the device.
Apple Owns a stake in pixar right?
Pixar is owned by disney right?
Disney recently bought marvel right?
Wouldnt a good use for this e-reader/netbook/tablet be to view comics?
I wouldnt be surprised if itunes made all of marvels products available for purchase for viewing on this tablet.
Pixar is owned by disney right?
Disney recently bought marvel right?
Wouldnt a good use for this e-reader/netbook/tablet be to view comics?
I wouldnt be surprised if itunes made all of marvels products available for purchase for viewing on this tablet.
if apple use this ugly screen i aint buying one... i want to see an iphone/ipod touch glass screen!!!
Then get a macbook instead. You haven't try this tablet in person yet, and yet you're already making assumptions about the screen of a product which hasn't come out yet.
Do not make such assumptions without trying something first.
Umm, you're assuming Apple didn't know about this before, that Apple has the plans, production orders and contracts ready now and that they were planning for an LCD tablet of which is also likely that they may have those Pixel qi screens in production for the tablet.
We still have no proof that Apple will even release a tablet, yet alone know what kind of plans they have in place.
Hospital should be using thin clients instead of tablets, all the data should be in a secure data center in the hospital so that when the thin client dies, the nurse can just go to a charging station, pick up another thin client and get back to where they were left off. That's the smart thing to do.
They can just get the macbooks instead of a tablet, it is not a MB/MBP replacement. It is to complement your daily life by being a thin simple device of which you can quickly gain information and stay up to date all day long.
The Pixel Qi as far as I am aware, can be made using the same LCDs that Apple use but with the backlighting technology switched to have the ability to turn it off so that it works.
Most people would rather have 10-14 hours long battery life with to have super high Apple display. Videos aren't the only function of the tablet, ebook reading, note taking, email checking, social networking and so on are major functions of it too.
It is not a brand new technology, this kind of backlight technology actually have been around for a decade or so, it is just that nobody had any use for it in the past decade or people just didn't realize the technology could be useful for ebook reading. This screen technology does not require any major changes to the factories, any LCD makers can do this screen.
Yeah, this seemed like a really promising technology when I first learned about Pixel Qi a year or 2 back. Given all the rumors recently about magazines and e-publishing on this new Apple tablet, this is starting to seem like 2 + 2= 4.
I think the big question is how good regular color and video/photo playback will look on the screen.
Just to add to your comment, I think the Apple tablet will be perfect for this. I don't think it will be a full fledged Intel CPU with full Snow Leopard, I think it will be closer to a iPhone/iPod Touch OS for better battery life and better form factor. So it should work great as a thin client if the software to do so is developed.
Did you just say iPhone OS for better battery life? Did you really just say that? Because having the same iPhone for 2 years, I can assure you, the latest versions of the OS is horrible for battery life compared to the 1.x and 2.x. Don't tell me about the life of the device, my sister's iPhone suffered the same thing and it was only 5 months old.
Secondly, the OS will probably be customized for the tablet, after all iPhone OS is just a slimmed down custom build based on the OS X. Three OS isn't horrible to maintain if they are all based on the same codebase with the top levels of the OS being different.
Also I think we can assume it won't be a full fledged Intel CPU in a sense that it's not going to be either the desktop or laptop CPUs. It'll be running one of those ultra low voltage consumer chips or the Atoms or even possible the PA Semi's CPU. At this moment, I don't care, I just want to know if the tablet will come so that I don't have to impulsively buy one of those netbooks running the Pixel Qi screen.