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Pixel Qi teases ultra-frugal Retina Display rival

Chris Davies, Apr 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

Low-power screen experts Pixel Qi have teased a new iPad matching panel, equalling the Retina Display resolution but delivering "massive power savings" on Apple's technology. "We at Pixel Qi loved the Apple iPad3 screen, but were shocked by the overheating reports and the massive power draw (8Watts?!)" company founder Mary Lou Jepsen observed on the company blog. "We can now announce that we can match or exceed the image quality of the screen in the iPad3." Read The Full Story

Pixel Qi and Shizhu Technology team for tablet project

Shane McGlaun, Oct 10th 2011 Discuss [2]

Pixel Qi Corp and Shanghai Shizhu Technology have teamed up to work together on tablets in China. Pixel Qi makes a line of very nice sunlight readable screens for portable devices. Shizhu is a company that makes tablets and multimedia devices. The two firms will work together on a family of tablets. The family is said to have four products. Read The Full Story

Small solar panel could power Pixel Qi and ARM tablet

Shane McGlaun, Jun 3rd 2011 Discuss [4]

Earlier this week, we put up a video of Pixel Qi showing off its new and thin screens for tablets and other devices. The cool thing about all of the Pixel Qi screens is that they are designed to be easy to read in direct sunlight and to consume very little power. At Computex Pixel Qi was also showing off another very cool item along with the new screens. The company was demoing a tablet that could get all the power needed for the Pixel Qi screen and an ARM-powered tablet mainboard from a small 1W solar panel. Read The Full Story

Pixel Qi demos super-slim panels; smartphone and bistable on roadmap [Video]

Chris Davies, May 31st 2011 Discuss [3]

Pixel Qi had promised some new screen technology at Computex this week, and the company has delivered, with a fresh 10.1-inch super-thin panel. Unlike the existing 10.1-inch screen, as used in the Notion Ink Adam, the new panel runs at 1280 x 800 making it ideal for Android Honeycomb slates; meanwhile, as ARMdevices' video demo shows, it's far more sunlight-visible than the iPad. Read The Full Story

CUPP PunkThis packs full ARM PC into your notebook’s HDD bay

Chris Davies, May 30th 2011 Discuss [3]

CUPP Computing had high ambitions for its hybrid PC technology, fitting a complete ARM-based mini-PC into the chassis of a regular computer, and giving users the choice between normal power and the long runtimes of the frugal chipset; now the production version, "PunkThis", is ready for showtime. A 2.5-inch SATA form-factor board, the CUPP PunkThis module is intended to replace the HDD in a typical notebook: in its place, you get a 1GHz TI OMAP DM3730 paired with 512MB of RAM, a Mini PCIe SSD to replace the host storage, and shared flash memory for both systems. Read The Full Story

Pixel Qi & CPT partner to boost transflective display production; 7-inch due in Q2 2011

Chris Davies, Dec 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

Pixel Qi displays should be in greater supply next year, with the transflective screen company announcing a manufacturing partnership with CPT. The deal will see the two firms release three new screens "of various sizes" in the new year, including a 7-inch 1024 x 600 panel that is expected to go into mass production in early Q2 2011 after making its debut at CES in January. Read The Full Story

Pixel Qi 7-inch display headed to CES 2011

Chris Davies, Nov 8th 2010 Discuss [1]

3qi has confirmed that samples of its new 7-inch Pixel Qi display will be available in time for CES 2011 in January next year. Announced back in September, the 7-inch display was initially promised for the first half of 2011, with the possibility of limited sampling in the last quarter of this year; according to the company's product page, the final specifications of the screen are in development now. Read The Full Story

CPT SunLight Viewable display uses 50% less power than LCD [Video]

Chris Davies, Nov 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

Last we heard of CPT, they were preparing a transflective display to take on PixelQi; that project seems to have led to an even more impressive panel, with NetbookNews snatching some eyes-on time with the so-called "SunLight Viewable Low Power Screen Technology" at the Taitronics show in Taipei. The name might be unwieldy, but the technical promise more than makes up for it: CPT say it delivers regular LCD performance but at half the power. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Pixel Qi wired/wireless d-screen-Qi10 companion displays outed

Chris Davies, Sep 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Pixel Qi already offer their 3qi multi-mode display as a bare panel for those wanting to upgrade their 10-inch ultraportables, but now the company has confirmed that Display Solutions AG have used their panels for a range of USB and wireless USB companion displays. The Display Solutions d-screen-Qi10 pairs a 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 3qi display with the company's own d-screen-HYBRID driver board, which can be hooked up via USB, wireless USB or ethernet. Read The Full Story

Pixel Qi 7-inch displays due H1 2011

Chris Davies, Sep 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

Pixel Qi has announced a timescale for its new 7-inch 3qi panel, intended to take on E Ink in the tablet and ereader market. The display - a smaller version of the existing 10-inch model that will launch in the Notion Ink Adam and Innoversal Lattice - is expected to go into mass production sometime in the first half of 2011. Read The Full Story

DIY Pixel Qi display launches

Shane McGlaun, Jul 1st 2010 Discuss [0]

DIY types often take the components that are in the gadgets we know and love and use them for items that we never dreamed of. Tearing up gadgets for the components inside can be an expensive proposition though. If you are the DIY sort and have been lusting after one of those Pixel Qi displays, a new DIY version is now available. Read The Full Story

Pixel Qi vs iPad IPS display [Video]

Chris Davies, Jun 1st 2010 Discuss [2]

Pixel Qi's displays are good, we know that, but how exactly do they compare to the tablet of the moment, Apple's iPad? While we've already seen how the new wide-angle displays look outdoors, ARMDevices did some side-by-side comparisons with the iPhone and the iPad; if anything, it's left us far more excited about the Notion Ink Adam than we were before. Read The Full Story