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0RChard Toughlet Rugged Tablet Marries Pixel Qi and Gorrila Glass

0RChard decided to make its own attempt at securing a spot on the tablet market, though it did not so much focus on multimedia support and convenience as it did on endurance. Basically, instead of targeting consumers like most everyone else, 0RChard decided to offer something to enterprises, commercial companies an...

25 January 2012
07:34 GMT

3M Invests in Pixel Qi to Improve Sunlight Readable LCD Displays

3M and Pixel Qi have just announced that the two companies have entered into an agreement that will enable the latter to introduce its sunlight readable LCD display technology in volume consumer markets as well as digital signage and touch applications. In order to achieve this goal, 3M will invest an undisclosed ...

12 September 2011
10:07 GMT

Sol Computers Intros Sunlight Readable Tablet and Netbook

Sol Computers has recently announced the introduction of new netbook and tablet devices built using the Pixel Qi display technology, which was specially designed to improve the legibility of LCD panels when used in high ambient lighting environments.In order to achieve its goal, Pixel Qi displays can work in a specia...

12 September 2011
04:19 GMT

Clover Systems SunBook Has a Pixel Qi Display

Even with all the talk about how netbooks haven't been doing as splendidly as some would have hoped, it seems that new models are always coming out, even some with less than ordinary yet quite appealing displays.Netbooks took off when they were first launched because of their very small price points in a time w...

31 January 2011
09:07 GMT

Pixel Qi Promises more Screens, Partners with Chunghwa Picture Tubes

Pixel Qi can proudly claim to be one of, if not the only company that can make displays with perfect, or very close to perfect, sunlight readability (Mirasol being another possible example), and it might just manage to actually make them more widely available.Liquid Crystal Displays may be the most rapidly-growing s...

21 December 2010
10:17 GMT

CES 2011 to Include Demonstration of 7-Inch Pixel Qi Screen

Apparently, those attending the Consumer Electronics Show in January, as well as those that end up following the news for updates on what is happening, will be able to see a demo of one of the now reasonably famous Pixel Qi displays.Since their inception, displays have been plagued by what is known as zero or very l...

8 November 2010
10:21 GMT

New 10.1-Inch Pixel Qi Color Screen Consumes Just 1.5W

The Pixel Qi displays have definitely been the subject of the media's attention whenever they saw any sort of advancement, for multiple reasons, and it seems that the company has just caused a few more ripples with its latest model.For those interested in a reminder, Pixel Qi displays are color screens that can...

1 October 2010
04:49 GMT

Pixel Qi Sunlight-Readable Displays Headed for Tablets

As some may know, Pixel Qi is a company that has become fairly known on the display market for its sunlight-readable screen, and it seems that the company is going to press forward with this technology, even getting ready to bring out 7-inch models for tablets.The largest issue with liquid crystal displays when it c...

20 September 2010
04:34 GMT

Pixel Qi Innovative Displays Sell Out in a Day

When it comes to displays of any kind, the first technology that pops into one's mind is, most often, LCD. Unfortunately, liquid crystal displays have certain drawbacks that prevent them from becoming ideal display solutions, the most notable of which is their ability to make their images become invisible under ...

2 July 2010
04:46 GMT

Revolutionary Sun-Proof Pixel Qi LCD Gets Touch Input

Though LCDs are the most popular display technology currently on the market, they have a certain drawback that has so far prevented them from becoming a truly ideal solution. Their greatest bane is their loss of visibility when exposed to sunlight. Even anti-glare screens can only reduce this effect, not remove it c...

2 June 2010
05:26 GMT

OLPC and Pixel Qi Sign Agreement on Screen Technology

Back in December, the one Laptop per Child Foundation offered a preview of what its future mobile PCs would eventually look like, with plans including even a slate-type PC with total reliance on touch input. Now, it seems that plans are steadily advancing, with the Foundation even managing to secure a royalty-free pa...

31 March 2010
03:32 GMT

Pixel Qi Makes LCDs More Efficient and Sunlight-Readable

Liquid Crystal Displays were a great breakthrough when they were created, but the one issue that has still not been resolved is their lack of or reduced visibility when exposed to sunlight. Basically, this issue makes notebooks and netbooks more or less unusable outdoors. To remedy this problem, Pixel Qi has come for...

8 March 2010
06:55 GMT

Tegra-Powered Notion Ink Smartpad Uses Android and Pixel Qi Display

While Intel has just announced its plans for the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, other companies are still keeping their plans under a veil of mystery. However, the Internet has become a source for rumors and leaked details on unannounced products, which is also the case with an upcoming Tegra-based 'smartp...

18 December 2009
09:13 GMT

Batteries to Provide 40 Hours of Life in 2009

One of the main issues with portable computer systems or devices is that they can't deliver the battery life required by most PC users. Over the years, different technologies have been developed to lower the power consumption of hardware components, but battery improvements haven't been significant. However...

27 November 2008
09:19 GMT

Ex-OLPC's Jepsen to Foresee $75 Laptops Until 2010

The former ex-CTO of the One Laptop Per Child organization, Mary-Lou Jepsen, has left in order to start her own profit-company, Pixel Qi, in an attempt to create a $75 sub-notebook with the technologies she invented during her stay at OLPC.Jepsen claims that Pixel Qi still keeps some of the OLPC's philosophy and...

16 February 2008
06:30 GMT

Ex-OLPC CTO Starts Foundation, Plans $75 Notebooks

One Laptop Per Child Chief Technical Officer Mary-Lou Jepsen announced back in December that she will no longer work together with Nicholas Negroponte's foundation as of 2008. Instead, she opened her own business, called Pixel Qi that seems to be a true rival for the OLPC foundation.Mary-Low Jepsen was one of th...

11 January 2008
05:39 GMT


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