Category | screen

Mirasol Demo Proves Dual-Screen Readers have a Short Lifeline.

Posted on 18 February 2010

Before you watch the video below, take a look at the video I shot of the Entourage Edge at CES. It shows a dual-screen reader with E-ink/E-paper and traditional LCD technology. It’s huge, heavy and will be expensive…

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Pixel Qi Low-power / Daylight Screens go to Mass Production

Posted on 26 November 2009

While Intel, AMD, ARM and VIA might want you to believe that low-power silicon is the answer to all battery life problems, the truth is somewhat different. We’re at a point now where all silicon, be it X86 or RISC-based, can perform at low enough power consumption that other components on a device become more significant in the power, heat and battery life equation. Talk about ‘ídle’ power drain is irrelevant when you’re using a device in constantly-connected mobile computing scenarios.

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An example of badly used pixels.

Posted on 17 September 2009

When I started using the Omnia Pro I was well prepared for fonts that would be too small (in real sizing terms) to read. I’m having to zoom in on Opera Mobile to read text despite it being rendered…

Crayon Physics Deluxe video demo [touchscreen friendly game]

Posted on 12 August 2009

I know its been a while, but I’ve been waiting to get my hands on a full tablet PC so that I could do better demos than simply using my Sony VAIO UX180 and showing you what’s happening using…

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Gigabyte TouchNote T1028M comes to the US

Posted on 17 July 2009

Many sites are talking about how the Eee T91 [Portal page] is the one first tablet netbooks to be released, but the reality is that there have been several before it, and it is really only a first…

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Pixel Qi shows off new power saving screens [video]

Posted on 02 June 2009

We’ve been hearing rumblings of this for a while now, but it seems that Pixel Qi is now showing its new dual mode power saving screens. Based on the screen featured in the OLPC project’s XO computer.…

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ASUS T91 Pre-Production Hands-On from TechRadar

Posted on 14 May 2009

I haven’t been through this hands-on in detail yet but I wanted to highlight it ASAP to the readers here.

TechRadar have had time with a pre-production version of the ASUS T91 convertible netbook. This is the netbook that a…

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Touchscreens Battle It Out in the Top 5.

Posted on 27 April 2009

There’s an interesting line-up in the top 5 on the product portal today. 5 devices, all with touchscreens. 3 of which are convertible tablet PCs. I haven’t seen this kind of line-up for a very long time! Read the article for more information.

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LG / Intel Phone to use Mirasol reflective display tech. Update:Incorrect.

Posted on 16 February 2009

Update. This article is incorrect.

As CPU and chipset power consumption becomes less and less in phone and MID designs, the power drains of the displays, radio, peripherals and storage technology become more and more significant. One of the…

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Nokia working on ext. screen and keyboard support

Posted on 14 March 2008

Nokia is working on software support for external screens and keyboards under a project called ‘NoBounds.’ Its not surprising, but it’s very significant and could open up mobile phones to be used with third party screens and keyboards for a…


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