We've been waiting and waiting to see Pixel Qi's 3Qi e-paper screen in a device, and we were hoping to see some sort of solid announcement at CES, but looks like we will still be waiting. Though the company has ramped up production on its e-ink killer which allows you to turn the backlight off on an LCD screen, they're still working with its half-a-dozen partners. We were will told though that within the year we will see a manufacturer that "everyone is familiar with" announcing a device that uses the technology. No word though if it will be a netbook, e-reader or tablet.

Though we've seen prototype devices before, we got another look at it today. The high resolution display was hacked into a Lenovo IdeaPad S10. With the backlight on the screen color looked crisp though horizontal viewing angles while watching a video clip on the screen were poor in some lightling. Similarly, when we turned the backlight off, which switches the display to just a black and white mode, the viewing angles on a movie weren't great. Regardless, we continue to be impressed with the refresh rates of the display. Hit the break for a quick video.Continue reading Pixel Qi screens to be used by major manufacturer in 2010
Pixel Qi screens to be used by major manufacturer in 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.


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