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First Tablet Using Pixel Qi Screen On The Way

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the finally-one-with-the-right-price-point dept.

Azureflare writes "The first device using a Pixel Qi screen has been confirmed. It is produced by Notion Ink, and it appears they took a few design tips from Apple by sticking with a design that has tapered edges. This tablet should give Apple a run for their money, especially considering the recently confirmed rumor of an Apple tablet. 'The Notion Ink smartpad measures 6.3 x 9.8 x 0.6 inches and weighs 1.7lbs; as well as the tri-band (850/1900/2100) UMTS/HSDPA, WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.1+EDR it also squeezes in A-GPS, a digital compass, accelerometer and proximity, ambient light and water sensors. Connectivity includes USB, HDMI, a 3.5mm headphone jack and a microphone input, and there’s also a 3-megapixel auto-focus camera with video recording support. Onboard storage is either 16GB or 32GB of SSD, and there's an SD slot for augmenting that.'" Update: 12/25 21:44 GMT by SS : Removed erroneous reference to Nokia.

7 of 97 comments (clear)

  1. Yeah.... but .. by Colin+Smith · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Does it have a little Apple logo on it?

     

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    1. Re:Yeah.... but .. by Suki+I · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Is it less than $2,000?

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    2. Re:Yeah.... but .. by iamapizza · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Ah, the predictability of fanboys with mod points...

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  2. Confirmed rumor by mybecq · · Score: 2, Insightful

    especially considering the recently confirmed rumor of an Apple tablet

    Confirmed by whom? The rumor mills that run on dry water?

  3. Re:Pixel Qi by emj · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you hate swap file, disable it and see how your computer works then.

    Been running without swap file since 2004, if I go to swap I'm doing something stupid anyways. There are good things with swap files, but your computer handles fine without it. Hell I even use ram disks to get better performance in some cases, since I use flash as "secondary memory" I sadly have to use ram disks.

    Think I'm going to start using the term Primary memory even though I thought it was a stupid term when I started using computers.

  4. Re:Pixel Qi by Dragonslicer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yeah it works if you know what you're doing, but usually swap file is there for a reason.

    It's there for when the operating system wants to have more data in memory than you have physical RAM. If you have 4 GB of RAM and never use more than 3 GB of it, the swap space will never get touched.

  5. Re:Can we stop? by daveime · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Apple does not own a patent on rounded edges yet.

    FTFY