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Pixel Qi Introduces a DIY Kit

Posted by kdawson on from the good-reason-to-void-the-warranty dept.

jones_supa writes "Pixel Qi has just revealed their DIY kit for netbooks, planned to be out near the end of Q2 — sounds like June. This makes it possible to retrofit a screen to one fully readable in direct sunlight. In her blog, Mary Lou Jepsen says: 'It’s only slightly more difficult than changing a lightbulb: it’s basically 6 screws, pulling off a bezel, unconnecting the old screen and plugging this one in. That’s it. It’s a 5 minute operation.' She also talks about the 'laptop hospital,' a service depot started by kids in Africa."

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  1. ignoramus by martas · · Score: 2, Funny

    i thought their stuff was only black&white? won't you need some pretty severe UI changes to get something useful out of a netbook like that?

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    weinersmith
  2. only slightly more difficult than changing a light by mtrachtenberg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah. To change a lightbulb you have to change five screws and a bezel. What's one more screw?

  3. She was joking by gmuslera · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now we can begin our own "How many netbook owners does it takes to change a lightbulb" jokes.

  4. Re:"Unconnecting"? by laederkeps · · Score: 1, Funny

    unconcerting, noun: The disconcerting tendency of musicians to abandon a live performance based livelihood towards the practice of recording an album every other year and expecting it to feed their agents for a hundred years. See also: Frivolous, Middle-man