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title: Pixel Qi
date: 2010-07-02 14:04:52.000000000 -07:00
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<p>Last weekend at foo camp, I got the opportunity to see a Pixel Qi display in person. Yesterday morning, they went up for sale on the <a href="http://www.makershed.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=MKPQ01" target="_blank">Maker Shed</a>. I clicked buy. I bit the bullet and paid for overnight shipping. Last night I popped over to Microcenter and picked up a Samsung N135.</p>
<p>This morning, FedEx delivered a box from Sebastapol.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/obra/4754897725/" title="P7021954 by jesse, on Flickr"><img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/2010/07/4754897725_191a096438.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="P7021954" /></a></p></p>
<p>8 screws and some fiddly plastic bits later, I have a netbook I can use outside. The display is Wow. Just Wow.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/obra/4754897709/" title="P7021960 by jesse, on Flickr"><img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/assets/2010/07/4754897709_f418bcc4c2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="P7021960" /></a></p>
<p>Inside, it's a normal laptop display. Outside, it's almost as bright as a Kindle (eInk) screen. Yes, it plays video just fine.<br />

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