A company called Pixel Qi has developed . The screens offer two different modes, a backlit mode with full color saturation, and an ePaper mode that uses less energy and doesn’t require a backlight. The ePaper mode also makes the display significantly easier to read outdoors in bright sunlight than most computer displays.
This is a great idea, really.
Blogeee reports that Intel and Psion, two companies who are having an epic battle over the netbook trademark, have already reached an agreement.
According to Blogeee, Psion has basically decided to give up and let other computer makers refer to their products as netbooks. There’s no word on whether Intel is giving up anything in the deal, or if Psion folded for another reason. (Perhaps things weren’t going the company’s way in court, or the legal costs were too high).
[via Liliputing]
