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Re:Thinkpad X210 by killjoywashere on Sunday March 17, 2019 @05:52PM (#19416908)
> I would mind spending a few hours by the waterfront coding.

I do this with an OLPC XO. I also have a Cr-48 with Lubuntu. There's a tradeoff: the XO has a brighter screen but a smaller keyboard.

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Re:Thinkpad X210 by dgzl on Sunday March 17, 2019 @07:00PM (#19417326)
Is a brighter screen what we want though? E-ink type screens are excellent in the sun, but lack gorgeous colors... And I'm almost ok with it.
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Re:Thinkpad X210 by k_sze on Sunday March 17, 2019 @09:06PM (#19417914)
There’s maybe a billion-dollar opportunity there: maybe someone could invent a hybrid screen that switches from (O)LED to e-ink mode under bright lighting conditions.
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Re:Thinkpad X210 by tuukkah on Monday March 18, 2019 @03:45AM (#19419305)
That's exactly what OLPC has. And I remember an old Nokia phone having a screen that's both at the same time so that brighter sunlight will just wash out the colors but not the content: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transflective_liquid-crystal...
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Re:Thinkpad X210 by jodrellblank on Sunday March 17, 2019 @10:24PM (#19418268)
Somebody did invent a hybrid screen, Pixel Qi, it was used in the Notion Ink Adam tablet from 2010.

But it wasn't a billion-dollar opportunity and Pixel Qi are so forgotten they were reported by the media as closed down, although might technically still exist (and might have released their IP to the public, I haven't read too far on it just now).

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Re:Thinkpad X210 by soapdog on Monday March 18, 2019 @05:23AM (#19419667)
The OLPC XO with the sunlight readable screen by Pixel Qi is a wonderful machine to use in bright daylight. I love mine.
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