Pixel Qi Introduces a DIY Kit

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."

ignoramus

[martas]

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?

only slightly more difficult than changing a light

[mtrachtenberg]

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

She was joking

[gmuslera]

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

Re:"Unconnecting"?

[laederkeps]

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