Nest is a thermostat with Apple DNA developed by Tony Fadell. Potentially cut 20% to 30% of your US$1000 annual energy bill. Priced at $249, and get your money back in savings in one year. Looks good, too.

Update: via Ben Brooks. Marco Arment:

The problem arises when the Nest needs to charge itself and neither the heat nor air conditioning has turned on in a while, like on a mild day. Without a C circuit to take power from, it can only charge itself from running the system.

So it pulses the R-W heat circuit in short bursts to get power.

Brooks:

This isn’t likely something that will directly cause a problem, but it is putting unneeded wear and strain on your heating system — no way I would allow this.

If you have a boiler that reacts instantly, like the one Arment has, these short bursts can also be annoying. I would suggest Nest take a look at solar-powered Casio watches for Nest version two.

Update 2: Nest teardown. I think the LCD is a square; the cover glass makes it look circular.

Steve Jobs via Wired:

The Europeans make them much better — but they take twice as long to do clothes! [...] Most important, they don’t trash your clothes. They use a lot less soap, a lot less water, but they come out much cleaner, much softer, and they last a lot longer.

Jarred Walton, AnandTech:

Unfortunately, like the defunct XPS L401x, the XPS 14z is packing a decidedly mediocre LCD panel — and there’s no current option for an upgraded panel.

Even in the new age of digital books, when we want to acquire something more valuable than the usual, we get the physical version. Such is the case with the book Steve Jobs.

Steve Jobs, as quoted in The Washington Post:

I’d like to create an integrated television set that is completely easy to use. It would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud. It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine. I finally cracked it.

AnandTech:

I wager that if you were satisfied with the pixel density of SGS2 that the pixel density Galaxy Nexus actually won’t be off-putting despite the presence of PenTile.

The sub-pixel density for SGS2 is 383.09 while the Galaxy Nexus is higher at 414.33. The iPhone 4/4S packs 613.32.

DIGITIMES: AUO at FPD International 2011:

• 4.29-inch qHD using Hyper LCD
• 4.46-inch with 1-mm bezel
• 6-inch transparent OLED
• 12.3-inch free-form cut car LCD
• 4.46-inch with 53% less power consumption
• 4-inch touch OLED with 30% less power consumption

AUO’s Hyper LCD replaces LTPS.

Simon Baker, TFT Central:

Overall I think the screen fits a niche reasonably well as a standard gamut 27″ IPS display with a matte panel coating. It fits somewhere in between the Dell and Hazro models in terms of functions and features as well so its worth considering if you are looking for a new 27″ monitor.

Dana Wollman, Engadget:

Much to our surprise, the viewing angles are also impressive. Sure, if you watch from the sides you’ll see the contrast ratio become slightly more exaggerated, but you can at least follow along with ease.

The 13.3-inch LCD sports a pixel format of 1600×900.

Rasmus Larsen:

We are extremely excited about the OLED display technology but before we are ready to embrace it we need Samsung’s Super AMOLED screen to move on to a RGB pixel structure and become ‘Plus’-versions.

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