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Qualcomm color mirasol display debuts in rugged PMP
Qualcomm has announced the industry’s first color IMOD displays, which will be used by Freestyle Audio for their latest rugged PMPs. IMOD, which stands for Interferometric Modulation, is currently...
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Skullcandy MFM Pro headphones with integrated Mirasol PMP
Skullcandy has unveiled a set of combination headphones and PMP player, which is the first such device to include Qualcomm’s innovative mirasol display technology. The Skullcandy MFM Pro headphones...
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Freestyle Audio FA300 waterproof PMP with Mirasol display
As well as the Skullcandy partnership, Qualcomm also had the latest Freestyle Audio PMP on show with their new color mirasol display. The ruggedized audio player manufacturer first announced it would...
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Qualcomm mirasol color video ebook readers to ship in 2010
Ebook readers are arguably coming of age, but don’t assume e-ink – and the push to produce color e-ink panels – have won the game quite yet. SlashGear met up with Qualcomm’s mirasol team today to...
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Qualcomm mirasol gaming ereader concept plus video demo
Remember the Qualcomm mirasol ebook reader prototype we we exclusively showed you yesterday? One thing we weren’t allowed to photograph – something Qualcomm rectified today – was one of the more...
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Qualcomm mirasol color ereader hands-on
Qualcomm’s mirasol display technology grabbed attention back in November 2009 when it graduated from tiny PMP status displays to a legitimate, video-capable and full-color e-ink alternative. Back...
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Tablets, tablets all around (& not just Notion Ink)
One of the big surprises from CES 2010 last week was the sheer number of tablets. Perhaps, what with the persistent rumors of Apple’s imminent entrance to the segment, that shouldn’t be seen as too...
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Qualcomm mirasol e-reader coming Fall 2010
Qualcomm’s mirasol team had their animated demo device at MobileFocus today, but what was more interesting was their information about shipping e-readers using the low-power display technology....
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Color E Ink devices to ship Q1 2011
Ereader display heavyweight E Ink reckon they’ll have a color e-paper panel ready in time for devices to ship in the first quarter of 2011, according to their VP of marketing. Speaking to PCMag this...
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Color Kindle “a long way out” insists Amazon CEO
Hopes for a color Kindle refresh to better position the ereader against Apple’s iPad have been dashed this week, with Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos telling company shareholders that the technology is “still a...
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Qualcomm: mirasol on track, first tablets/ereaders in Q1 2011
With E Ink’s new Pearl display making its debut in the third-generation Kindle, resolutely monochrome and – according to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos – staying that way for the near future, attention turned...
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Second Qualcomm mirasol plant in works amid $2bn display investment
Qualcomm have invested in a second mirasol plant, also intended to product the company’s 5.7-inch color epaper displays, with volume production tipped to kick off in 2012. According to DigiTimes...
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Pocketbook ereader range & Android tablet revealed; mirasol model in...
News on ereader manufacture Pocketbook‘s plans for IFA 2010 ahead of the show, with four new ereaders and a tablet all emerging from the company’s press division. The Pocketbook Pro 602, Pro 603, Pro...
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PocketBook Mirasol ereader due Q3 2011; IQ701 touchscreen tablet tipped
PocketBook has apparently accidentally confirmed that it will be launching a new ereader, Mirasol, at CES 2011 next January, that as the name suggests will use Qualcomm’s mirasol e-paper technology....
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New $1bn Qualcomm mirasol plant will make smartphone screens
Qualcomm has apparently agreed $1bn investment plans in a new mirasol plant, according to the Taiwanese Ministry of Economic Affairs. The new plant, which will be based at the Hsinchu Science Park,...
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mirasol Android tablet video tease: Mockup or Pocketbook preview?
We’re not sure if this is a pre-emptive glimpse of Pocketbook’s mirasol-based ereader, set to get official at CES 2011 this week, or another mockup design by Qualcomm to show off the mirasol display...
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Apple hybrid e-paper/LCD display plans tipped in new patent application
Talk of an e-paper based iPad has rumbled around since the reveal of the first-gen model, but so far Apple has proved unwilling to move beyond its multi-purpose IPS LCD display and consider either...
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Qualcomm mirasol gets intelligent LED lighting; in ereaders this fall
Adding illumination to e-paper screens seems pretty counter-intuitive – after all, what makes the display technology special is that it looks like paper and doesn’t need backlighting – but that’s just...
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Amazon Android “family of devices” due Q4: Tablets, Phones & STB?
Amazon may not have just one Android tablet in the works, but a whole range of devices using the Google open-source OS. That’s the latest rumor, anyway, shared with Android and Me by a trusted...
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Qualcomm mirasol phone concept demo’d; Converged ereader incoming
Qualcomm’s mirasol display technology may not be on the market in any meaningful form yet, but the company sure knows how to put a mockup together. Fresh for SID 2011 this week is this 4.1-inch WVGA...
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First mirasol ereader axed Qualcomm confirms
The first device to use Qualcomm’s mirasol display technology has been cancelled, according to CEO Paul Jacobs. Speaking at Uplinq 2011 this week, Jacobs revealed that the device – an ereader expected...
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Kyobo eReader delivers mirasol and Android
Kyobo Book Centre and Qualcomm have revealed the world’s first ereader to use a mirasol color e-paper display, the Android-based Kyobo eReader. On sale in South Korea today, priced at the equivalent of...
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Kyobo mirasol eReader flaunts color e-paper on video
Qualcomm still hasn’t announced any plans for a mirasol-based ereader outside of the Kyobo model launched in Korea this week, so we’re having to make do with vicarious enjoyment such as this live demo...
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Kyobo eReader shows muted mirasol colors but solid video
The mirasol-toting Kyobo eReader continues to taunt us from afar, with its color e-paper display capable of video playback, though first impressions from early hands-on have proved mixed. Both...
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Bambook Sunflower eReader launches with Mirasol
Qualcomm has launched a new eReader device today in partnership with Chinese media company Shanda. The device is called the Bambook Sunflower and features a 5.7-inch Mirasol screen with overall...
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Kyobo Mirasol eReader with Android hands-on
Here at CES 2012 is the Qualcomm Mirasol color e-paper technology. We’ve seen this before with the Kyobo eReader that is currently available in South Korea, but today we received some hands-on time...
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Qualcomm reveals new Hanvon C18 Mirasol eReader for China
At the opening Keynote at CES 2012 Qualcomm revealed a new color e-reader based on their mirasol display technology. Produced and released by Hanvon this is the thinnest e-color display around and we...
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The Best of CES 2012
Welcome to our massive “best-of” wrap-up for CES 2012, complete with everything from smartphones to PCs and headphones and back, topped off with our own “most used gear” section for the curious. What...
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CES 2012 Tablet Round-Up
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show revealed itself to be the real Ice Cream Sandwich treat for tablets in the Android sector, with one whole load of crap tablets attempting to burst the bubble of...
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Qualcomm acquires Pixtronix for future Mirasol display tech
There’s been a purchase, according to reports, by Qualcomm of a group by the name of Pixtronix, known for their PerfectLight displays using MEMS-based digital micro shutters for modulation of RGB LED...
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Koobe Jin Yong eReader fourth to deliver Qualcomm’s mirasol
Qualcomm’s mirasol color e-paper technology has found its way into another device, the Koobe Jin Yong eReader, a 5.7-inch XGA slate targeting ebooks, digital comics, animated picture books and...
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Mirasol production doused as Qualcomm chases licensing instead
Qualcomm has quietly confirmed that it is backing out of mirasol display production, instead looking to license the color e-paper technology amid struggles to mass-produce the screens. The news was...
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Mirasol reborn: 5.1″ phone display with near Retina MacBook resolution
Qualcomm has unexpectedly revealed a new mirasol mobile display, a 5.1-inch panel running at a whopping 2,560 x 1,440 resolution. Last we heard of mirasol, Qualcomm was dousing production plans and...
View ArticleQualcomm TOQ smartwatch revealed with Mirasol always-on display
The smartwatch era is officially here and Qualcomm has just announced their very own smartwatch to rival the Galaxy Gear, and many others. Wearable computing is only going to grow, and Qualcomm wants...
View ArticleQualcomm Toq smartwatch hands-on, lasts for days
The folks from Qualcomm don’t have a track record of making their own hardware, but today they shocked everyone at their annual Uplinq developer event and announced the Toq smartwatch. Powered by a...
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