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Qualcomm’s Mirasol screen technology, which promises full colour, low-power, e-ink displays that’ll bring Sunday supplements to life like never before, are about to launch. E-reader specialist Kyobo has shown off the first finished product.
Kyobo’s first Mirasol e-reader features a 5.7″ 1024×768 panel, which will use capacitive touch technology so it’s nice and sensitive. Beneath the screen sits a super-custom version of Android 2.3 that’s totally unrecognisable, with the electronic ink being pushed around by a 1GHz Qualcomm S2 processor.
It’s been announced for launch in South Korea, for a price that works out to around £250 — and Kyobo described the unveiling as a “global” launch, so there’s a slim chance we may see it at some point. [Korea Herald via SlashGear]
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mmm colour e-ink..
However the great unwashed that think the Kindle Fire is an e-reader won’t understand the point..
This definitely looks like one to keep an eye on, the videos at the link are very impressive, though it’d be interesting to see what it looks like with the back light function turned on.
colour e-ink is definitely the future of pc and phone displays. Unfortunately, although their well on the way to getting the colour bit right, refresh rate is going to need quite a bit of improvement before it’s feasible.
Having watched the vid in the link the refresh actually looks pretty good. Wonder if that’ll be how it comes out in real life…
I should warn you: The slashgear link gave me a virus warning from Sophos – I suspect their advertising is awry.
This is reminding me of my long-standing, unanswered question of why there aren’t any phones with e-ink (or similar) technology… I think there was one Motorola that was aimed at the very lowest end of the market, and frankly, seemed pretty amazing in terms of battery performance and value for money, but it never really caught on (it was the “motofone F3″ if I remember correctly). Any personal anecdotes on why the long battery life for less colour trade-off hasn’t been any more popular? I would gladly take a phone that held charge for a week if it ran android in black and white, if I had to (or colour, as this article seems to promise soon!