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. Ereader specialist Kyobo has shown off the first finished product.
Kyobo’s first Mirasol ereader features a 5.7-inch 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 $US390 — 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 via Gizmodo UK]
Bruwer
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 4:23 PMA correction.
It is not an electronic ink display.
From Kyobo themselves, it is uses MEMs, and is a reflective display, based on interferometric modulation (IMOD) technology.
It uses tiny bistable mirrors that can hold an image indefinitely and is also fast enough for video.
nicky
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 9:09 PMsooo…this is full colour on the planet where only shades of blue exist?