Who Knew?![Here’s an entirely new display tech from Qualcomm, intended for e-book readers. Mirasol displays can show full-color images and support video playback with little impact on battery life:
A standard ebook reader – such as the Kindle – could last for roughly 20-percent longer if its monochrome e-ink display was switched for a mirasol panel, assuming the same sort of use. As the mirasol team explained, however, once you start pushing traditional e-ink panel refresh rates, up to the point you can display smooth video, and introduce color, power draw can actual go beyond that of a regular LCD display. A color e-ink video-capable Kindle would last roughly a day using the same battery; meanwhile the same unit with a mirasol panel would last around a week.
It’s readable in direct sunlight, running at 1024x768 resolution and a ridiculous 220ppi (the resolution of print newspapers are ~200ppi, for comparison). Qualcomm has LG as a hardware partner and is working with some other manufacturers whose names it won’t disclose, in order to get these devices out by the end of 2010.
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Here’s an entirely new display tech from Qualcomm, intended for e-book readers. Mirasol displays can show full-color images and support video playback with little impact on battery life:
A standard ebook reader – such as the Kindle – could last for roughly 20-percent longer if its monochrome e-ink display was switched for a mirasol panel, assuming the same sort of use. As the mirasol team explained, however, once you start pushing traditional e-ink panel refresh rates, up to the point you can display smooth video, and introduce color, power draw can actual go beyond that of a regular LCD display. A color e-ink video-capable Kindle would last roughly a day using the same battery; meanwhile the same unit with a mirasol panel would last around a week.It’s readable in direct sunlight, running at 1024x768 resolution and a ridiculous 220ppi (the resolution of print newspapers are ~200ppi, for comparison). Qualcomm has LG as a hardware partner and is working with some other manufacturers whose names it won’t disclose, in order to get these devices out by the end of 2010.
[via SlashGear / Engadget]
