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Colour eBook reader from Mirasol coming soon

on September 9, 2010 8:05 am in News / no comments

Qualcomm has confirmed that Pocket-lint that to start it, in conjunction with a partner, a device, probably an eBook reader that his Mirasol color screen technology offers in the first quarter of 2011. An announcement is expected at CES in Las Vegas in January.

The technology, which basically is used as a color electronic ink display, do the video can also be described, the primary screen of the unknown device can be made available to the public at the beginning of 2011.

Qualcomm demonstrated its E-Ink technology to also press for some time and potential partners, with potential suitors, such as Amazon (caring for the next generation of Kindle), rumors.

The company would not say Pocket-lint, which partner would be announced, but confirmed that after months of waiting falls would be able to get their hands on the revolutionary technology.

It has been said that Mirasol screen, which are now manufactured in a position in any size, is full of color, can run video content, and needs to run only 1mW power.

In comparison, a similarly sized TFT-LCD screen and a 20mW AMOLED display requires a breathtaking 100-700mW. This basically means that the battery life considerably Mirasol will be extended to a loaded machine.

Given the 5.7-inch super-thin device as well as Logitech Z623 Speaker System, and static display we checked, we would expect that the final hardware to be an eBook reader, or a small tablet device.