Well, there was no Color Kindle so there was
no Mirasol color eReader eInk.
Not exact matches
Which strongly suggests there's a larger
eReader company working on
color eReaders using
Mirasol screens.
We found out in November that PocketBook is going to release a
Mirasol - powered
color eReader in Q3, 2011.
PocketBook releasing a
color eReader, based on Qualcomm
Mirasol, in Q3, 2011.
Regardless of who the client is, a
color Mirasol ereader is on the way, but likely not until 2012, unless Qualcomm's existing production plant starts churning them out sooner.
There isn't much information on the existing joint venture production plant and whether it could produce enough 5.7 ″
color Mirasol displays for a full release of a
color eReader in 2010 or 2011.
How strange that the company with the magical
Mirasol color ePaper technology is patenting what looks like an amazing design for a folding
eReader.
The good news is that regardless of which company releases a
Mirasol eReader or a
Mirasol powered multimedia tablet we're guaranteed a
color Kindle around the same time.
This week we'll dig up an item from last week — PocketBook claiming that at CES (Jan, 2011) it will unveil a
Mirasol screen powered
color eReader and that by Q3, 2011 it will have the
color eReader out in the US market.
PocketBook isn't a brand of ebook reader that's very well know here in the US, but with the launch of these 5 new
ereaders and added retail presence that could change really quickly, especially considering the fact PocketBook is rumored to be partnered with
Mirasol to develop
color ereaders in 2011.
Kyobo Book Centre and Qualcomm have revealed the world's first
ereader to use a mirasol color e-paper display, the Android - based Kyobo e
ereader to use a
mirasol color e-paper display, the Android - based Kyobo
eReadereReader.
Kyobo's
eReader is the world's first
color Mirasol (5.7», 1024x768) e-reader, which is shipping in Korea for around $ 300.
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 magazines.
With
Mirasol Qualcomm has brought
color e-paper technology to
eReaders while managing to offer stunning visuals indoors and even better outdoors, while not letting up on battery life.
The Kyobo
eReader device has a
color display, but it uses
mirasol display technology, which is different technology from a
color e-ink display, such as the one produced by Triton.