Not exact matches
Mirasol displays can be considered the
color equivalent of e-ink displays in that they are extremely frugal on
power sources as
power is drawn only when the display changes.
We found out in November that PocketBook is going to release a
Mirasol -
powered color eReader in Q3, 2011.
If you are not familiar with the
Mirasol display technology, it has some of the advantages of e-Ink, which consumes
power only when pixels change, and some strengths of LCD, as it is in
color and has a refresh rate which is fast enough for basic screen animations.
Qualcomm's
mirasol technology, still in development, uses biomimetics to engineer low -
power, flat - panel,
color - rich displays viewable in any lighting condition, based on butterfly wings.
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.
Mirasol displays offer a rather washed - out image (the
color reproduction can not match LCD or OLED displays) but the
power consumption is about a sixth compared to LCDs.