Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Kyobo, Qualcomm make Mirasol color displays a reality, with the Kyobo eReader

Kyobo, Qualcomm make Mirasol color displays a reality, with the Kyobo eReader

Don't look now, but Mirasol has just arisen from the dead. Today, Korea's Kyobo Book Centre and Qualcomm jointly unveiled the world's first Mirasol-coated e-reader, just a few months after CEO Paul Jacobs heralded the demise of his company's color e-paper format. The device, known as the Kyobo eReader, sports a 5.7-inch, 1024 x 768 color display with 223ppi and touchscreen capabilities, runs Android 2.3 and is powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 CPU. Kyobo says you'll be able to use the WiFi-enabled slate for "weeks" on a single charge, as long as you do so at decreased brightness, and for a total of 30 minutes per day.

Engadget, Kyobo, Qualcomm make Mirasol color displays a reality, with the Kyobo eReader