I had a brief talk with a Qualcomm rep today, and as usual the most common response was “no comment”. The talk was brief because the rep maintained the company line. You know that Pocketbook are working on a Mirsol e-reader, right? Well, no. Not according to Qualcomm. They never said that so they refuse [...]
Entries Tagged as 'mirasol'
Amazon Blaze to run Android, have a 4.3″ Mirasol screen
April 5th, 2011 · 2 Comments · humor
I wanted to share an elaborate April Fool’s day joke with you. The folks at Android Police spent much of last week putting together a truly impressive practical joke. the combined plausible pictures, detailed tech specs, and even a faked handout from Amazon. I nearly fell for it, it’s that good. i also know a [...]
Mirasol, Pocketbook, and e-readers
April 1st, 2011 · 3 Comments · opinion
I’m going to be in NYC for a conference next week. I noticed while laying pout my schedule earlier that Qualcomm have a booth at the conference, and they also have a senior person as a guest speaker on Wednesday. This isn’t unusual, actually, and I doubt that Qualcomm will announce the new e-reader this [...]
Tags:and·ereaders·mirasol·pocketbook
Did Qualcomm try to pull something funny with the Mirasol display?
January 8th, 2011 · 2 Comments · conferences & trade shows, opinion
I stopped by the Qualcomm booth earlier and I think there’s something funny going on. They have a new demo unit for the Mirasol, which is reason enough to go. They also changed the video running on it. Do you know the demo video I found a few days ago? It was running on the [...]
New Mirasol screen demo video
January 7th, 2011 · 3 Comments · conferences & trade shows, hardware news
I managed to miss this one yesterday. I actually passed through the Qualcomm booth twice and it wasn’t there either time. This isn’t a product prototype, just a screen demo. I don’t know who shot the video, sorry. In other news, Pocketbook will have a press conference at 11am today.They’ve been giving me the run [...]
First look at the New Mirasol E-reader!
January 5th, 2011 · 6 Comments · hardware news
Do you recall the press release for the Pocketbook Mirasol e-reader that I leaked back in November? That device was at the top of my thoughts for CES, but unfortunately, I haven’t found any new info on it. But I was sent a link to this video. Apparently they posted it to Youtube in anticipation [...]
Qualcomm Mirasol still not in production?
January 3rd, 2011 · 2 Comments · hardware news
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs announced this morning that Qualcomm will indeed be investing $1b in a new production plant for the Mirasol screen. Ministry of Economic Affairs in 2008 U.S. investment mission to the formation of American Qualcomm (Qualcomm) headquarters called, finally in the fierce competition, stand out to compete for the favor of [...]
Tags:mirasol·production·qualcomm
Pocketbook to use a Mirasol screen – I told you so
November 23rd, 2010 · 13 Comments · hardware news
Do you remember how I told you they were working on this back in August? They’re finally ready to confirm it. Pocketbook put out a press release today. They’re going to have their newest e-reader on display, and yes it will have a Mirasol screen. I’m a little surprised that they announced it this early. [...]
Tags:mirasol·pocketbook·screen·told
Qualcomm to demo Mirasol screen device at CES 2011
September 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
Pocket-lint are reporting: Qualcomm has confirmed to Pocket-lint that it will launch, in connection with a partner, a device, probably an ebook reader, that features its Mirasol colour screen technology in the first quarter of 2011. An announcement is expected at CES in Las Vegas in January. … The company wouldn’t tell Pocket-lint which partner [...]
Pocketbook likely won’t be announcing their Mirasol e-reader at IFA-Berlin
August 20th, 2010 · 6 Comments · hardware news
Pocketbook have uploaded the first press photos for the new e-readers they will announce at IFA-Berlin and the Mirasol device isn’t there. The picture at right is the PB 903. This is not a joke and it is not a rumor. I have confirmation from a couple different sources that Pocketbook are working with Qualcomm. [...]
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