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<title>Qualcomm pares down Mirasol screen production, will license</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/07/23/qualcomm.will.focus.on.licensing.out.mirasol.screen.tech.but.ship.some.devices/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/qualcomms4tablet-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[During an earnings conference call last week, Qualcomm CEO Paul E. Jacobs revealed that the company will not focus on building many portable devices equipped with Mirasol touchscreens. The company, known better for its mobile chipsets, will instead focus on licensing the next generation of its technology. It will, however, continue to develop and sell some of its own Mirasol products....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jul 2012 18:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Koobe brings second-gen Mirasol to e-readers in Taiwan</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/30/koobe.jin.yong.reader.gen.2.gets.new.mirasol.tech/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/qualcommmirasol2-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Koobe became just the third company to use Qualcomm's next-generation Mirasol display with a new version of its Jin Yong Reader.  The Taiwanese Android 2.3 device is a very close cousin of the Kyobo eReader and Shanda BamBook and blurs the lines between tablets and e-readers.  The Mirasol display has the outdoor friendliness and weeks-long battery life of e-paper but adds color and fast enough tou...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Qualcomm buys Pixtronix for PerfectLight MEMS displays</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/25/qualcomm.acquires.pixtronix.for.is.mems.tech/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/qual_pix_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Qualcomm has acquired Pixtronix for its PerfectLight MEMS-based display technology. Qualcomm confirmed the purchase, but did not disclose the reasons behind the acquisition or the price, which is rumored be between $175 million and $200 million. It is thought that the Pixtronix technology may either complement Qualcommís existing MEMS-based Mirasol display tech, or push Mirasol beyond its current ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hands on: Hanvon C18 e-reader with Mirasol display</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/13/claimed.thinnest.mirasol.reader/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/c18-sml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Many companies came to Las Vegas this week to show off their high-end tablets, however a few companies, including Hanvon, brought along their latest e-book readers. Qualcomm helped show off Hanvon's C18, which Electronista had a chance to try out on the CES show floor....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Qualcomm teams with China's Shanda on eBook reader </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/09/qualcomm.bambook.sunflower.reader.pre.orders.live/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/bambookin.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Chipmaker Qualcomm has unveiled a new eBook reader together with China's Shanda, a multimemedia content and social network provider. Dubbed Bambook Sunflower, the device uses a 5.7-inch Mirasol touchscreen and runs on a very customized Android 2.3 OS. The major specs include and are shared with the Kyobo Mirasol eReader and include a 1GHz Snapdragon processor....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/09/qualcomm.bambook.sunflower.reader.pre.orders.live/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Kyobo eRreader mixes Mirasol and Android</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/22/qualcomm.brings.its.mirasol.technology.to.life/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/kyobo_mirasol_gallery.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Qualcomm has teamed with Kyobo Book Center to launch the world's first e-reader to use a Mirasol-based color e-paper display. After killing what would have been the first generation version of the device in June before its planned launch, Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs has now made good on his promise to deliver a 5.7-inch Mirasol device. The Kyobo eReader, which also runs Android 2.3 has now gone on sa...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/11/22/qualcomm.brings.its.mirasol.technology.to.life/</guid>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Qualcomm says first Mirasol device already axed</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/06/02/qualcomm.ceo.axes.first.mirasol.device.launch/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1101/qualcommmirasol-ces2011.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs has told a media briefing in San Diego that he has already axed the first planned Mirasol device before it launched. The device, which was to be an e-reader, did not satisfy him that it was ready. Instead of a first quarter launch as had previously been planned, Qualcomm is instead focusing on launching a second-generation iteration of the technology....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hands-on with Qualcomm's 30FPS mirasol, we talk tablets</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/07/qualcomm.mirasol.30fps.display.reaches.ces/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1101/qualcommmirasol-ces2011.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Qualcomm at its CES booth had its new, second-generation mirasol display on show in prototype form.  The model hits the promised 30FPS, twice as much as the old model, and was noticeably much improved.  Video and animations were now what you'd expect and were clearly good enough for certain use....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/07/qualcomm.mirasol.30fps.display.reaches.ces/</guid>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Qualcomm ups spending on mirasol display plant by $1 billion</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/03/displays.offer.advantages.for.tablets.e.readers/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1010/qualcommmirasol-ctia.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Qualcomm will invest an additional $1 billion in a Taiwanese computer display plant to produce its mirasol displays, according to a posting on Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs website. A spokesman from the ministry clarified that the newest investment will be in addition to the joint venture Qualcomm formed with Taiwan's Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co. in 2009 to produce the displays. The ve...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/01/03/displays.offer.advantages.for.tablets.e.readers/</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PocketBook slips out plans for mirasol e-reader</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/11/24/pocketbook.mirasol.e.reader.due.mid.2011/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1011/qualcommmirasol-ctia2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[PocketBook today inadvertently confirmed that it's developing an e-reader based on Qualcomm's mirasol display technology.  In a since-retracted update, the company said it would show the hardware at the CES expo in January.  Specifications aren't official, but Digital Reader was told by a source that a prototype was using a 12 frames per second screen, slightly slower than the 15FPS Electronista h...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/11/24/pocketbook.mirasol.e.reader.due.mid.2011/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 15:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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