Follow up article with slashgear confirms they are in small volume production now with samples shipping to industry customers.
http://www.slashgear.com/qualcomm-mi...-2011-1197307/ and that they are working with several OEMS
They continue to say there will be devices for purchase by consumers in Q1 2011 and Qualcomm has an event still planned for next month. Presumably that is when Mirasol will announce the manufacturing partner(s)