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Originally Posted by Dulin's Books
Daithi,
Its not going to go poof like the Que. They didnt announce a device partner because the device simply wasnt ready yet. It wouldn't have been fair to announce it but have only not quite working devices to show.
Qualcomm has just started the build of the new factory solely for producing Mirasol displays, investing nearly a billion dollars to do so and have said which plant will be building the displays until the factory is complete. Qualcomm is totally behind them now.
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I'm not saying they are abondoning the Mirasol technology altogether. I'm just saying that they aren't progressing as quickly as I'd like -- hey, I can be a demanding customer. Mirasol has a lot of potential, but they can't wait too long in getting it to market (and small screen devices aren't going to cut it either).
Last year their rep. implied they were partnering with Amazon and would soon release a color Kindle.
This year their rep. says Qualcomm will "not be developing any larger screen sizes this year." (And no mention of Amazon)
Not to mention that it has been a year and it doesn't look like much progress has been made (ala Plastic Logic). Just saying I'm not as enamoured with Mirasol as I was a year ago, and I'm a bit disappointed with their CES showing this year.