Qualcomm's MEMS-based e-paper handles mobile video with ease

We already know that Qualcomm and MEMS displays go hand in hand, but now the company is looking to seep into the mobile realm with an iteration that can supposedly handle fast-changing video clips without breaking a sweat. Put simply, the company's electronic-paper display "employs microscopic mechanical switches that turn pixels on and off at rates more than fast enough to display video," and unlike slower alternatives, this variation can switch on / off pixels in "just tens of microseconds." Furthermore, these units will offer up considerable energy savings when not viewing video. As it stands, full color versions are still quite a ways from commercialization, but a two-color flavor is scheduled to appear in a Hisense handset next year.

[Kurian @ Nov 1st 2007 2:42AM]

wow 10fps video. no wait.. its 10 spf.

[Kurian @ Nov 1st 2007 2:43AM]

they edited the post..i'm damn sure it said "seconds" instead of microseconds a while ago.

[john romero iv @ Nov 1st 2007 5:56AM]

the whole use of the word "flavor" instead of "variety" is freaking annoying