We couldn't get the thing to turn on -- prototype buffoonery, zapped battery, or a classic case of trade show jitters, we figure -- but
Inventec's curious
V112 was on display inside Qualcomm's booth at
CTIA. Why Qualcomm, you ask? Well, Qualcomm owns Qualcomm MEMS Technologies, which has been pushing its
mirasol display tech for several years now; the main draw is that it's super high-contrast which eliminates the need for a backlight in many situations where a traditional LCD would need a little help, and the WinMo-powered V112 uses a small mirasol strip as a secondary display surrounded by nav controls. Even though we weren't getting any Windows Mobile action, we did manage to engage the mirasol display (also known as "the cool part") where we saw an example of what the V112 might be able to do without turning on the battery-destroying LCD up top: show basic status information and the current time. It's a good idea; we're not sure that the V112's implementation is perfect since there's zero tactility to the d-pad, but you've got to start somewhere, and mirasol could use as many commercial implementations as it can get.
posted Apr 3rd 2009 8:44PM
cool
do the imod displays work in zero light conditions?
What up with the Q?
qualcomm? stab in the dark on that one.
Cool idea.
Very iphonesque,. Poses zero threat to top dawg though,.
Which part is like the iPhone?
The Windows Mobile OS?
The 2nd LCD?
The BUTTONS?
Haven't black and white displays always worked fine in sunlight? Old Palms and LCD watches anyone?
If you really want to see the WinMo interface, WMExperts has photos. Not terribly exciting though - it is running on WM6.1 and is running SpB Mobile Shell.
http://www.wmexperts.com/hands-inventec-v112-and-its-mems-display
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