asked 2015-02-19 01:38:59 +0200
Hello everyone
There is a special display technology that is called "IMod". It's lighter, thinner, lower power consumption and readable under sunlight. Here is what they improved these years and this is a demo for smartphone of high resolution. I really hope Jolla could consider it for future device to make Jolla really unlike.
answered 2015-02-20 23:37:49 +0200
No. IMOD (technology) / Mirasol (Qualcomm's name for it) is completely useless in its current state. They've been touting it for 7 or 8 years now and don't have a single significant design win, including none in the mobile phone / smartwatch segment, and only a few very low volume e-readers.
Its problems are as follows:
Appalling colours (think of ultra-cheap throwaway Chinese gadgets from 10-15 years ago with colour LCDs).
Very low contrast.
Extremely low brightness when being backlit (i.e. in low light).
Very low responsiveness.
Low refresh rate.
Very expensive, with currently tiny potential production capacity.
Nothing like as thin as LCDs or OLEDs.
I can't ever forsee a time where they're going to be competitive with LCDs for mobile / tablet, let alone OLEDs and in future emissive Quantom Dot.
Maybe just maybe they'll get a significant minority of the e-reader market eventually, but I wouldn't bet on it. Outside chance they'll win a few smartwatch designs if they improve significantly, but it won't happen any time soon.
It seems to be one of those technologies with no commercial end in sight, but the company's management is too stubborn and have invested too much already to drop it.
answered 2015-02-20 08:54:01 +0200
as far as i know, there is no possibility to luminate this kind of display.
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Wow, this technology sounds interesting and really amazing. Such displays might be expensive as it is a quite new technology, but Jolla should definitely keep an eye on it.
wanderer ( 2015-02-19 18:28:46 +0200 )editThe technology still isn't commercially viable as they seem to have issues in its production. They had also announced that they would be building a billion dollar plant in Taiwan to manufacture these displays, but there is no further updates on that. (Two years back, I had done a short course on embedded electronics, and had explored if these displays could be used as an alternative to eink displays. AFAIK, there isn't even any development kit to play around with.)
sifartech ( 2015-02-20 13:12:30 +0200 )editI post a link under the Charly's answer that is one commercial device, This is another, and some devices are listed onWiki.
hanhsuan ( 2015-02-20 13:57:52 +0200 )edit@hanhsuan - Yes, there are a few prototypes device developed by Qualcomm to showcase these displays, but they are just technology demonstrators. In fact, here's another that you missed - First Mirasol eReader Launches in South Korea. The company that launched this ebook reader has stopped this model. And the reason is because Qualcomm had problems in manufacturing these displays, and has announced that they will no longer manufacture these devices themselves but would license the technology to others. More info here - Say Goodbye to the Mirasol eReader. (Don't get me wrong - I was as fascinated by this technology when I learnt about it as you are, but nobody seems to be making them any more).
sifartech ( 2015-02-20 16:44:16 +0200 )edit