Sunlight viewable display machinations

Qualcomm's Mirasol products and supposedly project
were discontinued in July, rumored difficulties
with production (yield cost etc ?). Fletcher imported
a Mirasol PDA from Korea and it looked good running
XCsoar (well, the replacement for the first unit that
died looked good).
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400889,00.asp

Yet this morning:
http://www.electronista.com/articles...tech .tie.in/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8B20ZZ20121203

Qualcomm wouldn't be doing this unless they have
some of their own technology at stake, right ?
Can't just be slightly better LCDs.
Anybody know the scoop ?

See ya, Dave

On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 9:15:27 AM UTC-5, Dave Nadler wrote:
Qualcomm's Mirasol products and supposedly project

were discontinued in July, rumored difficulties

with production (yield cost etc ?). Fletcher imported

a Mirasol PDA from Korea and it looked good running

XCsoar (well, the replacement for the first unit that

died looked good).

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2400889,00.asp



Yet this morning:

http://www.electronista.com/articles...tech .tie.in/

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8B20ZZ20121203



Qualcomm wouldn't be doing this unless they have

some of their own technology at stake, right ?

Can't just be slightly better LCDs.

Anybody know the scoop ?



See ya, Dave

Here's a better explanation of the deal:
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-n...e-MEMS-display

I've been following the slow progress at http://pixelqi.com/ for several years.

They have a promising technology and a novel business plan. They're making progress in some niche ruggedized markets... military, surveying.

Maybe, eventually, someday, coming to a screen near you

PixelQI is essentially monochrome in sunlight.
Pixtronix is MEMS-gated LED backlight; brighter but not reflective.
We'll see...

On Tuesday, December 4, 2012 3:50:47 PM UTC-5, Dave Nadler wrote:
PixelQI is essentially monochrome in sunlight. Pixtronix is MEMS-gated LED backlight; brighter but not reflective. We'll see...

Take a look at this YouTube video (scroll foreward to 14:32, if you don't want to watch the flight of the SB10)
I am not sure what kind this display is (the screen) but you can see it going in and out of shade/sunlight without any loss of readability. Any idea how that one works?
GM