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To: Brihack who wrote (71255)	11/16/2007 10:49:10 AM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Respond to of 197660

RE: the current plan for MEMS screens is to be used on the "outer screen" on phones Two comments: The manufacturing process is difficult and only two colors are currently available. The first actual product, which they displayed at the meeting, is a Bluetooth accessory which displays the caller and phone number. This is actually in production by a manufacturer whose name I don't remember. The sense I got from the meeting and from discussions with the people who were demonstrating MEMS is that smaller size cell phone displays might be feasible in about two years, but not necessarily full color. They did have a full color display, sort of a prototype, and it was very clear and detailed, but clearly not a production model. From discussion comments at the meeting, I got the impression that a MEMS display might eventually be part of a PDA type device with a 5" screen, which would pretty much do everything that a combination laptop and cell phone would do. The device might use a Snapdragon chip, which has low power requirements, in combination with the MEMS display, providing long battery life without recharging. We're still probably about five years away from this technology, but on the other hand, I doubt that anything else in the industry (e.g., the electronic "paper" and related ideas coming from Xerox) is as far advanced--in total. If QCOM provided the chips for the innards of a versatile PDA, but the manufacturer still relied on the LCD for a display, that would be all right with me. And I like the idea of a future income stream based on current R&D designs that are now proving to be feasible. Art