HP intros flexible eSkins

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has publicised the upcoming availability of a new display technology that should allow consumers to personalise various devices - like mobile phones, MP3 players, digital cameras, notebooks and netbooks, according to Unwired View.

The technology is called Electronic Skins (or eSkins) and basically allows manufacturers to apply a “flexible reflective colour film” on any of the above-mentioned devices.

According to HP, eSkins leverages on its roll-to-roll manufacturing platform and make use of a special ink technology, providing “an electronically controlled colour surface” and being able to “reflectively display icons and alpha-numeric characters.”

Qualcomm MEMS Technologies states that a dedicated mirasol display fabrication plant in the Longtan's Science Park in Taoyuan, Taiwan has commenced operations, reports PR Newswire.

The Qualcomm facility is the result of a strategic collaboration with Cheng Uei Precision Industry, a developer and manufacturer of communications devices, computers and consumer electronics.

"Emerging technologies such as mirasol displays have the power to influence the entire wireless value chain," said Paul Jacobs, chairman and CEO of Qualcomm. "As we continue to demand more from our mobile devices, it is clear that the display not only is increasingly influencing the consumers' experience but also is driving the total power efficiency of the device."

Nortel has released an out-of-the-box hot desking application that allows any company to give their staff single-number communications from any device and any number - a phone, mobile, softphone or smartphone, meeting room or home number, says CIO.

The application is designed to run on any IT environment as part of Nortel's vendor-agnostic Agile Communications Environment (ACE) software platform, announced earlier this year.

The immediate benefit of the technology is cost savings through the optimisation of a company's existing IT environment, and a rapid return on investment as advanced unified communications functionality is deployed using the current infrastructure.