Kopin provides CyberDisplay for Nokia Kaleidoscope

Nokia will be using Kopin's CyberDisplay for its portable photo viewer, the Nokia Kaleidoscope, (see left) according to an article in HardwareGeeks.

I wrote about the Kaleidoscope almost a year ago. It's part of Nokia's line of camera phone accessories, such as picture frames and jewelry that can display photos. Nokia's efforts highlight why the camera phone business will be so vibrant because there are many opportunities for experimenting with new products and services.

The article notes the use of Kopin's CyberDisplay marks the first time a major cellular operator is using a high resolution microdisplay. It's a "color-filter microdisplay that contains 800 x 225 (180,000) pixel dots on a quarter-inch diagonal active matrix liquid crystal display (AMLCD) surface," the article says.

Viewing images

The Kaleidoscope can store 24 photos internally -- transferred via infrared -- and up to 750 images on a 64M MultiMedia Card. Although Nokia is promoting the Kaleidoscope for camara phones, a computer with infrared capabilities also could transfer photos to the device.

Nokia has more specifications. The Kaleidoscope containts 2MB of SRAM and 2MB of flash memory. It can support imaging formats of jpeg, gif and png.

I think it could be a nice gift if it's priced appropriately, perhaps $50 or so, or $75 if it includes the MMC.