Qualcomm MEMS Technologies and Qingdao Hisense Communication today announced the design specifications of the Hisense C108 mobile phone that will become the industry's first handset with Qualcomm MEMS Technologies' mirasol display.

The Hisense C108 mobile phone is a lightweight, low-power, candy-bar style handset that weighs less than a quarter pound (80 grams). The C108, based on Qualcomm's QSC6010 chipset, uses the 1.2-inch mirasol display that features a resolution of 130 ppi (128 x 96 pixels). The mirasol display functions as the main display of the phone, showing such things as text messaging, phone book entries, time, date and other important information. The phone also supports multiple languages and has 32 Mb ROM and 8 Mb RAM.

The product, which will begin shipping in 2008 to China and emerging mobile markets, will be on display Feb. 11-14 at the Mobile World Congress 2008 conference in Qualcomm's booth, located in Hall 8, Booth B53.

Based on a reflective technology called interferometric modulation (IMOD), mirasol displays harness ambient light and require no backlighting, thereby consuming significantly less power. The reflective mirasol display also automatically scales to the surrounding lighting conditions, allowing users to see their content in almost every environment, even bright sunlight.