Palm Addicts points us to a wonderful story this morning.
Engadget is reporting that Phillips is going to show a Readius rollable display prototype at the Internationale Funkausstellung consumer electronics show in Berlin later this week. It will have a 100µm, QVGA, active-matrix 5-inch display, and will roll up into a 7.5 mm tube when not in use.
I've often wondered how engineers will be able to put a rollup display in a sturdy form factor. Now we can see one way. Now as you improve power, processing and display technology, there's no reason to think we won't have very nice devices that fit very easily into your pocket. Not to mention that they will get lighter also.
It's been a while since I've been really excited about a display technology. In fact, the last exciting idea I remember is the low power laser projection displays that are being worked on. This puts one form to the future of mobile computing that I really like. If they can only make it VGA color, bright, low power, and with a touch sensitive surface. I guess it might be a while before it shows up in your next Palm or Pocket PC device!
More info is available
here at EETimes.