E-Ink cell phone design

Colin Dunstan · 01-25-2006, 03:28 AM

Anthony Reed modeled and rendered a cell phone based on E-Ink technology. Gizmodo has the blurb:

The idea is that the user can customize the front face, phone pad, turn it into a QWERTY keyboard, MP3 player or whatever. I think the thinness of this device is a bit much to expect given the proposed functionality, but not outside the realm of the one-day possible.

drwong · 01-25-2006, 09:58 AM

its actually not that far off:

check this out:

Moto Slvr

the ink part make sense for the GUI
but the keypad, i'd prefer something a bit more solid

arivero · 01-25-2006, 10:54 AM

From the picture I understand that the keypad is solid. This makes it an expensive or impossible device, of course, because it needs different drive lines for each button.

Hmm wait... Ok... I see. The trick is transparent buttons above the Eink display. Yeah, Holly Gates could make one for you if you bribe him enough.

Antoine of MMM · 01-25-2006, 04:33 PM

I like it as a design, and might even give it a buy if it ran PalmOS

Lovely thought though, I would love to see it (but thicker jsut in case the battery really doesnty hold up well to BT and net usage all day

01-25-2006, 03:28 AM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	E-Ink cell phone design Anthony Reed modeled and rendered a cell phone based on E-Ink technology. Gizmodo has the blurb: The idea is that the user can customize the front face, phone pad, turn it into a QWERTY keyboard, MP3 player or whatever. I think the thinness of this device is a bit much to expect given the proposed functionality, but not outside the realm of the one-day possible.

01-25-2006, 09:58 AM	#2
drwong Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2006 Device: dopod 900	its actually not that far off: check this out: Moto Slvr the ink part make sense for the GUI but the keypad, i'd prefer something a bit more solid

01-25-2006, 10:54 AM	#3
arivero Guru Posts: 607 Karma: 2157 Join Date: Oct 2005 Device: NCR3125, Nokia 770,...	From the picture I understand that the keypad is solid. This makes it an expensive or impossible device, of course, because it needs different drive lines for each button. Hmm wait... Ok... I see. The trick is transparent buttons above the Eink display. Yeah, Holly Gates could make one for you if you bribe him enough.

01-25-2006, 04:33 PM	#4
Antoine of MMM Mobile Ministry Magazine Posts: 119 Karma: 4507 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Charlotte, NC Device: Nokia N75/N800 Internet Tablet	I like it as a design, and might even give it a buy if it ran PalmOS Lovely thought though, I would love to see it (but thicker jsut in case the battery really doesnty hold up well to BT and net usage all day

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