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Next palmOne device with a flexible screen?
![]() With the new polished Treo 650 palmOne might hit a home run, although its true success is still quite difficult to predict (people aren't so happy either about crippled software in OEM versions, nor about the recent price increase for the uncrippled device). Let's be harsh: Neither the Tungsten T5 nor the Treo 650 are what I'd call revolutionary. The idea of an hybrid with a flexible display Imagine: A PDA and a cell phone incorporated into one device by using a foldable dual-sided display. In a closed state, the device would resemble a typical cell phone ('candy bar size'). In an open state, it would use the form of a typical PDA, providing an enlarged viewing area. Sounds very much like a Nokia 9210 Communicator -- except for the foldable display. palmOne just received patent US 6,850,780, "Compact palmtop computer system and wireless telephone with foldable dual-sided display". Although the company filed it several years ago, it might come useful now when everyone it talking about convergence in the mobile sector (I am not a great fan of convergence myself, but I don't speak for the majority (although sometimes I wish I did)). It's probably also not a disadvantage that flexible displays are just around the corner. Who knows, maybe palmOne will have the competitive edge once again. |
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Would be great if the display would then also have 100dpi like those flexible displays developed by Siemens.
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I find it ironic that the thing we stare at all day, our computer screens, have a resolution of 75dpi, in most cases (99% of computer screens don't go higher than this, including LCD screens, its a hardware limitation).
But printers, even the most bare-bones entry-level printers, print at 300dpi at their lowest resolution (some go lower, but "Fast Draft" printing is 300dpi). We don't look at printed documents as much as we look at our screens. Does anyone remember the flexible communicator that was used in Roddenberry's "Earth; Final Conflict" series? And what about IBM's "flexible paper" displays? |
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I fixed the link in the first post. It used to work, but apparantly it wasn't a permanent link! Thanks for pointing it out, David.
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Keep dreaming... You have all seen clamshell cellphones with a second, small display, haven't you?
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Its basically a clamshell phone with a "peek" window (like the flipcover that shows the clock on some Zire models) that opens up with a screen on both sides of the inside portion, a screen you can tap and interact with. So, think of your phone now, about 2-3" wide, maybe 5" tall. Open that up, and now you have a 5-6" wide screen that is 5" tall. The idea looks grandiose, but we'll have to wait and see what they come out with. |
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I have to admit I didn't see all the pictures because I didn't want to install a plug-in just for uspto. I only saw one on palmaddict and thought that's just a clamshell with a common two sided display. After reading it more carefully, I think it's great if it gets implemented, but I don't expect to see it in less than 5 years... The technology is simply not there yet. |
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Nice scoop Alexander. Would have been nice if other news sources had credited you for it.
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