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Cell Phone with a Foldable Screen Coming Mid-2008

by Terrence O'Brien on January 22, 2008 at 06:41 PM

Cell Phone with a Foldable Screen Coming Mid-2008
E-Ink displays and E-Book readers have been getting a lot of press as of late. And the potential for folding displays has captured the hearts of many gadget enthusiasts. After about 2 years of teasing the Philips spin-off Polymer Vision is finally prepping for a commercial release of foldable e-ink cell phone that first made the rounds in late 2005.

The device, when closed, is no bigger than a slightly bulky candy bar cell phone (roughly 4.5 x 2.2 x .82 inches), but it opens up to reveal a 5 inch high resolution black and white display for reading E-books, E-mail, RSS feeds, and making phone calls. In comparison, the iPhone "only" has a 3.5 inch screen. The Polymer phone comes packed with a 3G HSDPA data connection for placing voice calls and pulling in high-speed data, and works with Microsoft's ActiveSync for corporate Exchange servers for E-Mail and contacts, in addition to the standard IMAP and POP for pulling in Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

The one thing we can't figure out is how you place calls on this thing if a person isn't in your contacts. Without a touch screen and no keypad in sight, we're thinking that you're gonna have to resort to a pen and the palm of your hand to get that cute girl at the bar's number.

Polymer Vision Readius



From Reuters

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