Mitsubishi's Double Sided LCD

[Mike Temporale]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://akiba.sorobangeeks.com/news_8729.html' target='_blank'>http://akiba.sorobangeeks.com/news_8729.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Mitsubishi Electric Corp presents this 2.2" LCD screen that can be viewed from two sides, and is designed to be fitted to mobile phones. So even when your clamshell phone is closed, you still have full access to all the information on the screen. A very good idea, and also good news for companies that make screen protectors. "</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Temporale-20041005-DualScreenLCD.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />This is a interesting idea. I wonder if it can be as bright as a regular screen? Won't the image be reversed when it's viewed from the outside. So it would be no good for displaying names and numbers. :?

[yslee]

eh, simple, just invert the display when the phone is closed. not too hard.

[surur]

This has moved amazingly fast from research to marketing. It has only been a few months since they initially published this innovation.

Thank god for the hypercompetition environment of the mobile phone handset :rock on dude!:

Surur

[Macguy59]

I still think it would be sweet if someone would make a clamshell smartphone where the display could pivot and collapse over the keys to make a mini tablet (requiring stylus entry) ala the Sony Nx series of PDA's.

[rbrome]

I still think it would be sweet if someone would make a clamshell smartphone where the display could pivot and collapse over the keys to make a mini tablet (requiring stylus entry) ala the Sony Nx series of PDA's.

You mean like the Samsung SGH-i500 / SGH-i505? 8) It's a Palm, though...

http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/3gsm_2004/index.php?p=sa
(scroll to the bottom)

[Macguy59]

I still think it would be sweet if someone would make a clamshell smartphone where the display could pivot and collapse over the keys to make a mini tablet (requiring stylus entry) ala the Sony Nx series of PDA's.

You mean like the Samsung SGH-i500 / SGH-i505? 8) It's a Palm, though...

http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/3gsm_2004/index.php?p=sa
(scroll to the bottom)

Bastards stole my idea :lol: Yes that is exactly what I'm talking about, but with Smartphone 2003 instead :wink:

[Kris Kumar]

Interesting concept.

But doesn't this defeat the clamshell advantage: built-in screen protector?