Tomorrow's Cell Phones

bart_scriv writes "Businessweek looks at the future of the cell phone, starting with some existing button-free prototypes and moving on to more outlandish and whimsical designs. From the article: 'New technologies drive many of the new designs. One example: Synaptics ClearPad, a new type of touch screen that will become commercially available later this year. Unlike today's touch screens, which aren't entirely transparent and often not very sensitive — we've all had to endlessly tap one with a stylus to get a response — ClearPad is clear, so it can be used as a sensitive overlay to a cell-phone display. Another innovation likely to change the cell-phone's appearance: flexible displays. An electronic ink screen prototype, developed by Koninklijke Philips Electronics and startup E-Ink, is thin and flexible like paper so it can be worn wrapped around a cell phone. Users can unwrap it to view a map on a larger screen. Eventually, the display could be used to watch video.'"

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Cell Phones the new pocket watch.

[jellomizer]

It has been a long time sence the watch that a piece of technology (carried on the person) is considered to be styleish. So it is not to suprising that there is a lot of R&D going on to make them more so. Because other then style the cell phone hasn't change much (batteries last about the same as it did 10 year ago, and the rececption is only better because there are more towers), yea they added some stupid features that Teenyboppers like but all in all cellphones hasn't changed much in 10 years. The only reason why people get them is because they are stylish, and you want to stay in fassion.