Motorola Unveils Phone That Bends

An anonymous reader writes "According to CNET, who are out at 3GSM in Barcelona, Motorola has unveiled a phone that bends in order to make putting it up to your face more comfortable. The Motorola Z8, as the bendy phone is called, runs on a Symbian based platform and also displays video at up to 30 frames per second."

Comments

Better pictures

[yknott]

There are some better pictures at engaget:

  http://www.engadget.com/2007/02/12/motorolas-motor izr-z8-a-symbian-kick-slider-with-hsdpa

Re:Better pictures

[r_jensen11]

From those pictures, it's impossible to tell if the phone bends or if it just slides on a curved track. From http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/motorizrz8/, it looks like part of the back end of the phone can pivot once the phone is slid open. I hardly call that bending.

Re:And the point is?

[Jim Hall]

And interestingly, the Z8 doesn't magically bend as the subject implies, but it has a hinge. Slide the face up (neat) and you give the hinge room to move. It's not bendy, it's hinged.

Re:What else can they get to bend?

[hereschenes]

They do that already... it's called 'knife-edge diffraction'.

eg http://www.smeter.net/propagation/diffrac1.php