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Fujitsu's Latest Mobile Phone Splits In Two
angry tapir writes with news of Fujitsu's new phone which is taking the sliding phone keyboard a step further by allowing it to detach completely. "The F-04B was announced as part of NTT DoCoMo's new line-up and is scheduled to hit Japanese shelves in March or April next year. At first glance it looks like a conventional slider cell phone: grab onto the bottom of the phone and a numeric keypad slides out. But decouple a catch and the entire back half of the phone can be pulled off."
I can do the same thing with my iPhone and a hacksaw... big deal
Now I've got another piece of the phone I'm going to lose in the couch. Along with the remote and loose change.
Sweet, it's just like the Enterprise. This will come in handy in case of a warp core breach.
Give me Classic Slashdot or give me death!
Or, "...and can be reassembled."
I've had far too many phones that split in two, or otherwise fell apart.
No, see... the feature would be if both sections vibrated. That way you could have each half in separate pockets for 100% vbration coverage.
Oh right- like YOU'VE never let a call ring long when it's on vibrate in your front pants pocket...
... all while driving!
The only interesting use case they presented was if you are concerned about health issues of keeping phones near your head.
I overheard a conversation on Monday of this week. Some guy (who I would concider rather intelligent) was talking about cell phone waves. He was saying that (wet) grass would reflect cell phone transmissions. He then made the leap that if you were to make a call from a grassy field, you were essentially being bombarded by cell phone waves because "each blade of grass is like a tiny antenna". The amount of misinformation about cell phones is extremely misleading. It makes me mad...
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Quit gabbin' and get back to work!
Transformers: Don't use remaining eye!
The only problem is I can only do it once...
So when will Banach and Tarski release their phone prototype?
That's nothing: My wife can make ANY phone split into multiple parts. All she does is fling it to the ground when she can't immediately figure out how to work it.
Also; TV remotes, house thermostats, lawn mowers....
];)
Regards;
Whatever. Call me back when it can split into five lions.