Canadian Researchers Create Thin-Film Flexible Paperphone

fergus07 writes "Researchers from the Human Media Lab at Canada's Queen's University have created a fully-functioning floppy E-Ink smartphone, which they also refer to as a paper computer. Like its thicker, rigid-bodied counterparts, the Paperphone can do things like making and receiving calls, storing e-books, and playing music. Unlike them, however, it conforms to the shape of its user's pocket or purse, and can even be operated through bending actions."

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Re:the point in near term..

[AmiMoJo]

Right, I really want paper creases down the middle of my screen... Actually this seems more like thin flexible plastic than paper. I think maybe the e-Ink display confused the journalists. It doesn't look like it would fold well though, just flex a great deal.

For larger displays what we really need are wireless display standards. Like Bluetooth but for video. When I am watching TV and the phone rings in my pocket the caller ID is displayed in the corner of the TV screen. If I place the phone on my multi-touch table that becomes the screen and keyboard. If I want to present something my phone display appears on a digital whiteboard.