Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Nokia Unveils OLED Phone You Control By Bending

Posted by timothy on from the both-hands-on-the-phone-no-the-wheel dept.

jldailey618 writes "Nokia just unveiled an OLED smartphone that is controlled by flexing the device with both hands. By bending corners and pushing the sides inward and outward, the user can scroll, zoom, and select. 'Researchers would not discuss exactly how the processor behind the twisty screen functioned, but they did say that it would be compatible with most current operating systems.'" Reader jones_supa adds a link to The Inquirer (with video), which points out that the twist-based (rather than poke-based) interface means "you can do many basic functions such as scrolling, zooming and answering calls even while wearing mittens."

5 of 110 comments (clear)

  1. There is only one spokesman for this phone... by phillymjs · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and if you disagree with me, you can bite my shiny metal ass!

    ~Philly

  2. Re:innovation is dead? by NoobixCube · · Score: 3, Funny

    I know, right? Only Apple could ever have thought of touching things on a screen!

    --
    Admit it. You post strawman arguments as AC so you get modded Insightful for refuting them, rather than Troll
  3. Its not a phone by citizenr · · Score: 3, Informative

    Its a picture frame concept. Even the booth was named "bendable DEVICE prototype", not bendable smartphone.

    --
    Who logs in to gdm? Not I, said the duck.
  4. Re:They do realize of course by fishicist · · Score: 3, Informative

    I actually have it patented. :)
    (WO2006134552) FLEXIBLE DISPLAYS AND USER INPUT MEANS THEREFOR.
    (Although I think Philips let the patent lapse, and I think they stopped doing anything about it years ago.)

  5. More like the ultimate in irate customers by Kjella · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Today if you bend and break your phone and try to get a warranty replacement they'll tell you to go fish, you're not supposed to do that. The moment you make it part of the interface, there's people who will go way overboard like intense games, kids being too rough with it, have anger management issues and whatever. Even if it's built like a tank that no average person would ever wear out, there's a pretty thick tail of users who'll treat it way more roughly than everybody else. To me it sounds more like support hell than planned obsolescence heaven. If you want that then you should do it on some part you control the life time of, like say the non-replaceable battery running out, the screen fading away, no more software updates, anything you can reasonably control doesn't happen in the warranty period. This would be anything but that.

    --
    Live today, because you never know what tomorrow brings