http://smilepanic.com/index.php/design/ ... phone.html

i was looking at lamebook, and saw this ad. it looks pretty sweet, obviously, just a concept.

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that falls pretty far out of the realm of possibility....
When we have technology that can do that, actually carrying around a phone would probably be pretty lame.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

oh, i know. what i could see is a clear phone, with a metal casing around the parameter that projects onto the clear centre.

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Transparent displays aren't as far off as you think.

There are patents already filed for them. Just waiting for the hardware costs to decrease, as with all electronic devices shown before their time.

I remember when a portable DVD player at Sharper Image was 1300 bucks!

Now you can get them for about $100 if you look in the right place.



Bingo.

Samsung did a working prototype for CES this year:

http://www.wired.com/video/ces-2010-han ... 0826805001

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Wheelhouse

that is fuggin AWESOME! i want this on a blackberry now!

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It's freakin sweet, right?

It'll be very cool for some applications, but at times I could see it being inconvenient, unless you could change the opacity for watching videos and what not.

I would hate to try to watch a video and be looking through it.

EDIT: And just so you know, there's been a few signs that Apple will be the first to bring this to the consumer market in a large scale.

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Wheelhouse

when apple makes products that dont suck, ill look into em. but the fact that ive gone through 3 ipods, and i cant figure out apples OS for the life of me...

but i do like the iphone. its going to verizon i guess.

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It would probably come with some fancy attachment, you know, like a piece of cardboard to put behind it.

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Right...but how about transparent:
Speakers
microphones
batteries
IC's
solder
IO connections
etc.
etc.
etc.

The technologies required to create that phone are pure fantasy.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

Oh absolutely. It'd all have to be incorporated into the frame.

Eventually, mobile hardware components will be small enough to do that.

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Wheelhouse

i can answer the battery part. solar powered phone! if they can power a watch by natural movement (ecodrive), they can do it with a phone, albeit a much more powerful source will be needed. i think, say the phone is 4 inches long by 2.5. maybe the screen (glass) could be 3 by 2.25 inches. the surrounding phone will house the needed components, with a speaker and receiver. thickness could also play a factor.

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This will eventually be possible too. Processors and devices are continuously being made to consume less power.

Hell, Apple's new Macbook Pro's consume less energy than a 65 watt light bulb now!

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Wheelhouse

my sister just got a new macbook. she doesnt understand why i cant sync up to video chat with her "ichat" probably because thats an apple product, and i got a brand new HP.

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All good points, but it goes back to what I originally said...once this type of thing is possible, do you think people will actually be carrying around cell phones?
I know I won't.


Problem exists between keyboard and chair.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

Window phone? Almost as stupid as an iPad will be.

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

You should tell her that Macs suck

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just call me Brad

Twitter @BUrbanowicz13

on whose end?

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It's all personal preference, really.

People who do in depth computer shit or gaming love Windows because of its compatibility and open platform.

I value that my mac is ridiculously stable (5 years old now, and crashes less than twice a year!), syncs perfectly with my iPhone, browses the internet ridiculously fast, and comes with a whole suite of creative applications like garage band, iMovie, iPhoto, and others.

If you don't know the operating system, I can see how it could be confusing. But I've found that macs are much easier to learn than windows.

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Wheelhouse

And irony, just so you know, if you both make a free skype account, you can video chat over that cross platform with no issues!

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Wheelhouse

if i had the extra money, and i knew how to use macs OS, i could maybe someday switch. but i LOVE my new HP labby, and windows 7. it hasnt crashed yet!

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