Given that we'll be adding technologies
like flexible screens and color eInk screens (hopefully sometime this century), it makes sense to go to 7 ″ and perhaps even 8 ″ Kindles.
Your early work at Bell Labs in the»90s focused on consumer products,
like flexible screens with the look and feel of real paper.
Not exact matches
Singh wasn't familiar with Kickstarter's platform, but he
liked what he saw on the
screen: a stand with a
flexible neck so its user could prop the iPad on any flat surface.
Thin,
flexible screens such as the one showcased by LG could allow the creation of newspapers that change daily, display video
like a tablet computer, but that can still be rolled up and put in your pocket.
Flexible, Bendable Electronics Imagine a computer
screen that could be bent, folded in half, and even crumpled
like a sheet of newspaper, without affecting its function in the slightest.
I would love something
like the reMarkable or the soon to be released Onyx Boox Note with a
flexible ClearInk
screen!!
Like today's LCD
screens, they display images generated by a computer, but they are as thin,
flexible, portable and crisply readable as paper.
The Galaxy S6 edge + is actually a
flexible OLED display manufactured on a
flexible plastic substrate rather than on a traditional perfectly flat and hard
screen like almost all other OLED (and LCD) displays.
A hinge, to allow closure
like a book, joins two
flexible 7 - inch
screens.
Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has developed a highly
flexible electronic paper that's both re-writable and re-usable, and
like the Boogie Board electronic memo pads, the technology doesn't need electricity to retain the
screen image.
Flexible eInk
screens are being made — why not make them foldable in any way — just
like paper.
The predictions are bold — the 10.5 - inch iPad could cluster Apple's messy iPad lineup even further, and a two - years - from - here iPad with a
flexible screen (though that could just mean curvy) sounds
like sci - fi at this point.
The new Kindle Fire boasts a full colour
screen using similar technology to the iPad and has a touch
screen, full web browsing, video, music and email capabilities so it is much more
flexible than the earlier models, but why have something that's
like an iPad when you can have an iPad?
All slab edges will protect outwards so that full height and fully
flexible sliding glazed
screens can open and close the interior to the exterior
like patio windows.
Speculations roam free on whether the
screen will be flat or curved, but seeing the general trend, a
flexible OLED panel does not seem
like something the iPhone manufacturer would be interested in.
If a foldable,
flexible -
screened phone sounds
like science fiction, and therefore a long way away, don't be discouraged.
There are few themes that are quite as
flexible and adaptable as what I
like to call the «invisible» home
screen.
Getting Samsung to supply tens of millions of OLED
screens (to begin with) all by itself wasn't easy, and according to inside sources last week, upgraded new components
like the antenna's
flexible printed circuit board and wide angle camera circuit boards also proved unusually tricky to produce in satisfactory numbers.
Other features include taking 5.0 megapixel stills, a digital noise - canceling microphone, and a
flexible attachment base bends to fit on most surfaces (
like the top of LCD monitors and notebook
screens, or simply on your desk desk).
Like Arcuri, other rumors say they iPhone 8 features that could be included in the new models are a glass back and a bright,
flexible screen, iris / facial scanning and A11 processor.
Its
flexible glass gives you native
screen like feeling.
TechRadar speculates that the mention of foldable
screens could be hinting that the company is already experimenting with
flexible display technology
like the one that is being rumored for Samsung's highly anticipated Galaxy X phone.
For years, smartphone manufacturers
like Samsung and Lenovo have been promising phones with
flexible displays
screens — something tech enthusiasts speculate will provide more
screen real estate and multi-tasking capabilities.
Most music apps come with a widget or two for your home
screen, but there are third - party music widgets that are more
flexible with your music sources and or easier to theme if the one that comes with your music app isn't as pretty as you'd
like.
Samsung is rumoured to unveil a new smartphone that can fold shut
like a wallet thanks to a new super
flexible OLED
screen.
A
flexible screen like the one seen in the video below would come with some big benefits,
like the ability to wrap the iPhone around your wrist.
It also sparked a continued push into
flexible displays from LG that we've seen with the LG G Flex 2 and even newer flagships
like the LG G4 which features a subtly curved
screen.
While we're now well into the era of curved
screen smartphones, thanks to hits
like Samsung's Galaxy Edge devices, Taiwanese manufacturer AUO has raised the bar with its new
flexible phone concept.
Flexible and foldable
screens like the one LG is showing off in Las Vegas this week will lead to edgeless devices with wrap - around
screens.
The
screens won't be as
flexible as OLED panels, but JDI's CFO Shuji Aruga told The Wall Street Journal that they'll be
flexible enough to be used in Galaxy Edge -
like designs.
Phones with curved displays
like Samsung's own Galaxy S7 Edge are forerunners of devices with more
flexible screens.
According to the patent, the new foldable Apple iPhone will come with a
flexible display
screen to enable folding, just
like it happens with a flip phone.
Technologies
like larger TV
screens for mass markets,
screen resolutions that go far beyond HD (
like Ultra-HD), the use of OLEDs for advanced
screen tech
like more brilliant pic quality,
flexible displays, etc, 3D entertainment without glasses, speech and gesture control are just a few innovations that could command a premium from customers, thereby helping the industry make some profits.
The
screen may use a
flexible OLED to cover the entire front of the device but it's not said to be curved
like the one on the Galaxy S8.