Phone with rollout display rolls out
If we were editors for a thesaurus, "brag" would become a synonym for "concept". Companies tease consumers all the time with digital renders of products that never make the light of day. This is why it came as quite a surprise that Polymer Vision, a spinoff from Dutch company Philips, has committed to bringing its Readius mobile phone with a rollout display to market.
This mobile phone is not much bigger than your regular candy-bar device. Even then, it manages to have a 5-inch display which can be folded out to one side. The screen is a monochrome one, but still, its size makes it great for reading e-books and other text documents. An earlier press release on the Polymer Vision site said it should have shipped by the end of 2007. We have contacted the company for a confirmation of that and whether it will be available in Asia Pacific. For now, check out some images of this not-just-a-concept-anymore handset.
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Editor John Chan's love for gadgets can be traced back to the days when he disassembled his toys and couldn't put them back together again. He practices great restraint in not opening up every review product that comes through the CNET Asia Labs, and before that, in his previous job at HardwareZone. He has reviewed items big and small, from mobile phones to projectors and feels everyone should carry a multitool at all times in case of MacGyver situations.
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