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March 15th, 2010, 10:05
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Qualcomm (http://www.engadget.com/tag/qualcomm) isn't typically in the business of producing consumer-facing hardware -- the company prefers to just build the chips that make your devices go "vroom" (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/qualcomms-7x30-offers-stellar-3d-and-multimedia-performance-co/) -- but we've come across a patent application that details just such an idea. The multi-fold mobile device can be seen as either a foldable tablet or an expandable cellphone, but in either case its purpose is clearly to act as a hybrid device that performs both roles. With all least two displays on its three panels, this concept will also automatically reconfigure its UI based on a folding configuration sensor, and Qualcomm suggests you might also use it as a widescreen TV display, an alarm clock, a media player, or a web browser. Click past the break for a couple more suggested use diagrams, and feel free to write to Qualcomm with demands that this be put into production pronto.Continue reading Qualcomm's multi-fold mobile device is the future we keep waiting for (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/qualcomms-multi-fold-mobile-device-is-the-future-we-keep-waitin/)
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Qualcomm (http://www.engadget.com/tag/qualcomm) isn't typically in the business of producing consumer-facing hardware -- the company prefers to just build the chips that make your devices go "vroom" (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/qualcomms-7x30-offers-stellar-3d-and-multimedia-performance-co/) -- but we've come across a patent application that details just such an idea. The multi-fold mobile device can be seen as either a foldable tablet or an expandable cellphone, but in either case its purpose is clearly to act as a hybrid device that performs both roles. With all least two displays on its three panels, this concept will also automatically reconfigure its UI based on a folding configuration sensor, and Qualcomm suggests you might also use it as a widescreen TV display, an alarm clock, a media player, or a web browser. Click past the break for a couple more suggested use diagrams, and feel free to write to Qualcomm with demands that this be put into production pronto.Continue reading Qualcomm's multi-fold mobile device is the future we keep waiting for (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/qualcomms-multi-fold-mobile-device-is-the-future-we-keep-waitin/)
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