KDDI beaming mobile images to e-paper
By Simon Sage on Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 at 9:02 AM PST In Camera Phone, KDDI
The last go at cell phone companions left a lot to be desired, but Japanese carrier KDDI still has hope. The latest from their lab is an e-paper tablet which wires images via infrared stored on your mobile to a full 13.1″ display. It takes about 12 seconds to load each page (which can be rendered in full colour), so it might not be so helpful for, say, flipping through photo albums or the like, but enterprise applications for finance and insurance are apparently ripe for this sort of full, secure viewing option. Something in this form factor for text alone would be great if they could cut down the transmission time, especially for e-mail-heavy devices like BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM). Combined with their 3D mobile LCD screen, KDDI has proven that they’re willing to think outside the box, but whether or not they’ll actually be able to sell some of these innovations is another question altogether.
