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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. 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.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
