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Alright, who’s up for some far-fetched science that will probably never see the light of day? Intel researcher Jason Campbell here describes how they’re working on dynamically changing the form of our phones to suit our needs. Need a web browsing tablet? Stretch that sucker out into a low-density, high-area machine. Making a call? Have it mould to the curvature of your face. Running low on pocket room? Condense your phone the size of a grape. Cool ideas all around, but Nokia has been kicking around the same ones. It’ll be interesting to see who, if anyone, manages to pull it off first. Although a working prototype might take another 3-5 years to produce, Intel patents show that they really mean business about this. Man, phones will be pretty crazy 20 years from now…
[via MediaBistro]
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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.
