The shower apparently is a short term solution for my post CES exhaustion. I’m listening to my body and it is telling me to go to bed. I want to show this Sony Clie PDA off before I snooze because it’s a form factor I fell in love with and want to see come back:
The screen rotates and folds over the keyboard so you can now access the device via touch. Sony also made this beauty:
Friend of mine, Greg from CES, actually owns one of those. They were way ahead of their time when released but I think Nokia can strike gold by bringing it back.
Still don’t get it?
Look at any tablet PC. The screen sits on a single central hinge so that it may open and close like a regular laptop. The beauty of this device however … is that the screen can rotate and collapse over the keyboard so now you’re basically holding a writing/touch surface.
May the next internet tablet adopt this design, as well as the next E series device!
Advantages:
- Screen can be protected at all times
- Full QWERTY keyboard available when you need it
- Can make your device look like an internet tablet
- Can make your device look like an iPhone (zing! … iPhone commentary some other day)
Goodnight!