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 HTC patent shows off an interesting new slide concept
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post Mar 17 2008, 12:22
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No hints as to whether this will ever see the light of day, however a recent patent filed by HTC shows off a diagonal slide concept used to change between a 0-9 keypad in portrait mode and full QWERTY in the landscape orientation.

The concept looks like it will allow for a decent sized keypad (or maybe a smaller screen size...) when used in QWERTY mode while retaining access to the 0-9 buttons in portrait. While I'm a big fan of the Kasier and it's keyboard, it's a pain having to slide the keypad out just to tap out a quick reply to a text (software keyboards don't count wink.gif)!

Looking at the concept diagrams, it could be a winner. I just hope it doesn't end up being a little out of proportion!





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post Mar 17 2008, 13:37
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The colour graphics are the original author's (unwiredview.com - not Gizmodo) photoshop interpretation of the patent, and not part of the patent application.

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post Mar 17 2008, 14:02
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Added a link to the original unwiredview page. It's just a story i found interesting and thought the community here would too, no thievery intended...


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post Mar 18 2008, 07:45
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I really love the design. It could relaly add some fantastic possibilities for htc devices. It could create "shadow-like" sized mobiles with the same capeabilities as a kaiser. Fantastic. I beleive that it will see the "light of day"


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post Mar 18 2008, 13:19
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mechanism is confusing. Is it the keyboard two pieces that overlap when closed?


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post Mar 18 2008, 14:02
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encece, it appears to be a complete QWERTY keyboard and just the screen slides to cover/uncover part of it.

Couple of points; how would you answer/make a call in landscape mode? Secondly, the use of OLEDs would have been interesting to switch between what is shown on the keys when open/closed instead of showing both numbers and letters. I've seen it on some PC keyboards. Looks cool too!
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post Mar 18 2008, 14:40
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To be honest I don't see the attraction, you end up with a device that has a lump at one end and cover two of the buttons in qwerty mode. A much better plan would be to let the top part of the phone cover the entire bottom part and place the number keys on the extra space. Then add a tytn slide or tytn II slide and tilt to reveal the qwerty keypad underneath. This would have the advantage of allowing for bigger keys on the qwerty section and the option to use the "phone" keypad as an offset number pad, plus the whole thing would feel more balanced (even if the screen sat to the left or right in use)


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post Mar 18 2008, 19:39
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Mmmm I don't like it too much, I don't like the fact that part of the keyboard is always revealed, it makes the device seem always "open".


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post Mar 20 2008, 15:57
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looks quite similar an idea to the Pantech Duo. Could work well, but I suspect it will be a very chunky phone.


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QUOTE(Ovie @ Mar 18 2008, 19:39) *
Mmmm I don't like it too much, I don't like the fact that part of the keyboard is always revealed, it makes the device seem always "open".




Agreed.

And the cover of the buttons... but i agree with the OLED idea
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interesting, but does it really deserve a patent?
actually I feel like I've seen something similar before, not on a pda, I can't remember where.
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actually I feel like I've seen something similar before, not on a pda, I can't remember where.


Pantech Duo, like I said.


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