Guest Monolithix Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 [teaser]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.[/teaser] 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 :D)! Looking at the concept diagrams, it could be a winner. I just hope it doesn't end up being a little out of proportion! [ Unwiredview via Gizmodo ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mysterious Stranger Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 The colour graphics are the original author's (unwiredview.com - not Gizmodo) photoshop interpretation of the patent, and not part of the patent application. M.S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xorangefirex Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nickcornaglia Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 mechanism is confusing. Is it the keyboard two pieces that overlap when closed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shanedean Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shuflie Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ovie Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 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". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest simon211175 Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 looks quite similar an idea to the Pantech Duo. Could work well, but I suspect it will be a very chunky phone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest shootydogthing Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest timeline Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest simon211175 Posted April 9, 2008 Report Share Posted April 9, 2008 actually I feel like I've seen something similar before, not on a pda, I can't remember where. Pantech Duo, like I said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest timeline Posted May 11, 2008 Report Share Posted May 11, 2008 Nah, haven't seen the Pantech Duo b4, and I don't think it was on a phone anyway, argh, another patent with clear prior art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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