Just like the 35mm camera digital insert, this is an older image. In July 2007 I posted the photo with a frustrated plea for just such a device. Like an iPod touch, but with a screen twice the size of an iPod, and a screen segmented to fold so it’s protected and easily dropped in a pocket. I used two monitors regularly; the technology for a two screen iPod is there. I added other needs, too: No apps was a requirement. I figured everything I need is on line if you just give me a browser to access it. A smart browser that can get on the darn internet and find the functionality that I need, automatically.
I’ve held an iPad Mini. If the thing would fold in half, I’d buy one. All the little apps would be a pain in the rear, but I’d live with it. At the time I created the photo mock-up, I had a reasonable income and great internet connections. Now, not so much.
Have you seen the Samsung foldable tablet prototypes?
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/samsung-reveals-a-folding-phone-to-tablet-prototype-1197384?src=rss&attr=all
I’ll be darned! That’s slick! Thanks for the link- I saw a video of the Galaxy with pen input and it looked really impressive. Between that and the SurfacePro2, I just may have to go over to the dark side.
I have this conversation with Alan Rugh all the time about how Apple is not really innovating anymore. They are making cheaper phones since Samsung and the Droid OS have taken so much of the mobile platform market, but retina displays and slimmer devices aren’t anywhere near as innovative as something like what Samsung is doing with foldable smart devices.