by Jay Garrett on January 22, 2008
Those clever Dutch people at Polymer Vision are proud to present their mobile phone project named ‘Readius’.
What’s special is the display – it can be folded away when not in use!!
This means that you can have a nice large screen AND pocket your blower without unsightly bulges.
When unfurrled the display measures 5-inches, (13cm) which is pretty fab for a phone. It’s said to have the same feel as electronic paper, pretty much like the Kindle does – so this points at the possibility of being able to read e-books as well as content from the interweb.
Users will be able to set up their email accounts, news sources, podcasts, audio books and blog feeds at home on their computer, and the data is then pushed to the device whenever it is updated.
No news on release or price yet – but I reckon that this is pretty exciting stuff!
by Jay Garrett on November 28, 2007
O2 has officially announced the launch of the rumoured “Tube-Phone” as a six-month trial across London.
500 O2 customers will be given the already-launched Nokia 6131 NFC handset installed with the “O2 Wallet” and 200 quid pre-loaded by the nice folk at Visa, who already offer an Oyster card.
As well as use their Oyster-enabled handsets as payment for tube and bus travel around the capital, the same way they would with an Oyster card, the guinea-pigs are being invited to go shop.
“Contactless” payments will be part of the trial at retailers including Books Etc, Chop’d, Coffee Republic, EAT, Krispy Kreme, Threshers and YO! Sushi.
There will also be the option to get information and other data from smart NFC-enabled posters and other points of info.
The trial is due to end in May, obviously by which point full feedback will have been provided, and analysed to look to a wider roll out.
Hopefully with better handsets.
Pocket Lint
Yahoo News
Those clever Dutch people at Polymer Vision are proud to present their mobile phone project named ‘Readius’.
