Comments on: Trick of the Light Turns Small Phones Into Big Devices

By: darkflame

darkflame — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:39:36 +0000

Or we could just project it all into our eyes (or glass’s) and emulate any sized device we like via AR.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 20:55:51 +0000

last time I’ve seen this kind of contraption was when handspring or something alike called was selling pdas that have pluggable hardware components… question: where’s handspring now?

By: Nameless

Nameless — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:10:11 +0000

That projected keyboard is gonna suck to touch-type on, probably murdering my fingers in the process. I need a physical keyboard-preferably with mechanical keyswitches (specifically buckling springs like the old IBM Model M, but Cherry MX Blues would probably be fine too).

Aside from that, I’m still thinking of interesting, Sixth Sense-esque methods of leveraging projection as input that wouldn’t suffer from the lack of tactility.

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By: gmazin

gmazin — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:31:44 +0000

It’s scary how all the technology to make this happen exists and has existed for a long while. Right now the only prohibitive component is the battery, basically.

By: HG

HG — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:56:22 +0000

Yes I know what you mean, about hacked ROMs. I picked up a Sony Xperia X10, just to try and see what can be done on this phone… well I think I will be returning it. I was able to rooted it, but not much more than that. AT&T blocks 3rd party Apps, and I have tried using sideloader, with no go. Might pick up the Samsung Captivate to load some cooked ROMs ;)

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:50:45 +0000

Hector, as long as I could still put hacked ROMs on the phone, then yes, I’d consider trading in my Nexus One for this type of device. ;)

By: HG

HG — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:28:05 +0000

Wow, I would trade my new iPhone 4 for this smartphone. Maybe in about 4 years we might see something like this. I’m sure you would trade in that Nexus 1 for this as well Kevin.