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Rich has asked me to post occasionally on upcoming, interesting, or innovative news from the business tech world. Considering I am (1) an intern and (2) a graduate student, most of these gadgets and other fashionable developments are well out of my reach. It’s like a little puppy drooling over the fresh steaks in the butcher shop window. I am the puppy.

That disclaimer aside, here is a neat little tool that is making some news. This PDA has a cellular face that wraps around the device, allowing a 5in display even though the unit is smaller than some cell phones.

It isn’t a phone, but is capable of almost all else. Considering it is just emerging, add-ons will undoubtedly come quickly and abundantly.

While smaller than a typical mobile phone, the new device features a display which extends up to 5-inches and may simply be stored away after use by folding it, thanks to the flexibility of the polymer based display material

The rollable display enables reading entire newspapers as well as books that can be delivered and bought … stored in the terminalâ€™s memory which will be extremely large (starting from 4 Gigabytes available in the first models).

Combined with TIMâ€™s mobile services, the device will permit instant access to personalised data, e-mail, news, information feeds and location sensitive maps wherever and whenever.

Together with superior text and graphic content, the new device will also download and play music, audiobooks and audio podcasts. …the new device will deliver an exceptional 10 days of average usage time between battery charges.

It’s called the “paper killer”

Phillips spin-off Polymer Vision looks to be making fast work on its most recent promise to commercialize its foldable display this year, with the company set to officially unveil the first product to use the would-be paper killer

Some more commentary can be found here and here

posted by Paul Richardson
Friday, Feb 9, 07 @ 10:13 am

Comments

Just wanted to let “C” know that we are glad he recovered nicely!!!

Comment by he'sback....... Friday, Feb 9, 07 @ 11:01 am
lol

shhh

Comment by Rich Miller Friday, Feb 9, 07 @ 11:22 am
Nice job Paul. How much is this gadget?

Comment by Anonymous Friday, Feb 9, 07 @ 2:34 pm
Anon: I’ve been trying to hunt down a price myself without any luck. If I stumble upon something, I’ll be sure to share

hes back: From what I hear, “C” went into the lion’s den and was eaten alive. I think he had fun, but he couldn’t really remember.

Comment by Paul Richardson Friday, Feb 9, 07 @ 2:52 pm
Great job Paul. The idea of posting new, interesting tech products on this forum occasionally is excellent. ….and this device a great choice to lead with. Good job, great info!! Thanks!

Comment by Justice Friday, Feb 9, 07 @ 4:35 pm
Nice gadget. It makes my 8700g look like a rolodex.

Comment by Kiyoshi Martinez Friday, Feb 9, 07 @ 7:50 pm