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News Apple patents flip-screen iPhone

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by CardJoe, 18 Mar 2008.

  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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    CardJoe, 18 Mar 2008
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  2. Faulk_Wulf

    Faulk_Wulf Internet Addict

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    Ugly. As. Sin.
     
    Faulk_Wulf, 18 Mar 2008
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  3. Glider

    Glider /dev/null

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    Once Apple changes it's strategy for the iPhone I'd start considering using it... But chances are slim that I'd actually buy one...
     
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  4. DXR_13KE

    DXR_13KE BananaModder

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    and of course, they should make this mobile phone MODERN, as in 3G.....
     
    DXR_13KE, 18 Mar 2008
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  5. rjkoneill

    rjkoneill What's a Dremel?

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    i have 3g on my phone
    and i NEVER use it

    way i see it with a flip top iphone- more to go wrong
    its just a posers party piece, so i leave it alone
     
    rjkoneill, 18 Mar 2008
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  6. DXR_13KE

    DXR_13KE BananaModder

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    well, if it is marketed as an "internet communications device" and runs on snail internet.... it is not that good, is it?
     
    DXR_13KE, 18 Mar 2008
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  7. will.

    will. A motorbike of jealousy!

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    Yea, and all patents are always beautifully designed exact representations of the final product so that all the mac fanboys know what they are going to be buying in 6 months time without any need for hype...
     
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  8. Fod

    Fod what is the cheesecake?

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    ZOMG. a company has filed a patent for something that may (or may not) be implemented at some indeterminate time in the future! EXCITEMENT!

    point: companies, including apple, file patents all the time. most of them don't mean anything.
     
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  9. Nexxo

    Nexxo * Prefab Sprout – The King of Rock 'n' Roll

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    Yeah, just look at what aesthetic monstrosities other Apple products have always turned out to be. :rolleyes:
    Yeah, Motorola flip-phones have been nothing but trouble too. No hang on, they haven't. Their hinges never break and the wiring never fails. My four year-old Razr is still as tight and solid as ever. Gosh, do you think that since the original Startac flip-phone of nearly 10 years ago, they might have perfected the system? :rolleyes:

    At least Apple's ideas are innovative. Perhaps you are just having difficulty shifting paradigms without a clutch.
     
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  10. Da_Rude_Baboon

    Da_Rude_Baboon What the?

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    I wouldn't exactly call a flip phone innovative. :p
     
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  11. The_Beast

    The_Beast I like wood ಠ_ಠ

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    that is ugly


    its own mother couldn't love that thing
     
    The_Beast, 18 Mar 2008
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  12. yodasarmpit

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    The diagram is a technical representation of the concept, not the manufactured final product.
     
    yodasarmpit, 18 Mar 2008
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  13. completemadness

    completemadness What's a Dremel?

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    so this is different from a DS because it has a touch screen on both sides of 1/2?

    Seems unnecessarily expensive and complex
     
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