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Consider your average smartphone, which is rectangular in
shape.
Rectangles always have a longer dimension and a shorter
dimension.
With respect to the long dimension, at one edge of the phone is
a
speaker, and at the opposite edge is a microphone. You hold
the phone
near your head
so that the microphone-edge is close to your
mouth, while
the speaker-edge is close to your ear. There is a limit to how
long the
long dimension of the phone can be, because your head is only
so big.
So let's consider a larger phone, anyway. We want the shorter
dimension
of this smartphone to be the same as the longer dimension of
the typical
existing smartphone. On the back side of the phone, right in
the middle,
stretching across the shorter dimension, we mount a handle,
like you
might put on a cupboard door to pull the door open. On the
face-side of the phone,
in the middle of one longer edge, we put a speaker, and in the
middle of
the other longer edge, we put a microphone.
Now you can use the handle to hold this large phone near your
head, and
since the distance between the microphone and the speaker is
"normal"
for smartphones, you can use it just fine. But when you pull
the phone
away from your head, to use it for other purposes, you have a
nice large
wide-screen!
Tread softly …
https://www.wolfson...ClothsofHeaven.html
… until you get up close. Then stamp down hard. [8th of 7, Jun 25 2014]
"When are we going to see pentagonal electronic devices?"
Holster_20Computer
[hippo], It is not impossible that this older Idea describes a 5-sided electronic device. [Vernon, Jun 29 2014]
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http://www.itpro.co...nique-phone-of-2014
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Hi, [Vernon]. welcome to the HalfBakery ? Have you read the meta file ? Do you know what WKTE stands for ? Have you heard of a think called a "Tablet PC" ? |
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<Slowly, as if speaking to not-very-intelligent small child> |
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"DO ... YOU ... SPEAK ... EENNG ..LEESH ?" |
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</Slowly, as if speaking to not-very-intelligent small child> |
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[8th of 7], I have yet to see any sort of large flat electronic device that
has the kind of handle on the back that I described, so it could be held
as easily as an ordinary smartphone. |
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You could use a tablet with a bluetooth headset. |
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//Rectangles always have a longer dimension and a shorter
dimension// - is this true? You could say that a square is
just a special case of a rectangle, but is still a rectangle. |
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Technically, it's a regular quadrilateral. |
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// I have yet to see any sort of large flat electronic device that as
the kind of handle on the back that I described, so it could be eld
as easily as an ordinary smartphone // |
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[Vern], get a folding camera grip handle, and
some double sided adhesive tape. And a life
… |
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[Version], type "ipad case with handle on back" into Google and watch autocomplete kill your dreams. |
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You could always have a small phone, but stand
really close to it. |
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"These are small... but the ones out there are
far away." |
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// watch autocomplete kill your dreams // |
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Time for you to put your special big dream-
crushing boots on, [porp]. |
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But why would you want to ruin a perfectly
good plastering trowel ? |
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I'm not sure what this obsession is with quadrilaterals - When are we going to see pentagonal electronic devices? |
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// one edge of the phone is a speaker, and at the opposite edge is a microphone |
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Some phones have speakers at both "edges". |
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[tatterdemalion], I'm sure that has something to do with stereo, but only
one of them is likely to be used when a smartphone is in "phone"
mode. This wider device could have 3 speakers, 2 more at opposite
ends of the long dimension, and also for stereo. The one in the
middle, that I originally described in the main text, would be dedicated
only for phone-mode use. |
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A square phone! Just as I predicted! (see link) |
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As you say, interesting, but I'm a little doubtful of how it would be in actual usage. |
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// The next was one of Motorola's early low-
end Android phones, the Flipout. // |
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It's not that low-end; it has a pretty good
range of features, and it's very compact. It's
also remarkably tough. |
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// I don't recal being particularly impressed
by either.// |
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Aside from the disappointing battery life, you
clearly didn't look hard enough at the MB511.
If you had, you'd realise that its advantages-
like a really good keyboard, excellent RF
performance, bright clear screen and fast
CPU - far outweigh its disadvantages … to the
extent that this anno is being written on a
Flipout. And we have taken the trouble to
aquire a spare, for when this one wears out. |
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" and watch autocomplete kill your dreams " |
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// Having experienced the difference 0.1 inch can make // |
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<Struggles to avoid making cheap joke at [21Q]'s expense> |
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