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E-ink screens may be all the rage for e-book readers, but Samsung’s turned the display technology on its head by putting it to use as a keyboard on its latest phone. Samsung_alias_2_01 Samsung's Alias 2: has a morphing E-Ink keyboard The Alias 2 – successor to Samsung’s 2007 Alias – is described as a dual-hinge messaging …

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  1. Random Noise
    Boffin

    E-Ink? Lame!

    E-ink was so yesterday. Check out what the boffins at Carnege Mellon have made:

    http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/04/28/cmu_touchscreen_popup/

  2. Greg

    Nice idea

    It'd be great on something like an Android phone, with an open API. Open a code editor, get a different keyboard. Start a game, get game controls.

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Thumb Up

    Genius!

    I love it.. That is all!

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Flame

    Well look at that...

    Microsoft bob in your pocket. Ten million fans can't be wrong.

  5. Nicholas Wright

    Nice idea!

    Like it! Now stick it on a proper phone!

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