Samsung's 12.1-inch OLED laptop concept makes us swoon

As much as we would loath typing on that touch-sensitive, rigid keyboard, we're definitely geek-smitten by this ultra-thin, AMOLED laptop concept from Samsung SDI -- Sammy's display division. 12.1-inches and 1,280 x 768 resolution with infinite contrast? We'll take two... just as soon as someone can explain the extra panel around back. With Samsung projecting 14- to 15.4-inch OLED laptops in 2009, this might come sooner than you think.

[(Unverified) Posted May 16th 2008 9:50AM]

For those who are actually excited at the prospect of a large and flat touchscreen keyboard...Have you ever tried to type efficiently on a perfectly smooth piece of glass?

Good luck hunting and pecking.

[(Unverified) Posted May 16th 2008 10:16AM]

This looks like a mockup to me. I don't see how a working laptop could be that thin.

[(Unverified) Posted May 16th 2008 11:02AM]

I know why there are no keys on that keyboard, and are only touch-sensitive zones of a panel.

Because that way, your drool won't fall between the keys! 8)

[NXTwoThou Posted May 16th 2008 11:48AM]

Uhm, where is the trackpad/nipple?

[(Unverified) Posted May 16th 2008 2:03PM]

Enough with the concepts... I propose a RSS feed minus the Concept posts.

[(Unverified) Posted May 16th 2008 7:09PM]

Funny! I looked at the keyboard of this concept and then down onto a MacBook Pro Keyboard, then again on the screen and it looks very similar.

Just note the arrow keys, the smaller F-Keyline and then the line in the bottom. Which PC-Keyboard has 4 keys on the left and 2 on the right of the spacebar? The Mac actually has.

I'm still wondering why this thought jumped at me that fast, I'm not looking at my keyboard when I'm typing...

[(Unverified) Posted May 17th 2008 11:56PM]

Why does Samsung seem to have this obsession over flat keypads? A lot of their new phones like the Blast, Beat, and Sync all have an incredibly flat keypad. Now, Samsung decides to come up with a laptop with a flat keyboard? This doesn't seem to make any sense at all for a laptop. Cost-wise, it is very economical to integrate all the buttons on a keypad into a single flat sheet, but many consumers won't like it.

[(Unverified) Posted May 19th 2008 4:13PM]

The stars in outer space have 21 crystals in them, sacred geomentry #s 4031-718-29 is mentionable

[(Unverified) Posted May 20th 2008 7:33AM]

I don't wanna know how much it would cost..