Folding Plica concept phone makes our eyes widen

Mmm, touchscreens. Expansive, gorgeous touchscreens. That pretty much sums up our initial impressions after taking one hard look at James Piatt's Plica concept. As you can tell, this foldable cellie opens up to reveal a pair of touchscreens just begging to be used for web browsing, texting and photo viewing. There's also a mini-USB port and a headphone jack, though we'd certainly be interested to see how he plans on slipping a battery in there that lasts more than a hour or two. Can we get a major handset manufacturer to look in this direction -- pretty please?

[Via gadgetell]

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2008 3:37PM]

Is talking into a drink coaster bad???

hmm....so that's why I get funny looks at the bar...

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2008 4:24PM]

So who are the "little fuckers" with their "gay ass comments"? Putting a few sentences in front of those comments doesn't make them any less lame.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2008 5:38PM]

Johan S: Wah wah wah! Maybe your ideas were low-ranked because they were shit?

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2008 6:01PM]

Too bad the OLPC's OX2 already beat him to the punch:

http://cymonsgames.retroremakes.com/xo2-the-coolest-computer-ever/

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 3rd 2008 6:14PM]

i don't think my eyes can widen anymore

[Monkeyspit Posted Aug 4th 2008 1:59AM]

What the hell? A 3D rendering of an imaginary phone is newsworthy? Heck, as it's imaginary, why didn't they at least make the screens match one to make one contiguous screen?

Scratch that. Give me an hour and I'll render a watch phone that projects an interactive holographic interface in hires widescreen, has 10 terabytes of storage, 3G, bluetooth, recognises voice commands, and makes a delicious banana daiquiri.

[SkonOfVulcan Posted Aug 4th 2008 8:10AM]

I need whun of doze daiquiriiiriiirii aw heck DRINK makin' celler phoneses fer when I is on the road! What wuz da question against ossifer? You look purdy. Are you single? hickup.. belch.. hickup.. No I wernt talkin on my phone mam.. ah sir, just mixin a drink. hickup.. my that's a big gun you carry..

[neofolklore Posted Aug 4th 2008 8:34AM]

actually 3G is kind of important in the market these days.