After the news that Polymer Vision's Readius e-paper-based foldable cellphone was going into production, Vincent knew he had to stop by their stand at the Mobile World Congress and shoot some video of the 3G device in action.  After all, foldable e-paper has been a staple of concept devices for years; it was hard to believe that - even in this ... continued »

Changing out the casing on cellphones is old news, but Hitachi’s approach is pretty clever. Instead of you having to spend additional cash on an Xpress-On cover to make your Nokia phone look cool, all you need do on the Hitachi W61H is select one of 95 pre-installed graphics patterns. Once selected, the pattern will appear on a black and ... continued »

I'm a sucker for a good cellphone concept, and this e-paper-based example, called P-Per, from Chocolate Design Agency really pushes all my buttons.  They've started with the idea that, if your display is paper-thin, why not wrap the whole device in it rather than just mimic a traditional screen, and then of course they've made the entire thing touch-sensitive and given ... continued »