I used to think we would have touchscreens all over the house.
Now I'm realizing we will have one little touchscreen computer that will work as the remote for everything from our car to our office door to our to paying for coffee to brewing coffee at home. #touchscreens
Looks like the touchscreen lies on top of a pressure sensor, so it's a lot like those screens that try to simulate pushing buttons by using haptic feedback. I guess having the pressure sensitive layer underneath the screen helps preserve the image quality. #touchscreens
The article also lacked mention of the Sony Pocketstation (pictured). Sony took the PSX memory card and, you guessed it, added an LCD screen similar to the Dreamcast's VMU. While this device was never released in the US, at least one US Playstation title actually was compatible (ie, it had a Pocketstation game, otherwise it functioned as a normal mem card) with it: Final Fantasy 8. The instruction book even contained all the info on how to use the Pocketstation despite also having the note that the device was only available in Japan. #secondarydisplays
@Skunky: Yeah, I remember hearing about those. The Legend of Dragoon used it in the Japanese version to play a minigame to double the number of items you can carry, but since it was never released here, there was no way to hold more items, which kinda sucked. #secondarydisplays
the front screen on the camera is a great idea… not really for the uses mentioned, but going up to people and having a scary picture pop up just as you take the picture would produce some great results. #secondarydisplays
I read this post just as I opened an extra VMU I ordered off the web. Really cheap, and came in the original packaging, there must be warehouses full of these things. Same thing happened when I ordered a controller, original packaging.
@Cordfucious of Tech Clan: [www.amazon.com]
I bought them on their normal product pages, through this seller, I've ordered two things, a controller and a VMU, and they both came packaged. Cheap, too, $2 with $4 shipping, same price as the controller I ordered. The controller I got was a european model with the blue swirl, same controller otherwise. I don't know if he has any more of these in stock. #secondarydisplays
I think the inkjet printers that started coming out about ten years ago with a display so you could hook up your memory card and see your pics without a computer were the first really well-executed version of the extraneous screen. #secondarydisplays
A post about screens, including keyboard-less devices, and not limited to products that exist.....and it doesn't mention the Apple Tablet?! Sweet mother of crap, I think we may have finally made it through this maelstrom of rumors, exaggerations and obsession!!
@asalas: Actually, iPhone has a 3.5" screen. This is 2.8". Doesn't mean it couldn't go in an iPhone, though. I would imagine they'll be making this larger. After all, Samsung's Moment phone has a 3.2" AMOLED (no idea if it's this one). Most smartphones are bigger than 2.8" these days. #samsungamoled
pshhh hammers... try putting 40 lbs of pressure on it with an industrial press like we did last night. thats 8+ ford F350's. It didnt end well. Hint explosion..... #samsungamoled
@haroldiv: Your use of "we" suggests that you were one of the people there. One of the people that let that idiot stand so close to a press that was crushing a piece of metal that could have killed him. I wouldn't promote this, I'd be embarrassed of it. Almost Darwin award my friend. #samsungamoled
@The Lab: very valid argument however.... not posting such an obvious fail of a video would violate every nerd bone in my body. How many nutshot videos never hit the net cause some guy was embarrassed? None of us expected it to explode... the one before it bent in half. oh and no thats not me, i was "safely" behind a camera the whole time.... #samsungamoled
@Adam Spano: That's a huge part of it but you could also have things like roll up display like the old Readius. [gizmodo.com] I think another big application would be for advertising with displays that conformed to various shapes. #samsungamoled
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Now I'm realizing we will have one little touchscreen computer that will work as the remote for everything from our car to our office door to our to paying for coffee to brewing coffee at home. #touchscreens
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For shame, Gizmodo. For shame. #secondarydisplays
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The article also lacked mention of the Sony Pocketstation (pictured). Sony took the PSX memory card and, you guessed it, added an LCD screen similar to the Dreamcast's VMU. While this device was never released in the US, at least one US Playstation title actually was compatible (ie, it had a Pocketstation game, otherwise it functioned as a normal mem card) with it: Final Fantasy 8. The instruction book even contained all the info on how to use the Pocketstation despite also having the note that the device was only available in Japan. #secondarydisplays
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The Nintendo DS doesn't really fit in here. They weren't trying to be innovative, they were actually trying to be retro.
The innovation was in making one of the screens a touch interface. #secondarydisplays
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I bought them on their normal product pages, through this seller, I've ordered two things, a controller and a VMU, and they both came packaged. Cheap, too, $2 with $4 shipping, same price as the controller I ordered. The controller I got was a european model with the blue swirl, same controller otherwise. I don't know if he has any more of these in stock. #secondarydisplays
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...Or it's just the eye of the storm. #secondarydisplays
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i wish you come out at a good price #secondarydisplays
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Also, why did they change between the rubber mallet and the black one? I call shenanigans. #samsungamoled
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