So that Siemens laser phone we talked about yesterday actually works (or there is a working model, I should say. The ones I looked at were just mockups). I took a short video, but the laser is so faint, you could just barely make out what was going on (as it is, I tweaked this picture to make it clear). And that’s why you won’t be seeing this in any phones soon: even the demo model used a special plate to make it pop more. Siemens’ demo guy told me they hope to have a working color model within a few years, then maybe an actual production model a few years after that (so read: effectively never).
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/siemens/index.php#live-from-cebit-siemens-prototype-laser-display-phone-035388
Disclaimer: We’re here at CeBIT as Siemens’ guest, although we’ve no editorial commitments, because the people at Siemens aren’t cocks.
http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/announcements/index.php#gizmodo-germany-cebit-bound-035199
