NewCon: Finally a Touch Smartphone with a usable keyboard –
the inventor of the Communicator is raising the bar.
In 1995 Hans Constin filed a patent for the Smartphone design of the well known
Communicators. He still holds the worldwide patents today. Now in the era of
touch smartphones à la iPhone, he is raising the bar.
His latest patent application “NewCon” (New Convertible) describes the
Smartphone design which is like the iPhone with a large touch screen. By flipping
open and turning the compact Smartphone you instantly have, as it were, a mini
laptop with a full PC keyboard. A special feature - includes all keys which can be
found on larger keyboards. No keys are missing, and all are to be found in the
same places that one is familiar with on larger keyboards.
"Devices of this type are fully fledged Mini PCs and are just as easy to use“ says
Hans Constin. “Users of smartphones who need to enter text, often complain
about the functionality and ergonomics of input options. Devices that are
manufactured according to the new NewCon patent offer the largest keyboard,
the thinnest profile and a touch display similar to the iPhone“.
Devices with this type of design enable users to always have their PCs to hand
and eliminate the need to fiddle around with a touch keyboard. "Similar devices
such as the HTC Touch Pro 2 do have a keyboard" says Constin, "but the sliding
mechanism which moves the screen, only permits half of the possible keyboard
surface to be used. Many users who are frustrated with touch keyboards would
be delighted to use their Smartphones as PCs. Whether the mobile phone
industry responds to these new ideas remains to be seen.“
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