Sanyo’s W61SA is a new sliding cell phone in Japan. It sports a 3-inch OLED display and comes with Bluetooth, a FM transmitter, and the usual cell phone functions.
What’s cool? Two apps on one screen!
What’s really cool about this phone is that you can display two applications at once letting you multi-task (or to be more specific, double-task). The cell phone screen is divided into two halves with each displaying a different application. For example, in the following image, the upper area is TV while the bottom area is a mail application.
Some of the possible and useful combinations of applications to use together would be:- E-mail and calendar
- E-mail and task list
- TV and notes
- TV and E-mail
- GPS / maps and E-mail
- Web browser and E-mail
The other cool feature this phone comes with is a technology called “Smooth Touch”. You can scroll up and down and tap on the number pad as if you were using a laptop’s touchpad. There are also gestures to zoom in and out. It’s too bad it does not support multi-touch so you can pinch in and pinch out.
As it also comes with handwriting recognition for alphabets, numbers, and Japanese characters, you can also write on the number pad. Below is a video I found demonstrating this technology (the phone in the video is the previous model, which is why it looks different from the images above). Pricing and Stuff
W61SA comes in black, white, and pink, and is available in Japan now for around 30,000 to 60,000 yen ($300 to $600) depending on your cell phone plan.
Thoughts
The ability to display two applications at once is a really neat idea. Though in actual use, the screen might be too small for two applications, and there might be performance issues running two applications simultaneously. It also adds more complexity to the interface. However, it might be a neat advanced feature for iPhones or PDAs. For example, it would be nice to be able to watch a video and write an email at the same time. Hmm… wait... You can do that if you have two iPhones…
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The ability to display two applications at once is a really neat idea. Though in actual use, the screen might be too small for two applications, and there might be performance issues running two applications simultaneously. It also adds more complexity to the interface. However, it might be a neat advanced feature for iPhones or PDAs. For example, it would be nice to be able to watch a video and write an email at the same time. Hmm… wait... You can do that if you have two iPhones…
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