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Lenovo shows off an absurd laptop concept with a flexible screen

#1 Post by Puppy » Wed Jun 21, 2017 1:56 am

https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker ... le-display

bendable laptop with a flexible display; a built-in keyboard; and even the signature ThinkPad pointing stick, or mouse nub — whatever you want to call it. With this concept, most of the interaction would happen over voice commands or a stylus. :roll:
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Re: Lenovo shows off an absurd laptop concept with a flexible screen

#2 Post by ZaZ » Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:18 am

I remember 10 years ago people asking why you'd want internet on your phone being that the screen is so small, but can you imagine being without it now?
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Re: Lenovo shows off an absurd laptop concept with a flexible screen

#3 Post by Ibthink » Wed Jun 21, 2017 5:16 am

ZaZ wrote:
Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:18 am
I remember 10 years ago people asking why you'd want internet on your phone being that the screen is so small, but can you imagine being without it now?
To be fair, phones have become a lot faster and the screens have become a lot bigger. With 5.5" screens and bigger, its more like a mini-Tablet.
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Re: Lenovo shows off an absurd laptop concept with a flexible screen

#4 Post by ajkula66 » Wed Jun 21, 2017 6:50 am

ZaZ wrote:
Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:18 am
I remember 10 years ago people asking why you'd want internet on your phone being that the screen is so small, but can you imagine being without it now?
Yes I can.
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Re: Lenovo shows off an absurd laptop concept with a flexible screen

#5 Post by RealBlackStuff » Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:05 am

+ 1.
My cell phone gets used maybe once a month (if I remember to bring it), I have never used internet on it.
Because I have absolutely no interest in this accident-causing, anti-social, overpriced piece of technology.

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Re: Lenovo shows off an absurd laptop concept with a flexible screen

#6 Post by JohnD. » Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:38 am

+2 Yes I can as well. I own a non-smart phone and TV. Sometimes I am surrounded by non-smart people. :help:

Also, just plain NO on the proposed design.
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Re: Lenovo shows off an absurd laptop concept with a flexible screen

#7 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:56 am

Puppy wrote:https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker ... le-display

bendable laptop with a flexible display; a built-in keyboard; and even the signature ThinkPad pointing stick, or mouse nub — whatever you want to call it. With this concept, most of the interaction would happen over voice commands or a stylus. :roll:
This great, take 16:9 lcd, fold in the sides, and bam, 4:3

Hold on, let me go read the article now...

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The efficiency of two screens equally sized with equal numbers if pixels are equal. The time spent by a 4:3 user complaining about 16:9 is proportional to the inefficiency working with a 16:9 display, therefore the amount of useful work extracted is equal.

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Re: Lenovo shows off an absurd laptop concept with a flexible screen

#8 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:41 am

ajkula66 wrote:
ZaZ wrote:
Wed Jun 21, 2017 3:18 am
I remember 10 years ago people asking why you'd want internet on your phone being that the screen is so small, but can you imagine being without it now?
Yes I can.
I remember my dad's 25 year old brick phone, the first with text only internet access. Who needs javascript anyway :)

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Re: Lenovo shows off an absurd laptop concept with a flexible screen

#9 Post by TPFanatic » Wed Jun 21, 2017 11:06 am

At least it would have a Trackpoint and the screen looks 3:2. The disappointment is that they won't build a 3:2 Thinkpad now. (or will they?)

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Re: Lenovo shows off an absurd laptop concept with a flexible screen

#10 Post by Thinkpad4by3 » Wed Jun 21, 2017 11:08 am

TPFanatic wrote:At least it would have a Trackpoint and the screen looks 3:2. The disappointment is that they won't build a 3:2 Thinkpad now. (or will they?)
Thinkpad surface?

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