Smartwatches and Smartphones are just the beginning for our Future and these Devices are going to the Next Level day by day and this time a Wristable Device which could be a Phone or a Smartwatch is going to start a new Evolution.
A British company FlexEnable was spotted at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona demonstrating the Very Latest Version of its 4.7-inch Curved Display, but this isn't anything like the fake flex found in so-called Flexible Phones like the LG Flex 2 or the Samsung Galaxy Round. This one has a vicious curve that sees it stretch around the wrist. Cambridge, UK based FlexEnable has been working on the screen for a year or so, and the new version of the Wraparound "Wristable" is fitted with touch sensors and it also plays Video. That makes it immediately feel more like a real product than the prototypes it's shown in the past.
In the Demo we had in Barcelona - amid the boffins in the Cutting-edge Graphene Zone, this novel curved Wearable was displaying the time along with scrolling news, a music library, a photo album and a free Drawing app. It wasn't running Sophisticated software, but it was clear the device does everything an LCD-Based Smartphone does - including playing smooth Video content on its large screen.
Device has essentially a glass-free display that uses Flexible, often plastic substrates and sensor (Organic LCD or OLCD). Remarkably, that allows the screen itself to be only 0.3mm in depth, which does suggest that mainstream Wearables are now due a massive makeover using flexible electronics. Another advantage of using plastic over glass is it's lighter and less likely to break.
With the touchscreen added and it strapped to a wrist, the device essentially becomes a hands-free phone. So what could it actually be used for ? "It's probably not for Consumers, but potential customers include warehouses, where employees carry around a device to check the stock," said a Spokesperson for FlexEnable.
FlexEnable had some other goodies at MWC 2017 that could have uses in mobile devices. The most interesting was a Kindle-Sized e-ink device that used miracle material Graphene as the 'top pixel'. As well as being the strongest and most conductive material known, Graphene is super thin and flexible making it ideal for using in electronics device. "We Replaced rigid indium tin oxide, a transparent metal, with printed graphene to improve the flexibility," said Dr. Rouzet Agaiby, Senior Business Development Engineer at FlexEnable. Still, it's a Neat Proof of Concept, and a peek into our inevitable flexible future.
A British company FlexEnable was spotted at the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona demonstrating the Very Latest Version of its 4.7-inch Curved Display, but this isn't anything like the fake flex found in so-called Flexible Phones like the LG Flex 2 or the Samsung Galaxy Round. This one has a vicious curve that sees it stretch around the wrist. Cambridge, UK based FlexEnable has been working on the screen for a year or so, and the new version of the Wraparound "Wristable" is fitted with touch sensors and it also plays Video. That makes it immediately feel more like a real product than the prototypes it's shown in the past.
In the Demo we had in Barcelona - amid the boffins in the Cutting-edge Graphene Zone, this novel curved Wearable was displaying the time along with scrolling news, a music library, a photo album and a free Drawing app. It wasn't running Sophisticated software, but it was clear the device does everything an LCD-Based Smartphone does - including playing smooth Video content on its large screen.
Device has essentially a glass-free display that uses Flexible, often plastic substrates and sensor (Organic LCD or OLCD). Remarkably, that allows the screen itself to be only 0.3mm in depth, which does suggest that mainstream Wearables are now due a massive makeover using flexible electronics. Another advantage of using plastic over glass is it's lighter and less likely to break.
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With the touchscreen added and it strapped to a wrist, the device essentially becomes a hands-free phone. So what could it actually be used for ? "It's probably not for Consumers, but potential customers include warehouses, where employees carry around a device to check the stock," said a Spokesperson for FlexEnable.
FlexEnable had some other goodies at MWC 2017 that could have uses in mobile devices. The most interesting was a Kindle-Sized e-ink device that used miracle material Graphene as the 'top pixel'. As well as being the strongest and most conductive material known, Graphene is super thin and flexible making it ideal for using in electronics device. "We Replaced rigid indium tin oxide, a transparent metal, with printed graphene to improve the flexibility," said Dr. Rouzet Agaiby, Senior Business Development Engineer at FlexEnable. Still, it's a Neat Proof of Concept, and a peek into our inevitable flexible future.
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