Polymer Vision launched Readius phone with fold-up screen
Jan 21st, 2008 by RedPepper
Polymer Vision, a Dutch company launched Readius phone with 5-inch (13-cm) display – the world’s first that folds out when the user wants to read news, blogs or email and folds back together so that the device can fit into a pocket.
The gadget is in production and will fight with Apple’s iPhone and Amazon’s ebook reader Kindle when it hits stores mid 2008.
“You get the large display of e-reading, the super battery life of e-reading, and the high-end connectivity … and the form factor and weight of a mobile phone,” said Karl McGoldrick, chief executive of the venture capital-funded firm, in which Philips still has a 25 percent stake.