Flipper Phone Patented
Description: A mobile terminal for use in a wireless communication system comprises a housing including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the housing has an opening, an inner surface and an opposed outer surface. A module has an inner major surface and an outer major surface.
The module is movably disposed in the opening of the first portion of the housing for movement relative to the first portion of the housing between a first position, where the inner major surface of the module is substantially coincident with the inner surface of the first portion of the housing, and a second position, where the inner major surface of the module is substantially coincident with the outer surface of the first portion of the housing.
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Fujitsu have shown off two new concept phones featuring a novel four-way slider design called, appropriately (if unimaginatively), the "Multi Slider". The new concept features a keypad that slides out from underneath the mobile phone in all four directions, revealing a different set of keys each time. Just when you thought every sliding variant had been tried in mobile phone land, it seems Fujitsu decided they could go one better!
Fujitsu were also showing off another mobile phone concept called simply the Slider. This concept phone features a full QWERTY-keyboard that slides out (in one direction only this time), and is clearly aimed at web browsing or instant messaging.
