Samsung Debuts Tablet That Can Expand From 13 To 17 Inches
Samsung Display has developed a tablet with an enlarged screen.
Speaking at an Intel Innovation event today, Samsung Display CEO JS Choi called the prototype the world's first "mobile" tablet. Thanks to a rotatable OLED panel, it expands and can function as a 13-inch screen. But with the press of a button on the remote, the tablet will expand to a 17-inch device and then shrink back to its original 13-inch size.
As it expands or shrinks, the tablet's user interface will automatically adjust, giving the user more screen real estate to view content.
Samsung showed off the prototype during a speech by Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, who said he first saw it during a visit to the Samsung Display Lab in South Korea. We have seen the movement of the screen from one side of the tablet. However, the Korean display maker has also created a second version of the prototype that extends the OLED panel to both sides of the tablet.
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According to a company representative, Samsung Display is showing the prototype to PC and tablet manufacturers in hopes that they will take the idea and turn it into a real product. It's not yet known how much it will cost, but it's likely to be expensive.
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"It's a bet we want to investigate," Intel vice president Joshua Newman told reporters on a conference call. Market research also shows that consumers want as much screen real estate as possible in laptops of the same size, he said.
The prototype resembles LG's efforts to create a smartphone with a removable screen that can be expanded. In the case of LG, the company has created a device that fits in the pocket. However, the Korean vendor never launched the smartphone as LG decided to exit the smartphone market.
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