MS and new back screen moulded e-ink display; in Nokia Lumia in distant future?
Microsoft has applied for a patent to have a low powered secondary display that would appear on the back of the phone.
Perhaps not too unlike the Nokia GEM concept?
What I like is that the second screen might be ‘e-ink’ basing information from the main screen. Now why would you want a screen everywhere?
There could be many reasons. If it’s E-Ink and can stay on the back with little or no power then it could be a nice added customisation that could be left there or it might be easier to read in super bright sunlight.
- Skins/Tattoo’s are already given as sugestions
- If it could, it might be useful for self portraits.
- It could be, however, like the Nokia always on screens. A clock with quick info on your incoming messages, calendar appointments, temp, weather , widgets etc. The status bar is already on show there at a glance.
- Low power display may be powered by its own low powered processor but use the high power when necessary. With the low power back display, it might help save battery apparently, by taking tasks from the main display.
- Can be moulded onto the contours of the device surface, so the e-ink display is all around the corners or edges of the device. Device areas otherwise unused would be a display.
- Could be a lock screen if touch enabled. Back display like interactions that old Moto and now the new PSP?
- Filed October 2010
These phones would of course eventually be Windows Phones so something the Nokia Lumias may have in the distant future.
Video from November 2011
Source: USPTO
Via Patent Bolt via Engadget
Thanks Simrat for the tip!
Category: Nokia, Windows Phone
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I can’t wait for color e-ink!!!
First thing that came in to my mind was low powered notification, clock screen on the back.
Would be kind of nice actually.
ohh yea good MSFT is taking Nokia’s good stuff and ruining it with boxes all over the place
what an awesome concept Nokia Gem!!
Out of the labs for once please Nokia.
woops this MS patent….
it actually isn’t at all XD
Who’s is it then? The article says MS applied for the patent.
So one would assume it’s been granted, or on the way to being granted.
nvm seen Ebon’s comments further down.
so apparently the skype app for windows phone has come out of beta but I can’t seem to find it in the marketplace on L900.
Any suggestions, anyone?
cool…..!!!
using OLEDs prolly that seems to be the “it” thing now even with car makers
MS applying for a patent in Oct 2010 and 13 months later, Nokia showing off a similar concept.. Not surprising at all..
Agreed. I guess Nokia has Eloped with Microsoft, hehe.
nokia gem isn’t a phsical device. it’s just a exercise for them. you can’t possibly think microsoft stole their idea? but i think you can, considering the fact you are a known anti-ms troll
now i would like this tehnology but in the front of the phone. but a strip of scrren above the main scrren,where the company logo is. and display there all the phone info,batterry,signal.make it visible in sunlight.this would really be cool
I think you misunderstand his comment.
I don’t think he was trying to say that at all.
i cant wait for Nokia Gem