The iCEphone folds itself thrice, from smartphone to mini-notebook

The iCEphone is a curious little mobile that features a triple hinge that allows it to expand from a relatively slim three inch candy bar into a full keyboard mini-notebook. When fully unfurled, the top panel contains a 3-inch touch screen, the middle panel a QWERTY, and the bottom panel the odd assortment keys usually left off of cell phone keyboards: the caps lock, the shift, the alt and function keys, all organized in a D-pad like array which doubles as arrow keys or a mouse tracker pad for gaming, of all things.

The iCEphone runs on Windows Mobile 6.0 Pro, and also features a 3G connection with support for GPRS and EDGE, two SIM card slots, built-in WiFi and a 3.1 megapixel camera. That's a hell of a lot of phone, although the price matches: when it's released in the UK in Spring, it'll go for a little shy of $1000.

iCEphone [The Medical Phone via Slashgear]

[#1 posted by Isaac Cates , November 19, 2008 5:21 AM]

Doesn't it really just unfold twice?

[#2 posted by Halloween Jack , November 19, 2008 6:54 AM]

Who needs two SIM card slots again?

[#3 posted by Not a Doktor , November 19, 2008 10:36 AM]

@#2

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