Samsung looks to patent two new gaming phone designs
By Brian White 
posted Aug 13th 2007 11:04PM
posted Aug 13th 2007 11:04PM
Samsung looks to move forward into the realm of mobile gaming with two new U.S. patents involving gameplay-oriented handsets. For starters, patent #1 (pictured above) describes a "portable communication terminal for games." The display on this design involves a hinged "flip" that unveils a dual-row numeric keypad complete with phone navigational array when opened, and a gaming d-pad when closed (we hope that hinge is solid); the 'A' and 'B' buttons are near the earpiece and always visible. More info on the second patent application after the break.
Read - Patent 1
Read - Patent 2
I am sooo very shocked. Not only are these designs *very good* (btw, not too impressed with Samsung, normally), but they are also very original and equally as innovative.
The second one impresses me more. I think they can even replace that keyboard with a QWERTY one and make it like a gaming SideKick. But with Samsung's cram-a-lot-in-a-little design style, it'd could be *the* phone to get. Hell, maybe as good as--doubt, but possibly, better than the Nokia n95 (what, thought I was gonna say the iphone?).
Kudos, Samsung.
Okay the second one is sick, but the first one sucks. I've always wanted a phone with all the numerical keys flattened into two rows... not
they both suck. one is a Gameboy knock-off and one is a sidekick knock-off come on these are not new or good designs. How far are we willing to go before our "phones" become glorified PSPs. Honestly, if you are that desperate to game while on the go, get a PSP or a DS and a phone, don't combine both, it is a bad idea!
...dude, you're an Engadget user and you're *against* multi-tasking phones?
Blasphemy!
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What is wrong with a phone specializing in gaming, does it *not* make sense to you? The PSP and DS are so sucessful partly due to their ultra mobility: why not combine a device fitted for mobility with a mobile phone? This, of course, goes with the assumption it is implemented well, which is a distinct possibility given the industry's previous sucesses (e.g.: Sony Ericsson's Walkman and CyberShot lines).
Perhaps you're right, multi-tasking phones just don't work. A phone should just stick to one thing: phone calls. You know, because phones like the Nokia n95 just do *too* much. Why carry that around, when you can carry a phone, camera, music player, GPS navigator (hell, *too* high tech, let's just hire a Viking), and a PDA (...my sentiments exactly, maybe the 'ol pen and pad will suffice)?