DoCoMo and Fujitsu show off splitting phone at CEATEC

DoCoMo and Fujitsu are showing off some interesting phone tech in Japan at this year's CEATEC, particularly a concept device which can be split into two pieces. The gadget features a separate screen and keyboard segment, and the pieces can be configured in a standard flip-phone-like arrangement, or snapped together to form an X1 or Touch Pro-esque landscape QWERTY variation. The two halves are held together by magnets and communicate via Bluetooth. Of course, right now this is very much in the concept phase, and honestly -- aren't we trying to minimize the amount of electronic components we're carting around? Still, it's a fairly slick design, and certainly a new way of thinking about phones. Take another look after the break, and hit the read link for a slew of pics.

[carcomptoy Posted Sep 30th 2008 7:34AM]

Wow I can just imagine dropping this.

"OMG your phone split into two pieces!!"
"It's okay, it supposed to do that."
"Well, that'd dumb!"

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 30th 2008 10:30AM]

the idea is good (and it's mine from a long time ago).. but the implementation here seems odd.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 30th 2008 3:39PM]

Hmm, I think this is another idea that sounded a lot better on paper than in real life. It seems like there's more to lose track of in your bag.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 30th 2008 4:29PM]

that chick looks like she's been awake for three days.