Video: Samsung's Alias 2 dynamic E-Ink keypad in action
By Thomas Ricker 
posted May 8th 2009 4:54AM
posted May 8th 2009 4:54AM
[Thanks, Mike M.]
posted May 8th 2009 4:54AM
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Sweet Morphing Keypad!
how come you didn't show the qwerty?????
Hmmmmm Not trying to be rude or anything byt Ive been told many times, if something is worth doing, its worth doing right.
This video was HORRENDOUS. If you only had i 10 minutes, then you should have put the video camera down and played with it for another hour or 2 and THEN made a video.
Reasoning behind this is ..... the magic you somehow felt compelled to leave out. Like the fact the the phone uses E-Ink. Now this is a MAJOR THING. In fact, it should have been the first thing mentioned. ITS THE REASON WHY THE KEYPAD CHANGES.
E-Ink combines a thin, plastic transistors with polymer LEDs (light-emitting diodes) to create smart pixels. So each key on the keypad can be modified. Now this may not be a "smart" phone, but its a first in such tech. In fact.... for such a price point its pretty impressive technology.
I do agree.. starting out with "i haven't played with it for more than 10 min" then play with it a bit longer first. Really the only feature you needed to show was the keyboard.. we've all seen run-of-the-mill java phones and get their gist that there are themes and ringtones... as there is on every other phone in the world.
Just show the keypad.. not the blank buttons... but what those blank buttons change into when in text mode or internet mode.. and if when you select a numbers only field ...like for entering zip code... does the keypad switch to numbers?
That is not a description of Eink technogy at all - s you seem to be trying to describe come kink of AMOLED with a flexible substrate. These things exist, but they aren't Eink.
completely agree, this vid seems lacking, for those of us who are used to seeing the most important tech features shown during every unboxing.
So how awesome is it that she tells her name "Jennifer"... then her "also known as" name of "JenJen".... her "alias"
And she's reviewing an "Alias"..
This stuff writes itself!
"As I'm sure you're all wondering....there are different themes"
Really? Really?
Why on earth would blank buttons be kind of cool??
The only thing that EVERYONE wants to know is whether the e-ink keypad is context sensitive, so that it automagically switches between qwerty and numberic for appropriate fields (like a touchscreen smartphone).
I found a part 2 on youtube, it displays the QWERTY keypad in this part
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_7T4EMKby0
I cannot believe what dorks you posters are. She made a video of a phone and you rip on her. Get a real life. Nice all CAPS you f'n homo, hiding behind your key board (yaniv.chokron).
Haha...my thoughts exactly.
lol
I'm pretty sure Big Red went back to 14 days to return the phone, not 30
just sayin'...........
You would be wrong, it is 30 days and has been for at least the last 3 years.
Neat - just from an interface point of view, I think I like this idea even better than a pure touch screen. Do the buttons actually click or give some kind of tactile response?
I had the first Alias and it was way better looking. The e ink keypad is super cool and the phone has upgraded screens but its so ugly.
The dual hinge is a nice steal of the Motorola MPX from five years ago (which also had E-ink in early prototypes).
http://www.mobileburn.com/gallery.jsp?Id=666
The inkpad is crazy!
I was playing with my co-worker's the other day just switching back and forth
http://www.pixycell.com/verizon-samsung-u750-alias-cellphone-p-419.html