Advancing optoelectronics technology is giving mobile device designers entirely new ways to incorporate high information content displays in very small form factors. Direct view displays in mobile handsets are always constrained by the surface area of the device. Stowable displays based on new flexible display technology offer one path to overcome this limitation. For more information about the Polymer Vision flexible display and it's application see http://wrtassoc.com/

Although a bit more “kitchen sink” than the iPhone, I question whether the LG Venus and Voyager can gain the attention of consumers. The use of advancing optoelectronics including multiple, larger, higher resolution displays and better cameras (2 Mpixel), combined with new interface modes including touch and vibration feedback, at least make me want to go into the store and take a look. The Verizon web page on the new phones http://products.vzw.com/index.aspx?id=rlp&site=next is sure annoying. They are certainly not besting Apple on this front http://www.apple.com/iphone/ . http://wrtassoc.com have additional views on the enabling role played by optoelectronics in upcoming smart phones. We've got to come up with a better name for these things.