NTT Docomo and Fujitsu Unveil Transparent Double-Sided Touchscreen Smartphone
Posted on June 3, 2012
NTT Docomo and Fujitsu have unveiled a prototype smartphone that contains a transparent double-sided touchscreen display. Both sides of the Android powered smartphone are touchscreens that can be used at the same time.
The developers says, "You could hold down an icon on the front, and slide on the back to move an icon, or use the message bar, or create a new application. For example, from the front, you can only move the whole Rubik cube like this, but if you slide your finger across the front while holding down the back, you can rotate just one face. So this display makes gripping operations possible."
The developers showed a Rubik's Cube app where the cube is held in place on one side of the smartphone, while a segment of the cube is rotated using the other touchscreen. The developers acknowledge that the device is difficult to view at times. They say they plan to improve the device. Take a look: