Soulkiller
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Yes this is yet another discussion about possible design modifcations but I keep thinking about this and I'm very curious what you guys think :rolleyes:
I was wondering if it would be possible to let the lid (screen) be able to unfold ALL the way back so its flush with the underside and back in its rectangular shape with the screen and keyboard now facing out. I say this because I think of the possible applications of this. For one it would allow you to use Pandora in more of a "tablet" mode kinda like an iTouch/iPhone without being somewhat clumsy with two parts folded out. If the tablet feature isn't enough then maybe you can also see that this would create a interesting way to control games....because the controls would also be exposed on the opposite side this could be an interesting and new way of game controls where you hold it (thumbs on top/possibly on screen, other four fingers underneath it on controls) and control it (pointer fingers on anlog sticks? I dunno this is were things need to be thought out and applied). I think with enough thought, a comfortable game control mechanism could be thought up and also reduce the amount of space it uses. Also this could silence those that thought the clamshell design was a flaw by including the best of both worlds.
I do relize its probably too late in the dev cycle (maybe not?) to implement this but since the only elcectronic hardware that would need modification would be the detection if the lid is closed since it would be set off when its folded all the way back plus the progammer would probably want to know if the screen is fully exteneded. Other than that all we need is a redesign of the hinge which probably means a complete redesign of the shell and we should be good
But seriouslly though, what do you guys think?
I was wondering if it would be possible to let the lid (screen) be able to unfold ALL the way back so its flush with the underside and back in its rectangular shape with the screen and keyboard now facing out. I say this because I think of the possible applications of this. For one it would allow you to use Pandora in more of a "tablet" mode kinda like an iTouch/iPhone without being somewhat clumsy with two parts folded out. If the tablet feature isn't enough then maybe you can also see that this would create a interesting way to control games....because the controls would also be exposed on the opposite side this could be an interesting and new way of game controls where you hold it (thumbs on top/possibly on screen, other four fingers underneath it on controls) and control it (pointer fingers on anlog sticks? I dunno this is were things need to be thought out and applied). I think with enough thought, a comfortable game control mechanism could be thought up and also reduce the amount of space it uses. Also this could silence those that thought the clamshell design was a flaw by including the best of both worlds.
I do relize its probably too late in the dev cycle (maybe not?) to implement this but since the only elcectronic hardware that would need modification would be the detection if the lid is closed since it would be set off when its folded all the way back plus the progammer would probably want to know if the screen is fully exteneded. Other than that all we need is a redesign of the hinge which probably means a complete redesign of the shell and we should be good
But seriouslly though, what do you guys think?
