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LG-GD900 transparent cellphone: Why would you want it?
The LG-GD900 cellphone, which was unveiled a couple of days ago, has one of the most striking designs we've seen. Its head-turning innovation: The softly illuminated keypad is transparent. The phone is slated for a spring 2009 release. We can't wait until someone designs a phone that's entirely clear.
However, we have to ask, how practical is this? Do you really want to see a hairy cheek pressed up against the glass? It reminds me of the old Jelly shoes. Cute, until you see someone's butt-ugly toes smooshed up against the plastic.
Really, why would you want a see-through phone? Tell us in the comments.
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By Steven Meyer at 7:26 PM ON 02/18/09
I like the concept, although you have a point on the hairy cheek thing.
By yunny at 7:33 PM ON 02/18/09
well, cuz its so darn kool looking
transparent keypad with blue iluminated keys
id just stare at it during math class for some fun
By pixxan at 8:47 PM ON 02/18/09
There's no particular reason why I'd want a transparent keypad. Then again, there's no particular reason why I wouldn't.
By bronzelightning at 8:54 PM ON 02/18/09
multi-tasking.
By Slantsixx at 12:54 AM ON 02/19/09
The reason you want a transparent keypad is because it's cool and you won't see smooshed hairy cheeks. The keypad is behind the screen and it's low. Might see a goatee, but it won't be smooshed.
By the_kcar at 4:20 AM ON 02/19/09
Maybe, for down the road, when solar-recharged batteries emerge from prototype stage to full practical. I just now hopped from reading about a device tentatively named SunCat [http://www.inhabitat.com/2009/02/18/suncat-solar-batteries-by-knut-karlsen/], to wandering in here...
Makes a person look twice at emerging technology...
By Tl12000 at 6:58 PM ON 02/19/09
well, there is no particular reason why you wouldnt want it, but judging by the large vertical screen concept it seems its touchscreen as well, so a transparent keypad would be obsolete, if it were a transparent "keyboard" then... maybe it would be worth its price.
i like it tho, its not too bad.
By thatguy at 9:41 PM ON 02/19/09
Because it's slick as heck, that's why.
By TJ at 12:00 PM ON 02/20/09
cuz its cool. If you don't understand that you just don't understand
By shammo at 7:15 PM ON 07/02/09
To me it's just a matter of aesthetics; no reason to assume every aspect of a phone, or any product fo r that matter, to have a practical purpose.
I also don't think this would offer any problems in use as long as the buttons were easily viewable in brightly lit conditions.
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