This patent publication by Nokia has to be one of the weirdest cellphone patents that we have come across recently. What you see in the picture above is a phone that employs something called a Jacobs Ladder flipping hinge arrangement. Letting go of the confusing, long winding sentences and jargons used in patent applications, this cylindrical phone will also open like the current Communicators, hopefully to reveal a widescreen for watching videos or something.
But the interesting thing is that piece of movable material (called the ribbon in the patent) that you see in between the screen and the keypad. According to the patent, the phone will have two User Interfaces, depending on the position of the ribbon. In the first position, the device acts like a phone while in the secod position, it reveals a camera module (placed on the back) and the UI changes to one suited for operating a camera.
Everything sounds cool, but we're left wondering how the hell are we supposed to fit it in our pocket?
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