Sony's CEATEC concept party includes Walkman bracelet and 0.2mm thin OLED (Awesome Video!)

Engadget.com ^ | 10/06/09 | Darren Murph

[Reaganesque]

We've yet to see a trade show where Sony left its Rhode Island-sized booth at home, and CEATEC is no exception. Aside from pushing its 1080p 3D installations with an epic amount of force, the company also had a smattering of swank new concepts on display that caught our eyes. A 0.2 millimeter-thin flexible OLED display was alive and displaying content, while an ultrathin Reader mock-up looked more like a MID and less like a Kindle. Without question, the two items that took our breath away were the all-panel laptop (which tossed the traditional keyboard in favor of a single, swooping display) and the Walkman bracelet, which did little more than talk dirty to us and get our imaginations working overtime. Unfortunately, all the good stuff was behind bulletproof glass with practically zero information to digest, but you can indulge your senses anyway in the gallery below and video after the break.

Link to video. Scroll down the page a bit. You'll see it. Very, very cool.

[Reaganesque]

Interesting direction Sony is moving in. I wouldn't mind owning one of any of these concept products. Fingers crossed!

Here's some more pics:

The Walkman is totally hot! Love it! It's straight out of a science fiction movie!

[netmilsmom]

I want one of those bracelets!
I wonder if it’s bluetooth enabled. I already have an S-9 that I run with the MP3 player on my phone.

[bmwcyle]

bttt

[relictele]

If it’s Sony it will likely be saddled with proprietary connectors (data, power) and/or enforce some who-asked-for-it DRM-laden media format.

That said they need a shot in the arm so I hope they succeed.

[DoughtyOne]

Those look very cool. The display technology incorporated would seem to be universally useful. It was very thin (the bracelet), seemed to be energy efficient (unless the thing only runs for a minute or two and saps the charge, which I doubt).

As for the reader, I liked it too. I will say that the page turning seemed nice. The screen looked quite small though, the text tough to read for practical purposes.

It’s my take that the industry has failed to understand that there is a place for a well designed nine inch display for readers. People don’t want to lug 1 to 50 books around with them that are 7x5x1 inches. I think they would carry around a 7x5x0.25 inch thick device, capable of holding those 50 books. We’re talking about some slightly larger than a paper back book.

That format has been proven to be acceptable for many years.

A playing card box sized reader, just doesn’t cut it for many of us. That goes for PDAs and phones too.

Wake up!

[GeronL]

I think that think film video screen is HD too

[GeronL]

They have been working on it for years.

Its not to the point where they can actually start developing products to fit it. cool!

[GeronL]

thin-film, geesh

[GeronL]

Its NOW to the point

I am half-blind OKay?

[Reaganesque]

On the video, the reader seemed to be about the size of a legal pad.

[DoughtyOne]

That fold out computer probably is, but the reader is only slightly longer than the hand shown with it.

I do believe that after looking at the video again, I would say the reader may in fact be larger than I thought, perhaps in the range of the size I was advocating.

It’s my take that it’s not legal pad size though.

[Billthedrill]

Now just how in the world are you going to fit a cassette into that there bracelet?

Kids these days. BTT.

[Reaganesque]

If you back up a few steps and get the cassette going really, really fast...?

[Hot Tabasco]

I want one of those bracelets!

They look gay to me.......I wouldn't wear it. They guys in my softball crowd would laugh me out of town.

[zeugma]

It’s my take that the industry has failed to understand that there is a place for a well designed nine inch display for readers. People don’t want to lug 1 to 50 books around with them that are 7x5x1 inches. I think they would carry around a 7x5x0.25 inch thick device, capable of holding those 50 books. We’re talking about some slightly larger than a paper back book.

That format has been proven to be acceptable for many years.

A playing card box sized reader, just doesn’t cut it for many of us. That goes for PDAs and phones too.

 I'll second that.  Give me a reader the size of a paperback that works well in light and dark, and has no drm, and I'll buy it.