Motorola showcased some wacky ideas at Lenovo Tech World ’23 which will or could not ever see the sunshine of day. The smartphone maker (a subsidiary of Lenovo since 2014) unveiled an “adaptive show” prototype that may be rolled right into a cellphone, stand or sensible bracelet. (It seems to be like a extra superior model of a prototype Lenovo exhibited in 2016.) As well as, the corporate highlighted a number of developmental AI-powered options for the Lenovo gadgets you’ll be able to already purchase.
The show idea is a rollable smartphone with an FHD+ pOLED show. The prototype “may be bent and formed into completely different types relying on customers’ wants,” the corporate wrote in its announcement weblog submit. The machine can stretch out completely flat to make use of as a standard smartphone, or you can bend it partway to take a seat on a desk (just like foldable telephones). You’ll be able to even wrap the idea machine partway round your wrist because it transforms into one thing akin to a sensible slap bracelet.
The conceptual prototype has a 6.9-inch show and runs “a full Android expertise, similar to any smartphone” (nicely, apart from iPhones). When upright in a stand mode, it switches to a compact type of Android on a 4.6-inch part of its show.
As enjoyable as it may be to gawk at futuristic ideas, we wouldn’t advocate holding your breath for this gadget to change into an accessible shopper product anytime quickly. Nonetheless, Lenovo has repeatedly confirmed that it isn’t afraid to go zany with delivery shopper merchandise, so who is aware of?
Along with its versatile prototype, Motorola additionally launched a number of AI-powered ideas since that’s what firms do in 2023. The corporate is tapping into generative AI’s powers to produce the individuals with… higher wallpaper?
“With this idea, customers can add or seize an image of their outfit to supply a number of distinctive AI-generated photos that replicate their model,” the corporate wrote. You’ll be able to then rework these AI-made photos right into a customized wallpaper to your machine. A video the corporate revealed on its weblog submit exhibits an individual taking a selfie of an outfit (utilizing the rollable show machine, in fact), which the software program then turns into quite a lot of wallpaper choices for the flexible cellphone.
The corporate additionally introduced that it’s engaged on a private voice / textual content assistant for PCs and smartphones that runs on a big language mannequin (LLM). Dubbed MotoAI, the corporate says the assistant may “reply questions, draft messages, schedule duties, and a lot extra.” MotoAI would emphasize privateness, processing knowledge and operating duties domestically fairly than within the cloud. The corporate says the software may uniquely personalize your machine because it learns extra about you, changing into extra helpful over time.
Motorola additionally tackled doc scanning, teasing a characteristic that may decrease wrinkles and shadows when scanning bodily photos or paperwork with a cellphone’s digicam. “This innovation goals to enhance ultimate picture high quality by minimizing wrinkles and shadows to make sure paperwork or photos seem as crisp and clear as doable,” the corporate wrote.
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