Samsung Youm
Flexible screens took centre stage at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. OLED technology means that displays, whether they're built into phones or TVs, can now be paper-thin and bendable. Using this new technology both Samsung and LG showed off concave TV prototypes, suggesting that in a few years time we'll no longer be thinking of TVs as just flat rectangles.
While the curved TVs certainly looked unusual and caught the attention of many show visitors, it was Samsung's concept for a flexible phone that stood out. Codenamed 'Youm' the phone has a pliable and near-unbreakable screen. It's not just a gimmick either, with the company's presidents showing how bending and twisting the phone could provide new ways of interacting with other technology. If it takes off, the Youm could reinvent the phone as we know it.
Nvidia Project Shield:
Taking the show by surprise, Nvidia, who usually make graphics cards for PCs, has created a handheld Android-based gaming console for hardcore PC gamers. At home, the Shield will stream your games from your PC via your Wi-Fi network and play them on its five-inch screen, providing you with high-end gaming on something that you can carry around with you.
When you take it outside of the home, it's essentially an Android mobile device with all the games and apps that come with the operating system. On the one hand, it provides unrivalled gaming on a portable console, but on the other it's a somewhat unwieldy way to play Android games on the go. Either way, its an innovative device, the likes of which we've never seen before.
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