Had enough of #bendgate already? We’re pretty sure you are. So here’s a new one – a smartphone-slash-wearable device that is actually meant to bend and still be awesome (sorry Apple) called Portal. The device is in startup mode right now, crowdsourcing its capital – but the premise is kinda awesome. The device is targeted at athletes, sports pros, or on-the-go business and corporate people who want their technology bleeding edge and easily accessible through wireless.
Portal is actually designed to be strapped on, and you take it on a run like a smartwatch, only bigger and better – or on a swim, or commuting from your home to the office. The developers – an outfit called Arubixs – is saying that the device will come with 2GB of RAM, 64GB of internal storage, running on a modified version of Android. There is no mention of a specific chipset for the device yet, although there is a promise that the device will be at par with other top level devices at the time of launch.
What makes the Portal flexible? Well, it’s a combination of a 6-inch flexible OLED screen and a proprietary flexible battery. It’s not flexible all throughout – there are rigid elements, but the device is flexible where it matters. If a smartwatch like the Moto 360 just has too little screen real estate for you, then this might just be the alternative – a fitness tracker and smartphone rolled (literally) into one device.
The Portal is Kevlar-protected, and is designed to have 4 cameras to utterly document your active lifestyle. The company is looking for USD$300,000 in capital and if you cough up USD$349 or more, you can be sure to have one by this time next year. At the moment, they are nearing the USD$20,000 mark. There have been rumblings of flexible OLED projects all around, but Portal looks to be a very strong proposition. What do you guys think?
SOURCE: IndieGoGo
This is a totally fake thing… how could you even think that is real?
How can you not know graphene? We have been waiting for this at least 5 years.
lol Are you serious?
Complete scam…
Posts like this might get you a few clicks, but in the long term, it just kills your credibility. It also makes me wonder if you are being paid off or just that gullible. Neither is good.
Cmon, AC – do you seriously believe that this is a legit project worth posting about? At least be like Android Police and call these guys out for the blatantly obvious vapourware. 6″ flexible OLED? 64GB of storage with a flexible battery? “Stock Android” with a “custom user interface” is an oxymoron. Use a bit of reasoning to see through the scam – it’s not hard.
Get a grip.
Neoprene + rendered pic. It is what portal is now, and it will still be that next year, or the one after that.
Android Police have a pretty damning opinion of it:
– http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/09/28/disruptoverload-the-portal-is-everything-wrong-with-smartwatches-and-everything-wrong-with-crowdfunding-at-the-same-time/
I would have thought that just a little bit of scepticism would have entered the article here. As it is, the article does look a little naïve