Samsung Files Patent for Double-sided Tablet

I'm having trouble to see the true difference to a single input pane. Looks cool and there may be some niche applications, but other than that I am not so sure what it really buys the user.

LMAO So how exactly do you HOLD the thing without actually causing an input?!?

I am pretty sure Tom's had a very similar article, maybe a year ago, about a very similar filed patent, definitely NOT samsung, that also used the other side as another means to control the device...could have been a different site though, my short term memory is....hindered.

why put two screens on it? Why not just make the backside sensitive to touch?

Use two hands to make gestures while holding the tablet with a third?

Pinch elements to grab and move them... as long as you don't need to move them too far from the edge.

Wait.. but when you hold it.. wouldn't touching the bottom screw up whatever you were working on? for example, while you pick it up, your hand may touch the bottom screen, this in return would make the tablet do something accidentally.

Still a device i'm interested in, i'd grab one out of curiosity, i hope it runs android!

Now I have to worry about two screens. But seems like a cool idea.

makes some sense considering Samsung are also the pioneer of the transparent display, consider having a scrapbook open on the lower display and using the underside input to highlight and drag clips of website/powerpoint slides/pictures on the upper screen into the scapbook app in the lower screen or maybe for multi tasking where the lower screen displays all running apps in the background and being able to drag and drop from the upper screen to the lower screen

after some practice im sure user would be able to filter and refocus between the upper and lower screens seamlessly, makes a hell lot more sense then a 3d display....

Those wishing for eyes on the back of their head can now add a request for a set of eyes on their laps.

A trackpad on the bottom may work, but 2 displays with only one visible seems like a waste of power.

I can see pervertish apps being developed for this.

Now we can replace those projector slides with this double-sided tablet. Wonder if Samsung would call this a Green tablet?

What about a Cube? If anyone tries to patent it, I will just point to this post.

I.. Don't.. compute *BOOM* Why the hell would enlarging a pic using the pinch & zoom gesture be anymore intuitive w/ 2 screens? You can clearly see in the filed patent that they have a finger on the ventral and dorsal sides of the device performing the same pinch& zoom motion as w/ a single screen tablet. I.. just.. don't understand! It's clumsy and stupid, there is nothing here to justify that extra cost.

OH Braingasm!! This would LOOK cool it they used the nifty see through screen technology that they had developed couple months back. But that's just form related. THere still isn't any increase in function that I can see.

So have they actually created this or did they just call dibs? If that's the case, I patent the cure for cancer.

Our Arch nemisis apple holds a patent filing for using two fingers to manipulate a touch screen device.
So now everyone must come up with a different approach to manipulation or pay royalties to the rotten fruit.

One hand for the front screen, one hand for the back, and you need a third one to hold the device, IMO...

I would worry about damaging the bottom screen when I set it down. Novel Idea but I can see this being a pain with mistaken gestures since most people hold the table at the bottom.

I love the narrow minded comments for this device... well I guess if Apple were to patent this, everyone would be saying that is the coolest thing ever!

I seem to remember reading this exact same article months ago except Apple was the company filing the patent, not Samsung. I thought it was a stupid idea then and I still think it's a stupid idea. What kind of gestures am I possibly going to be able to perform while I'm trying to physically hold a device? I can't see any practical applications for this and it would probably drain the battery powering the damn thing.

I'd like a 10" or 11" screen with one side e-ink and other side AMOLED, multiple microSD cards, wi-fi, bluetooth, 3G, 1080p video/camera and whatever else they can come up with. Vertical/horizontal scroll pads would be really nice.
Give it 3GB of RAM, let us run Android and Win7. Give it one of those new Atoms with integrated gfx. 16GB/32 super fast SSD should be fine.

I still can't figure out how you would hold it when using both hands. You'd need a sturdy stand that doesn't move around.

If they also put a camera on both sides, you could do a video call with someone standing on the other side of it. Kind of like talking through a transparent piece of glass, only even more pointless.

Not sure about it, but it does seems like a cool idea.

This will put an all new type of application such as a game with control buttons on the main screen and the game's screen on the other screen.
It is fun to push something without looking at the game or looking at the game without seeing what you push.
....näääääh...I am just kidding...

At thismoment I don't know the good side of having a double sided screen tablet. I kinda like the dual screen concept, the one you like a book, but double sided? It could be a good idea.

So, you have to hold it even more carefully than iPhone 4 so as to not cause an unintended input!

If one side would be an E-ink display and the other an LCD one, it'd be great. All the extra features of a tablet, but still the ability to read books comfortably.

If both sides are LCD's, it's just... meh.