HTC’s Diagonal Slider Design

Here’s an interesting patent from HTC for the design of a phone where the screen slides diagonally from the top to the middle in order to reveal a Qwerty keyboard. When “closed” only the numeric portion of the keyboard is visible.

For more mock-ups, see The Unwired View

Originally published on Pocketnow on March 18, 2008. More Hardware articles from the Pocketnow archive.