Amid signs the smartphone industry may have to gird itself for a period of slower growth and reduced profit margins, manufacturers are casting about for a new smartphone feature that could capture the public's eye and convince buyers to pull out the old credit card yet again.
That search is a difficult one, as just about every China Feeder Screen Offers feature users might imagine in a smartphone -- web browser, music player, GPS, camera, flashlight -- is already here as a fully mature technology.
At the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, several companies were showing prototype of phones they hope might do the trick -- phones with dual screens.
There have been such phones before, but they have so far failed to capture the public's imagination, either because the technology has been less than perfect or they've been seen as just too "odd" as a mainstream offering.
One company bucking that trend and hope that "more is better" is Japan's NEC, which is set to introduce a new smartphone in Japan in April, the Medias W, which will feature a second screen that can fold out to double the available screen area.
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