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    Clamshell design is a form factor commonly used in the design of electronic devices and other manufactured objects. It is inspired by the morphology of...
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  • transport device Clamshell design, a form factor used for electronic devices, also known as a "flip" or "flip phone". Clamshell (container), a design used for...
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    clamshell is a one-piece container consisting of two halves joined by a hinge area which allows the structure to come together to close. Clamshells can...
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    space requirements. The D-pad design was later honored with a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award in 2008. The clamshell design of the Multi Screen Series...
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    StarTAC (section Design)
    "wearable". The StarTAC's groundbreaking design was a development from Motorola's MicroTAC, a semi-clamshell design first launched in 1989. Whereas the MicroTAC's...
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    upgraded version of the Game Boy Advance with a more compact, foldable clamshell design. It also featured two major improvements: it was the first device in...
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    IBook (redirect from IBook Clamshell)
    different designs during its lifetime. The first, known as the "Clamshell", was inspired by the design of Apple's popular iMac line at the time. It was a significant...
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    form factors Laptop or notebook, a form of portable computer with a clamshell design. Subnotebook, ultra-mobile PC, netbook, and tablet computer, various...
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    tailgate because when open, the tailgate was entirely out of view. On the clamshell design, the rear power-operated glass slid up into the roof and the lower...
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    pocket calculator-sized, battery-powered computer in a horizontal clamshell design with integrated keyboard and display. It could be used like a modern...
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    springs and trailing arms on sedans and coupes. Wagons featured a "clamshell" design marketed as the Glide-away tailgate, also called a "disappearing"...
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    was released on October 12, 2013. It is a variant designed to be affordable without the clamshell design or 3D capabilities of the 3DS. Another redesign...
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    technology that had appeared previously on the company's Galaxy Fold, in a clamshell design. As with other Galaxy devices, the Galaxy Z Flip runs Android and Samsung's...
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    Grid Compass (section Design)
    the Grid Systems Corporation. The design for the Compass was rendered by Bill Moggridge. Owing to its clamshell design—the first in a portable computer—some...
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    : 9  The first clamshell laptop, the Grid Compass, was made in 1982. Enclosed in a magnesium case, it introduced the now familiar design in which the flat...
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    smartphone with a folding form factor. While the foldable design has been incorporated before in clamshell (or "flip phone") phones, the current term "foldable"...
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    with the ringer. This set the standard and became the model for later clamshell design phones, which Motorola adopted in the StarTAC in 1996. The first MicroTAC...
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    other territories as v3688 or v998 (China) in early 1999. Based on a clamshell design like the StarTAC series, its body is 25% narrower by comparison and...
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    promoted by both George Foreman and Jackie Chan. The product has a clamshell design that simultaneously heats the top and bottom surfaces of the food,...
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    This model (and the HP-19B series that used the same clamshell design and internals) had one design problem that affected many units: the springs inside...
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    substrate. In the "clamshell" design, the upper heat element in the press opens like a clamshell, while in the "swing-away" design, the heat platen swings...
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    intermittent windshield wipers. The fourth generation wagons featured a 'clamshell' design marketed as the Glide-away tailgate, also called a "disappearing"...
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    The New Nintendo 3DS is a clamshell design dual-screen handheld game console produced by Nintendo, originally released on October 11, 2014 in Japan and...
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    Scrobicularia plana Clam juice – Broth obtained from clams Clamshell (container) Clamshell design List of clam dishes – dishes and foods prepared using clams...
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    the Game Boy Advance SP, a redesigned model with a frontlit screen and clamshell form factor. A newer revision of the SP with a backlit screen was released...
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    round or square, cast iron or aluminium plates on long handles. Its "clamshell" design resembles that of a waffle iron, but without the checkered pattern...
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    also shifts from the slate form factor of the original 2DS model to a clamshell design. The Nintendo 2DS (abbreviated to 2DS) was announced on August 28,...
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    it also had a web browser and business programs. It is formed of a clamshell design that opens up to reveal a monochrome LCD with a 640 × 200 resolution...
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    support for wireless connectivity. Both screens are encompassed within a clamshell design similar to the Game Boy Advance SP. The Nintendo DS also features the...
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    The calculator has many functions buried in a menu structure. The clamshell design is fairly robust, but the battery door is the shortcoming of this whole...
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