Windows Phone Thoughts: LCD Scanners?

"Toshiba Matsushita Display Technology Co., Ltd. has added an image capturing function to its low-temperature polysilicon liquid crystal displays. A 3.5-inch diagonal LTPS LCD dubbed Input Display has an optical sensor for each pixel. The transmissive type color display with a QVGA (320x240 pixels) resolution, when placed on an object, scans an area of actual display size and captures it as a 960x240-pixel monochrome image."

This is one of those inventions from left field that could really create a new niche for handheld computing. Imagine if you could use your PDA to scan news clippings and other materials! However, do note that this is a transmissive screen, and who knows how it'll look...