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BenQ SL98 Prototype Hits the Market

A few moths ago, BenQ Siemens unveiled a new mobile phone concept, the SL98 model, which had and still has all the chances to reinvent the idea of slider phone. Instead of having a display that slides to uncover the keypad (you know, like Nokia N95, LG Chocolate or Samsung U700 - just to name a few successful sliders...

11 December 2007
10:43 GMT

Thomson's Mysterious PMP Strips Off Touchscreen!

I can't believe my eyes! Just when I though touch screen mania was more contagious than ever, somebody does this brave gesture and designs a glossy portable media player with...analog controls? Well, I said somebody, not anybody, as Thomson itself is the maker behind this chic PMP concept. However, for whom it m...

10 December 2007
12:26 GMT

Voguish MP3 Concept for Sissy Geeks!

Does anyone listen to that round-shaped bulky and annoying Walkman anymore? As far as I am concerned, the Walkman is dead! However, there are some who'd rather invest some money in small businesses than completely deny the idea of the ultimate MP3 revolution. In this case, it seems the basic functionality is the...

28 November 2007
04:47 GMT

Fresh Motion Tracking Prototype from Keynetik

Keynetik's new concept could very well be worthy of surpassing the touchscreen in terms of popularity, if properly promoted. Their prototype uses motion instead of touch for navigation through the menu and this sounds highly futuristic and with great potential for setting a new trend.At this time, Keynetik'...

15 November 2007
06:18 GMT

Pen Phone Concept...Is It Possible?

From all the ludacris ideas that mobile phone concept developers have come up with, the pen phone has all chances of earning itself a special place. This concept's creator actually hopes on a future deployment of the idea, as it could turn out to be pretty successful.Watches with integrated mobile phones must ha...

8 November 2007
10:55 GMT

LG Touch and Sony Ericsson Pxi Gorgeous Phone Concepts

Some stunning new mobile phone concepts have surfaced over the last period, although there is no way the handset producers will take them into consideration. Sony Ericsson never did, although some great concepts appeared throughout time and there are low chances that other such companies will.LG has been less of an i...

31 October 2007
12:08 GMT

Nokia S60 Application Concepts Revealed

Nokia jumped on the occasion of showing off its latest application concepts for the S60 phone series. The company presented all the software with great potential of being deployed in the future during the "The way to live next" event recently held at Oulu, Finland.Among the most interesting applications presented, th...

29 October 2007
05:10 GMT

LG Shows Off Rolex Concept Phone

A mobile phone based on the design of Rolex watches is not too difficult to think of. It's nothing more than a concept at this time though, and no official image of the LG Rolex handset has surfaced, but there are high chances that such a device will be out on the market in the future. The concept was spotted a...

11 October 2007
08:12 GMT

Nokia Patents for Intuitive Touchscreen Phone

Touchscreen enabled mobile phones have taken a major leap over the past period. Nokia has seen that and rumors state that this producer will bring out its first handset using this technology as soon as next year. The company's interest in it has also led to the filing of an innovative patent.What's the main...

8 October 2007
06:42 GMT

Sony Ericsson Konan, an Expressive New Concept

Sony Ericsson mobile phone concepts are some of the most impressive ones that seem to show up. The latest one that has managed to arouse the interest of many people is the Konan: Beauty Renaissance 2.0 one.It is rather strange how Sony Ericsson seems to be the only handset producer that manages to inspire people to d...

19 September 2007
06:03 GMT

Sony Ericsson Patents for Touchscreen Phone

The touchscreen craze has hit Sony Ericsson too. The company has used this technology in some of its previous phone models before, but it looks like they are now looking deeper into its potential. A patent for a programmable touchscreen keypad has been filed and approved, although it's still nothingmore than a m...

17 September 2007
05:33 GMT

Sony Ericsson DramaVIEW Lively Concept

Sony Ericsson seems to be the most inspiring mobile phone producer out there, as innovative ideas based on its devices continue to make a large number of concepts surface. The DramaVIEW one is highly interesting, bringing a personal touch to the handset, along with a great deal of innovation.Personalized mobile phone...

15 September 2007
02:31 GMT

Fruit Tray Mobile Phone Concept

Who can stop people's minds from dreaming of wacky mobile phone concepts? A new one has just been developed and looks quite interesting, although no producer will have the courage of picking up and using it.The Fruit Tray concept is called as such because of the keypad's design. In fact, this specific mobil...

10 September 2007
11:12 GMT

Witty Removable Bluetooth Headset Concept from Samsung

Samsung has just had a patent approved for a mobile phone that also includes a Bluetooth headset in its case. The concept will surely prove to be highly useful, as having to carry around a separate device can be quite soliciting and make it prone to being easily lost.Bluetooth headsets bring the great advantage that ...

31 August 2007
04:09 GMT

Nokia 7480 Fashion Phone Concept Wants a Smile

Many mobile phone concepts will probably never make it past this state, but many of them truly manage to make some interesting ideas surface. There is a new such concept for a Nokia handset, although its looks and performances resemble nothing that the Finnish producer has offered until now in their devices.The Nokia...

28 August 2007
06:54 GMT

Wooden Phone, also a Heating Source During Cold, Russian Winters

A Russian man has designed a wooden mobile phone capable of packing all the capabilities of regular such devices. The handset is that kind that will surely stand out, as talking on a log in the middle of the street will surely attract some attention.The slim mobile phones with shiny metals and capable of providing th...

28 August 2007
03:51 GMT

Sony Ericsson PSP Phone Concept Looks Great

Sony Ericsson seems to have really stimulated some designers' creativity, as a lot of people are developing phones based on this company's device lines. An appealing PSP phone concept has just sprung over the internet, although there are high chances for the handset producer to ignore it just as it has done...

27 August 2007
05:18 GMT

Rock-My-Samsung in the Mobile Cradle Concept

Samsung is one of the handset producers that has brought the largest number of interesting phone concepts over the last period. Continuing that line, the company also unveils their phone cradle idea, one with an actual possibility of being made real and with some useful applications.Using the mobile phone and its han...

25 August 2007
05:06 GMT

Refined, Sexy Sony Ericsson Phone Concept

People are cramming in order to develop new mobile phone concepts for Sony Ericsson phones. An impressively elegant one has appeared over the past days, looking like a really tough competitor for the "iPhone killer" title.Just what this phone concept has to do with the Sony Ericsson line of mobile phones is still pre...

22 August 2007
10:12 GMT

Hoverboard Allures Skate-aholics, No Wheels, Still Sounds Horribly Loud!

Remember "Back to the future II" the movie? I believe a lot of kids wanted a floating skateboard ever since. I never saw another one like that, but I give you thisin fact, Future Horizons presents this.The "Hoverboard" could be the next giant step in the skateboard industry, as obstacle, pool, ramp, or rail while an...

13 August 2007
04:05 GMT

BenQ Develops Strange-Looking Slider Phone Concept

BenQ is looking to reach huge popularity and record phone sales numbers by developing a new phone concept. Not only has the company drawn the lines, but actually it has made it real too. The slider phone concept has proved to be a huge success, as it eventually became popular and fashionable among a wide range of peo...

24 July 2007
09:03 GMT

Latest Tech: Mobile Phone Iris Scanner

Just how much high technology can you cram into a mobile phone? Putting an iris scanner into your mobile phone sounds like a highly futuristic concept, almost like trying out James Bond's shoes.The most interesting thing about this idea is that almost any camera-enabled handset is capable of supporting it. There...

24 July 2007
04:45 GMT

New Concept Phones from NEC

Mobile phones are extremely fun, especially when it comes to playing with their design and dreaming about placing incredibly evolved performances in slim and stylish cases. People at NEC have allowed their imagination to go wild and have managed to come up with some new interesting concept.Some of NEC's ideas ar...

21 July 2007
03:21 GMT

Samsung Develops Joystick Phone Concept

Mobile phones can be combined with just about any other device, with only a little imagination. Samsung has recently filed a patent for a handset which can also be used as a joystick.The mobile phone producer company has found another use for the clamshell phone concept. The design of this type of handsets makes it p...

20 July 2007
05:08 GMT

Ta-Da! Drive Clever! Urban Vehicle Kicks Off The Roads! Soon...

The aim of this project is to make all the daredevils out there drive safely and mostly ,,Clever". In fact, with all the pollution out there, it comes naturally for the electric vehicles to appear like fat mushrooms after a warm spring rain. I personally like this one best. Probably because it makes me think of Easy...

20 July 2007
04:36 GMT

Blasting Transformers Phone Concept

The Transformers movie has hit the big screen a few days ago and promises to be quite successful. As it usually happens with good action hero concepts, a great deal of merchandise associated to the movie's theme has already been released. The Transformers mobile phone is a mere idea, although a considerably impr...

13 July 2007
05:30 GMT

Meet Superman's Kryptonite Flavored Musipen MP3 Player!

Now that's a breath of fresh air in the electronic industry! It doesn't look like an iPod, Zune, iRiver, or anything of the kind. I like it mostly because it packs the music in style and wears a geeky name like "Musipen". Chris Williams wanted to make an innovative player, and he succeeded in the task, sinc...

10 July 2007
03:59 GMT

Nokia Plans Point&Find Innovatory Solution

Nokia sees into the future of how mobile technology can be used in the future for bringing interactivity between real environment and mobile phones to a new level. The Point&Find service will allow handset owners to use real images as search tags in the virtual environment.A pattern-recognition technology currently ...

29 June 2007
04:32 GMT

Futuristic Cellphone Concept Takes Touchscreen Tech to the Max

Which is the most successful technology that most high-end mobile phone producers have chosen to pack in their devices until now? You've guessed it. It's touchscreen. A new concept, simply called "Cellphone", uses this technology at its maximum potential and looks highly futuristic.Jacob Palmborg is the au...

29 June 2007
03:28 GMT

Beware of the Alien Abduction Lamp

The truth is no longer out there, "they" took care of that. Who are they? The lamp designers. The Alien Abduction Lamp seems to be the perfect gift to offer to an alien.The lamp consists of a metal UFO containing the light, completed with an array of alien pilots, which is supported entirely on a frosted glass tracto...

6 June 2007
05:09 GMT

Amazing Luxury Wooden Concept Phone

I am sure we are all familiar with integrating the wood as a fabric for the many gadgets around us. We all saw computers, keyboards, DVD players, monitors, speakers' cases and many devices made from the finest wood.Some would even say that it is about time for high-quality woods to be used in the personal electr...

16 April 2007
05:29 GMT

World's Ugliest Guitars

Those who have been reading my articles have already figured not only that I am a metalhead but a guitar-metalhead and most important - a "play-guitar-in-some-bands" metalhead. Meaning I know my way in the guitar world after spending some 14 years playing from the lousiest axes up to big-buck ones.Just minutes ago, a...

17 March 2007
08:38 GMT

The blueChute Concept

Don't know if you still remember what E Ink is but, although at the time when that technology was under the spotlight few people got excited about it, now things look better than ever. As you can see in the picture attached to this article, the blueChute, a device using that type of technology, is a lightweight ...

12 March 2007
12:46 GMT


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