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Teddy bears can hardly be associated with high-end technology, but Japan – the country where almost anything has to do with the T-word – thinks otherwise. The proof is a teddy bear phone concept that was presented during the 2008 Good Design Expo. Dubbed Kuma Phone, the "teddy bear device" is made by... |
2 September 2008
08:53 GMT |
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Amidst the hype created by the official presentation of Nokia's latest N85 and N79 Nseries handsets, few might have noticed a newly-appeared concept phone that comes as one of the most interesting "unreal Nokias" seen so far. Designed by Ulisses Gardim from Sao Paolo, Brazil, the new Nokia concept (which wa... |
28 August 2008
03:08 GMT |
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Motorola is surely no stranger to touchscreen technology, despite the fact that most of its touch-enabled mobile devices are being commercialized in China only. Still, the once-glorious Moto is said to be preparing several new touchscreen handsets to conquer the US and European markets, but no official details about ... |
9 August 2008
06:45 GMT |
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We've recently spotted a Sony Ericsson concept that can surely be categorized as one of the most extravagant potential mobile phones ever designed. This new virtual handset is named Sony Ericsson French Luxury, or Sony Ericsson FL, and is made to celebrate the July 14 French National Day, also known as Bastille ... |
19 July 2008
07:57 GMT |
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We've seen lots of Sony Ericsson phone concepts until today, and we'll surely see many others from now on, but one of the weirdest and at the same time nicest SE concept is the so-called Sony Ericsson Video Phone. Like most of the Sony Ericsson concepts, the Video Phone does not come from the Swedish-Japa... |
4 July 2008
11:47 GMT |
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After the amazing Morph handset, presented by Nokia at the beginning of the year, we now have another shape-shifting concept to bear the Finnish giant manufacturer's logo. Named exactly Nokia ShapeShift, the new concept is not presented by Nokia, as it was the case with Morph, but by Rune Larsen, a designer who ... |
26 June 2008
08:26 GMT |
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Intuit is the name of a new and unique mobile phone concept that proposes not one, but two full touchscreen displays packed into a multimedia-center device. Before presenting the new concept, we must say that it was conceived by Eddie Goh, who has also designed the E-Ten Glofiish X800 Pocket PC that was released on t... |
5 June 2008
12:42 GMT |
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We don't really know whether you have ever heard about independent game developers Nnooo - they are the folks currently working on a WiiWare title called Pop where you have to... pop bubble balloons in order to score points. Yes, not exactly the funniest thing to do on your spare time, but nobody is perfect. Any... |
19 May 2008
15:06 GMT |
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"Mimique" is the name of a recently unveiled mobile phone concept that should be a response to the all-serious PDA-like devices that conquered the market in the last years. Viewed from the back, the Mimique looks like a toy with an external antenna and rounded edges. Viewed from the front, the handset still looks lik... |
19 May 2008
05:55 GMT |
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A young designer from Prague, the capital of Czech Republic, recently came up with a fresh and good looking mobile phone concept, called the Egg Phone. Far from being bulky like an egg, the new handset has an oval-shaped, curved case that seems to be quite slim and, more important, it can probably fit well in users&... |
10 May 2008
06:16 GMT |
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Nokia is continuously thinking about new ways of creating and designing mobile phones and one of the latest concepts unveiled by the Finnish giant is a handset named "People First". Part of the so-called "Homegrown" research project, the new concept is devoted to "time, lists, and people" and its purpose is to make t... |
8 May 2008
05:46 GMT |
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The lightest mobile phone ever created by mankind was officially declared modu, as a group of Guinness World Records judges found the device to only weigh exactly 40.1 grams (or 1.41 ounces, for the US citizens that don't really know what a gram is). The modu phone was first announced during MWC 2008, in Feb... |
25 March 2008
10:11 GMT |
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We recently came across a new Motorola phone concept that looks really good and has some considerable chances, which is to be built sometime in the future by the American company. Maybe not exactly in the way it looks now, but in a similar mode. The most interesting aspect of the new concept is the fact that it has ... |
15 March 2008
08:17 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson sure filed a lot of patent applications in the last period/year, and among the most recent applications there's a very interesting one that might become the much talked-about PSP phone, or at least a handset that resembles it. The patent application talks about a touchscreen enabled device (wit... |
10 March 2008
14:32 GMT |
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Mobile phone concepts come and go all the time, many of them being far from what you'd call "doable". This is not the case with a newly spotted concept named Mooon (yes, three o's and not two). Mooon was imagined by the Korean designer Sunman Kwon and offers a wide touchscreen display, no hardware keypad ... |
7 March 2008
06:55 GMT |
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One of the weirdest cell phone concepts ever is the "Digital Tattoo Interface" imagined by Jim Mielke, and I'm not sure under what category should it be classified: funny, creepy or innovative? The concept entered the "Greener Gadgets Design Competition" initiated by Core77 and Greener Gadgets, and although it d... |
1 March 2008
08:06 GMT |
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As years go by, more and more cell phone concepts appear, some from important manufacturers and other from simple users that believe they have a great idea and want to share it with the whole world. One of the latest concepts unveiled is the Atlas Kinetic cell phone, a handset that doesn't have a battery, bec... |
27 February 2008
15:41 GMT |
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modu Ltd., an Israeli company, announced the release of the first modular mobile phone, named simply modu. Smaller than an iPod Nano, the modu phone weighs only 42 grams (1.5 ounces), it's sleek, easy to use, and can be integrated into a variety of so called "modu jackets" or "modu mates", which are actually dif... |
8 February 2008
05:32 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson filed lately several patent applications, showing clear intentions to innovate its future line-up of mobile phones with different technologies, from touchscreen to motion control. A new patent application surfaced recently, this time for a phone with a detachable display. Called "Detachable Housings fo... |
4 February 2008
08:47 GMT |
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Sony Ericsson is probably the mobile manufacturer that benefits from the highest number of concept phones imagined by its fans. Or at least this is how it seems, as unofficial Sony Ericsson concepts keep on appearing one after another, bringing phones that many of us would want to become real. In the past two months,... |
28 January 2008
03:43 GMT |
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Nokia keeps on filing patent applications with the clear intention to make future improvements in the way users interact with mobile phones. After a patent filed in December 2007 for a 2 in 1 keypad idea, now the Finnish company has another keyboard-related idea, but this time we are talking about a virtual one (the ... |
25 January 2008
13:31 GMT |
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A new Sony Ericsson concept phone appeared these days, Sony Ericsson W520i, a handset that should integrate into the Walkman series if the Swedish-Japanese manufacturer will ever decide to produce it. If not, we'll be left with just a concept, but at least it's a very nice one, as all the latest Sony Ericss... |
21 January 2008
07:24 GMT |
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Evolution is something we all aim for, right? Well, Nokia is a company that always evolved, so if we think logically, a Nokia N96 mobile phone should come somewhere in the near future, since the N95 model is released. But until now there has been no official information or announcement about this, all we have is rumo... |
18 December 2007
05:35 GMT |
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It was a warm morning of May 2014 when I went out shopping with my old 10 Megapixel Nokia cell phone. I took pictures of almost anything I wanted to buy and then headed towards a library to buy "The Masterpiece", a classic novel by Émile Zola that I wanted for some time. While photographing the book through the libra... |
17 December 2007
07:29 GMT |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 this…in 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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