14 DAY TRIAL // One new phone concept that just made an appearance into the wild comes from Internet giant Mozilla and is called Seabird. This is an Open Web Mobile Phone concept that emerged as part of the Concept Series initiative that Mozilla Labs launched a while ago. According to Mozilla, the newly unveiled Seabird, part of the Mozilla Labs’ Concept Series, coems as an experiment on how one might interact with mobile content as technology advances.
“Drawing on insights culled from the Mozilla community through the project’s blog, a focus quickly developed around frustrating physical interactions,” Billy May notes in a recent post on Mozilla Labs.
According to the said post, one issues that today's handsets face is the lack of the ability to efficiently input information, even if mobile CPUs, connectivity and development platforms have come a step closer to those present on desktop computers.
The Seabird is meant to add a series of new possibilities for users to interact with their devices, which include advanced motion capture and projector driven innovation on the market.
“First out, the Seabird imagines how a multiple use dongle might augment the crowded gestural interface with greater precision and direct manipulation of content in 3D space,” the said post notes.
Moreover, the concept phone comes with a pico projector, which is said to enable additional user interaction and input into the mix.
“The Seabird, on just a flat surface, enables netbook-quality interaction by working with the projector’s angular distortion to deliver interface, rather than content. With the benefit of a dock, each projector works independently and delivers laptop levels of efficiency,” the said post continues.
The outer design of this mobile phone would be inspired from various aerodynamic or avian forms.
“Its erect posture intends a sense of poise while its supine conformity to the hand reconciles that with the user’s desire for digital control. The curvature of the back also serves a functional role in elevating the projector lens elements when lying flat,” Billy May continues.
One thing that is certain here is that the concept is more than appealing, and not only when it comes to its outer design, but when other aspects are also taken into consideration.
Of course, there are small chances that the handset would actually land on shelves anytime soon, as its main purpose is to show that recent technology can be packed inside mobile phones to offer experience that today's devices don't even make us dream of.
