05 Nov 2008 -
1. Pantech's Flexus Mobile Phone
Sometimes you get press releases through that are basically companies crowing about whatever award they've won recently, often awards that you've never heard of and, oddly, never hear of again afterwards. But here's one occasion when I think a company deserves it - Pantech have won the iF Design Award for Excellence & Innovation for, among other things, their Flexus 03 concept cellphone.A slender slider with a trackball and Moto PEBL-esque keypad, here�s hoping the Flexus 03 gets earmarked for production soon!
Pantech also won an award for their �one touch open cap� packaging, consisting of an aluminium tube and discretely branded box.
Source: SLASHPHONE
2. NEC's "Tag" Phone
Just when we thought we'd seen it all in the way of concept cell-phone designs, NEC comes out and surprises us. The company's Design division has thought up the "tag" — a phone that has more in common with Gumby than the slick, shiny phones of today. Made of rubbery "shape-memorizing" material, the tag will bend and twist at your command. Forget extra armbands — the thing is an armband. It's too bad the tag is just a concept right now, as it would be the perfect phone for the forgetful and the accident-prone. Once NEC gets this into production (no plans right now, apparently), you can bet it'll have to prove its mettle overseas before it makes it over here. You know, like every other mobile phone ever made.
Source: DVICE
Nokia's research and development team have kicked it up a gear with an attractive "aeon" concept phone showing up in the R&D section of the company's website. The most prominent design feature of aeon is a touchscreen that stretches over the full surface area of the phone, similar to BenQ-Siemens's Black box concept phone we saw recently. Currently mobile technology isn't quite up to realizing this fantasy, but we'll sleep better tonight knowing that at least one of the cellphone industry's biggest names shares the same dream as we do -- BenQ's dream didn't count, unfortunately.
Source: DVICE
3. Nokia Aeon
Nokia's research and development team have kicked it up a gear with an attractive "aeon" concept phone showing up in the R&D section of the company's website. The most prominent design feature of aeon is a touchscreen that stretches over the full surface area of the phone, similar to BenQ-Siemens's Black box concept phone we saw recently. Currently mobile technology isn't quite up to realizing this fantasy, but we'll sleep better tonight knowing that at least one of the cellphone industry's biggest names shares the same dream as we do -- BenQ's dream didn't count, unfortunately.
Source: ENGADGET
4.Pantech Pivot Point
If it ever gets out of the design stage, the device is sure to be a hit with mobile TV and video-conferencing junkies[Source]
5. Motorola PVOT Phone
"Bridging the digital and wireless communication gap in developing countries" The PVOT is intended as a lower tier phone[Source]
6. Dual-Screen Cell Phone
If you wish to watch television, or browse the net, this is the screen that'll display all of the video and pictures. The second screen is sensitive to the touch, and is thus a lot more durable. This is the screen used for navigation of the various features and media available on The Polygon
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