Sony Ericsson T903 “Ryuga”, Take 2

December 16th, 2008

(8 votes, average: 4.75 out of 5)

 Loading ... J. Havrlant knew that his design, the Sony Ericsson T903 handset, inspired by Mazda Ryuga left us with many questions, so here’s another and more detailed view of the device. Notice how the keys and their lighting are inspired by the automobile’s front side and now we even have a look at the handset’s back, where we discover an 8.1 megapixel camera, with Carl Zeiss optics and 3x optical zoom.

[via Esato]

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XPERIA X1 Mixes Android UI With UIQ… Nice!

December 15th, 2008

(6 votes, average: 4.83 out of 5)

 Loading ... Sometimes, concept phones just aren’t enough and we have a look at concept interfaces… They matter too, as one would never imagine a successful HTC Touch Diamond without that TouchFLO 3D interface. Back to Sony Ericsson, razec, from the Esato board has recently designed an UI that combines Android’s interface with a touch of UIQ.

The result can be seen below and it’s highly probable, due to the fact that Sony Ericsson joined the Open Handset Alliance (Android’s makers) last week.

[via Esato]

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Sony Ericsson T903, the Mazda Ryuga of Concepts

December 15th, 2008

(11 votes, average: 4.91 out of 5)

 Loading ... Using a car as your source of inspiration is always a pretty neat idea, but when the car itself is a concept design, things get stunning. J. Havrlant designed the Sony Ericsson T903 concept phone, inspired by Ryuga, one of Mazda’s hottest futuristic automobiles.

Although some of you won’t dig the front keys, you’ll surely appreciate the backlighting, decent touchscreen and my male intuition tells me that there’s a hot camera at the back, too… What do you think?

[via Esato]

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Sony Ericsson P905 – Full Touchscreen, Android and QWERTY

December 14th, 2008

(22 votes, average: 4.55 out of 5)

 Loading ... The Sony Ericsson Android mania is loose, now that SE have announced they’ll be shipping an Android device next summer, so concepts had to adapt to the new trend. J. Havrlant is back with one of his high tech designs, the P905, that features a QWERTY keyboard (physical or touch?), a huge touchscreen display and Android OS plus its neat interface.

I’m guessing that the P905 has much better specs than the G1…

[via Esato]

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Sony Ericsson W1, The Way a Walkman Handset Should Be

December 14th, 2008

(7 votes, average: 4.43 out of 5)

 Loading ... The last Sony Ericsson W1 concept phone looked pretty standard, when compared to the new one, designed by sealover94 from Esato. He might have gotten the inspiration to create a touchscreen Walkman phone when he found out that Sony is preparing its first touch Walkman player…

This is a more playful approach to the Walkman series, but if you want another spectacular design, there’s always the W1000. Nice interface on this W1!

[via Esato]

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HTC G2, A Superb Android Device

December 14th, 2008

(17 votes, average: 4.53 out of 5)

 Loading ... We have shown you a T-Mobile G2 concept before, but here’s yet another take on the same idea: HTC makes a second Android phone. The new design is very similar to the previous G2, with the same high-resolution display and front physical keys beneath the screen.

The QWERTY keyboard is the same as the one on the G1, all of the Google web apps are there, plus an interface that doesn’t quite impress me.

[via Just Another Mobile Phone Blog]

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Nokia Open Bracelet Shows Incoming Calls of the Ones You Love

December 13th, 2008

(6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)

 Loading ... Remember the Nokia Open concept phone? It was a quite famous design of a handset that looked like a fan and now it turns out that it is accompanied by an accessory, Nokia Open Bracelet.

This “emotive” gadget is a fashion item, a bracelet adorned by silver elements that features a tiny circular display.

The small screen lets you know who’s calling, by interfacing with the handset via Bluetooth and displaying a color-coded message. Hot colors mean that a friend/someone from your family is calling, while cold ones mean that strangers of business partners want to talk to you.

Nokia Open Bracelet’s display can also be used as a watch, or as a screen that reproduces images.

[via Coroflot]

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Lenovo Ophone Is the Next Android Handset

December 13th, 2008

(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

 Loading ... One of the many Android handsets to follow rather… Lenovo’s also playing the Android game, as they’ve just announced the Ophone, a device that will hit the Chinese market in 2009. Too bad it’s only meant for China, as its design is quite hot, but the support for TD-SCDMA 3G plus China Mobile’s apps kill in terms of usage abroad.

Maybe hackers will find a way of making this viable for Western markets, because it would be a real pity to miss out on such a hot looking device. Not that we won’t be seeing an invasion of other Android phones in the West too…

[via GSM Dome]

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Apple triBook Features a 21 Inches Screen, MacBook With a Full Size Trackpad

December 11th, 2008

(7 votes, average: 3.43 out of 5)

 Loading ... Open up your MacBook! No, really open it up… only to realize that there could be more opening done, if you had the latest Apple triBook device. Haven’t you heard? It’s the hottest item this Christmas. Everybody has one… Go get it!

Now that you’ve come back to your PC realizing that there’s no such thing in stores yet and that this is only a concept, learn this: the triBook might be more real than we think, specially since Apple’s always quiet about its hot new devices. What this new laptop brings to Apple’s series of portables is the huge screen, which gets two extra side displays, that make up a total of 21 inches of screen space to glance at.

Aside from the lateral folding screens, the Apple triBook also comes with a huge trackpad (the same size as the keyboard), an 8x SuperDrive, I/O connectors, a top notch HDD and the typical MacBook CPU.

Some folks still insist that this is a real device… What do you think?

[via Dvice and SlipperyBrick]

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Pupa Concept Phone Is 60% Emotion and 40% Technology

December 11th, 2008

(1 votes, average: 2.00 out of 5)

 Loading ... The modern gadgets are usually judged by the number of features they have and the number of objects they replace… “Simplistic” is never a good adjective to describe a brand new handset or portable device, as convergence has lead to hunger for performance.

However, there are some gizmos that put more emphasis on feeling and less on superficial exaggerated specs.

Enrico Pandolfini designed the Pupa-styled concept phone in the picture above, a simple handset with attractive looks and user-friendly interface. This handset is all about feeling, as it can be customized to the user’s mood and, for example you’ll hear a merry tune once your lover calls, but the song will change to a more dramatic one, when you get an official call.

[via Design Launches]

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