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The REI mobile phone design below belongs to Feng Xun and it’s an excellent example of touchscreen smartphone that resembles the iPhone and still manages to add a bit of extra flavour in the interface department. It’s got a virtual QWERTY keypad that can be used in normal and landscape mode and a pretty user friendly way of taking pics.
What does REI stand for? “Respect. Emotion. Individual”. I would have gone with “Interface” for the last one, but I guess that “individual” is just as good. Watch the concept phone in action below:
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The iPhone finally got rid of those “playful” curved edges, opting for a more serious look, at least in designer Isamu Sanada’s concept. It seems to be a thicker device now, but it may be an optical illusion. Also, this option of getting rid of the curved edges, seems to leave a lot of unused room at the iPhone 2.0’s top and bottom side.
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We’ve just found out that there’s going to be another OLPC generation, the XO-2, getting launched in 2010, at a $75 price tag. But that’s no reason to stop us from imagining an even smaller, lighter and more portable device, with a tendency of becoming a smartphone, rather than a mini-notebook.
Great concept shown above, although it’s clear that we’re dealing with 2 joint iPhone devices. OLPC XO-2 Nano? Could be, but that will turn into a rather thick device. The Apple folks might be drawing some conclusions from such simple mockups.
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After seeing dozens of PSP Phone concepts, we finally stumbled upon a patent of the device, only to be surprised by how much it resembles the original iPhone patent. Sony’s patent application is called “Orientation based multiple mode mechanically vibrated touchscreen display“, which pretty much defines what you can see below.
We could be dealing with a special Sony Ericsson handset, featuring a touchscreen display, accelerometer (or some sort of orientation system) and haptics feedback. However, before comparing this device to the iPhone, we should be taking into account the fact that Sony filed this patent application on August 30, 2006, months before the launch of Apple’s device.
Does this look like a plausible PSP Phone to you? For me it spells “Nintendo DS” a bit, but that may be my usual copycat paranoia.
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LiveSpeakR is the latest concept portable speaker system that will turn your iPhone into a genuine boombox. It’s been introduced by D&G solutions and it was created by Erik Groset. This device runs on 2 AAA batteries or gets its “juice” with the aid of an AC adapter.
The speakers you see above can rotate and expand/contract as you switch from portrait to landscape mode and back. What’s neat about this system is that the accessories can even fit inside your pocket, taking portable fun to a new level. Don’t be sad about the fact that this is only a concept, since D&G Solutions are looking for a manufacturer to mass-produce LiveSpeakR.
Think we’ll see these speakers hitting the market in time for the summer holiday?
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Since Sony have already started posting job ads for some mysterious console to come, we might as well speculate, that the console above is a PSP 2. I’ve spotted this conceptual beauty and realized that it resembles a tad the good old iPhone, but I’m still wondering if that’s a touchscreen sliding in there. The classic button layout is here, with an extra analog pad and the L an R buttons probably on the side of the device. Notice how slim and wide the console is? Inspired by Nintendo DS, are we?
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Nvidia’s ready to rock the show over at Barcelona, challenging Apple’s iPhone with a concept device, that all of you smartphone fans will surely love. It features a superb user interface relying on the new APX 2500 chip, which will make its entrance on the cellphone market in 2009. See Nvidia’s concept phone at work in this video and check out the full article for the demo of the cellphone running this interface:
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We’ve heard about devices that could be used as mobile phones, GPS navigators, media players and remote controls before, but what about expanding the array of features? That’s exactly what the handheld piece of marvel above manages to do. Modu is its name and it may be a concept, but it’s even got a release date, October 1, at least for Russia, Italy and Israel. Find out more, by reading the rest of the entry.
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The REI mobile phone design below belongs to Feng Xun and it’s an excellent example of touchscreen smartphone that resembles the iPhone and still manages to add a bit of extra flavour in the interface department. It’s got a virtual QWERTY keypad that can be used in normal and landscape mode and a pretty user friendly way of taking pics.
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