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Two British researchers have come up with a prototype “phone tooth” that can be embedded in the user’s molar and receive calls. The signal will be turned into vibrations and it’ll travel from your tooth to the skill via your internal ear, so you’ll hear the call.
This would make a great gadget for spies, but it’s a bad idea for the masses, since some people want to text and it’ll be tough for the one calling you to hear what you’re saying, if not impossible. Imagine having a full-fledged smartphone in your mouth… now that would be painful.
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Here’s another creation by Rumen Penev (Penev Studio Design), the Bulgarian designer that showed us that neat ladies phone and a couple of other interesting handsets. This time we’re dealing with a concept phone that packs a sliding numeric keypad, that looks a bit fragile.
The answer/reject call keys are fairly basic (Yes/No) and the screen of the device is pretty large. Could it be a touchscreen? Will the sliding part crack under pressure? What do you say?
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After checking out some neat Sony Ericsson handsets, we return to Rumen Penev’s creations once again. We’ve seen his concept phones before and the Kragal ladies phone was really interesting, but now we’re moving into a different segment. The handsets below would make great Android handsets or they could even deserve the Sony Ericsson branding.
The first concept phone’s keys placement is a tad bizarre, but I’m guessing it features a touchscreen, that will do all the work, as far as interaction and input are concerned. The second design is the Rumbeca handset below, a fairly basic phone with answer call/reject call keys below the screen, that’s probably a touch display. Android device? Maybe…
If you have a look at the blue concept phone and the greenish one below, you’ll realize that they’re variations of the Rumbeca device, but they come with side buttons, and originally shaped keys below the display. The last handset is not much of a looker, specially because its lower side makes it look bulky, while the key placement and design seems uninspired.
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Rumen Penev has recently sent us a bunch of his phone designs and we thought that it would be a pity if you didn’t get to see all of them. This Bulgarian designer created the handset below and branded it the “Kragal Phone”. Since it doesn’t seem to have many buttons (if those below the screen really are buttons), we’re betting that this is a touchscreen device and its shape reminds us of a Nokia concept for ladies.
What do you say? Is this fit for a ladies’ phone?
Next, we move on to Rumen Penev’s Lotto handset series, featuring variations of the same form factor, with different buttons beneath the screen. The first Logo phone has an Android feel to it, but music centric keys make it a potential Sony Ericsson Walkman handset (a lower end one). Next, there’s a pretty basic design of a normal phone with a 4 way directional pad and two standard call/end call keys.
Ending the list of Logo designs there’s the last handset below, that packs 9 numeric keys and (probably) two answering keys beneath the screen. Something that SE or Alcatel would manufacture…
By the way: Don’t hesitate to send us your phone designs and don’t be shy, there’s positive criticism in here and you’ll get an honest opinion.
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We’ve asked ourselves numerous times what the secret behind designing concept phones is, but I guess that a simple answer would be talent, or skill, if you want. There’s little hope for a fool-proof “do it yourself” method of creating a concept device, but something pretty close to this is available in the tutorial video below:
The result of this creative process, involving the use of Photoshop CS4 (is this out yet?) is Yauhui’s concept phone (image below), borrowing HTC’s TouchFLO interface and a bit of the iPhone’s bottom side. It’s strange how all of these modern handset designs feature a very large touchscreen, extended to very edge of the phone, or even beyond it.
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Let me tell you a joke: the following concept phone got an award for best design. “Best design of what?” you might ask. Well it must be the hottest concept phone of the ’50s or so, but for 2008 it’s just another failed sketch. If it’s really used to iron your clothes, as it appears, this baby’s twice as bad.
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Two British researchers have come up with a prototype “phone tooth” that can be embedded in the user’s molar and receive calls. The signal will be turned into vibrations and it’ll travel from your tooth to the skill via your internal ear, so you’ll hear the call.
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