Each time we spot a concept cellphone that addresses the needs of hearing or sight impaired people, we’re really impressed by the fact that not everyone is focused on high-end features, but also the disabilities of those less fortunate than us. Pratt student Suhyun Kim created the Visual Sound mobile
Category: Cool concepts
It was that time of the year again, last weekend in Las Vegas as CES 2010 hosted most of the cool devices we’ll be seeing on the market this year. Among others, we stumbled upon Teleepoch’s prototype phone, pictured below and packing Qualcomm’s “wearable device” WMDP chip design. The flip
Meihui Lin created a very interesting concept cellphone, the “Handphone”, pictured below. This portable mobile phone is comfortable to use and hold, an important feat, since we all hang on to these devices for hours so they must be comfortable, or they’ll be a burden. The handset’s design is finished
The X Torsion cellphone concept was created by designer Francisco Lupin as a tool for extreme sports fans and athletes. This stylish piece of gadgetry is made out of two parts: A TPE elastometer cover, able to any size of forearm by stretching and the keyboard/display section. The above mentioned
Andrew Mitchell’s Squibble concept is a portable communication device, sporting a Braille interface, that will aid visually impaired or blind users interaction with the handset. The gadget provides tactile, audio and high contrast visual feedback. This portable device supports Bluetooth connectivity, it allows personal interaction and it comes with an
Synaptics is famous for its Onyx concept phone, shown to the world back in 2006, but now they’re back with yet another cool design. This time, we’re dealing with a touchphone dubbed Fuse, a device that provides new means of interaction. Fuse uses technologies from important companies like Texas Instruments,
Liam Quinn’s series of Deffcon phones goes on, with the cool Portal concept that you can check out below. This beautiful smartphone is a “portal” between the real world and an augmented reality universe, that features layers of information, news and links on top of real places like shops and
ZTE recently hosted a concept phone exhibition, that included a couple of pretty interesting models, among which there was also a fan phone. This hand fan-like device imitates the traditional Chinese fan and comes with a digital paper screen and ordinary phone features. Digital paper has a long way to
Futuristic phones are back… from the future! Courtesy of Mac Funamizu, the Cobalto concept phone from Minority Report is now rendered in the following images. You’ve got to love that transparent glass display and the deformable metal parts, that allow you to use either usual numeric keys, or an iPod-like
Designer James Caldwell created a very interesting concept phone, the Nike cellphone, a gadget for sporty people. This handset is meant for active users and it comes with functions that allow it to record the user’s heart rate, speed and medical stats while jogging or exercising. The Nike Phone packs
Recent comments