As part of the LG Design the Future Competition, an honourable mention was also awarded to the LG Surface concept phone. This is in fact a watch phone for the blind, featuring a Braille keypad and an unique shape, allowing the user to sense the orientation of the device by
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We have previously shown you quite a bunch of handsets for the visually impaired, either based on Braille keypads, voice recognition and voice command or even air chambers that change the shape of the phone’s keys. This time we’re having a look at the Tactility concept phone, designed by Siwei
Did you know that almost all mobile phones included a dot on the “5” numeric key, so that blind users can feel it and press the other keys accordingly? However, one has to wonder how will these people be able to read text messages… Designer Seunghan Song has the solution
Do you miss the tactility of physical dials and buttons or have you gone completely to the touchscreen side? Imagine a child born in the touchscreen age… will he also have the desire to touch real buttons, thanks to the good old DNA? We’re not here to answer that, but
Tokyo Designers Week hosted a couple of neat phone mockups this weekend, as the winners of the Mobile Design Contest organized by LG Japan decided to show the world physical versions of their ideas. The “Planet Phone” (below) won the competition and you can admire the concept devie below, a
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