Nokia have gone all conceptual on us, showing off a variety of new prototype form factors designed to show us how imaginative the company's designers are. Think of them as the mobile equivalent of car prototypes. The Acibo is a 'buddy device', one of those market-speak terms designed to inspire nothing but horror in the average human. Apparently, "the coveted Nokia Acibo concept has taken surpassed conventional wisdom and created a new buddy device that not only understands and delivers on your communication needs, but offers a unique level of personalization." Which means it's a mobile phone in the shape of a ball (wow, I'm getting cynical these days!). The Aki wristphone is a bracelet phone (or according to Nokia-speak, a 'wrist-wrap device'!). Apparently, it's designed to respond to a user's wrist actions. You move in a particular way, and it'll perform some function that you've programmed into it. So, call your boss by making an interesting but vigorous shake of the wrist - nice one, Nokia! Nokia have provided an irritating flash site to show off these designs, but to be honest, the navigation is so poor and the usability of the site so irritating, I gave up, and simply read the PhoneMag's coverage of it! See and be amused!