Inventables, a product design studio, have developed the "Origami Cell Phone", a concept phone design inspired by e-paper developed by Mag-Ink, and the Popout Map. The concept is designed to squeeze more screen space from existing form factor sizes.
Not so sure of the technical feasibility of this concept - looks more like a very bad Photoshopped effort rather than a serious concept phone. I much prefer BenQ-Siemens's concept phones!
[Source: Inventables, via Textually.org]
Posted on Monday, May 22nd, 2006 at 7:28 pm by Mike Evans
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BenQ-Siemens have announced the new BenQ-Siemens EF71 music phone, its first mobile phone to use the new Q-fi brand. Fixing Sony Ericsson's walkman phones directly in its sights, BenQ-Siemens's Q-fi phones focus specifically on music. The EF71, for example, features a 10-band equalizer that lets you customize your music, as well as innovative 3D surround speakers.
Add a 2 megapixel camera, 30fps video camera and understated yet attractive good looks, and the BenQ-Siemens EF71 looks like quite a decent phone.
More details and pictures of the BenQ-Siemens EF71 after the jump.
Sony Ericsson went mad last week, releasing four new mobile phones onto an unsuspecting market. One of the most interesting was the Sony Ericsson W710i sports phone, which has been designed for the more active user. As part of this emphasis on sport, the W710i comes with an arm band, letting you wear your mobile phone on your arm as you jog. With your phone suitably, er, armed [ahem!], you can use the W710i's nifty sports features, such as its pedometer and running speed measurement tool.
Looking at this picture of the W710i's arm band, though, I'm not so sure it's as practical as it sounds. Aside from the fact it looks like a gadget-laden growth emerging from an arm, it also seems to scream "steal me now"!
More pictures of the Sony Ericsson W710i after the jump.
