Prototypes
Intel working on battery-free mobile phones
Posted on 10/12/2008
Interesting news reaches us from sister-site MediaMentalism of new technology being developed by Intel that could lead to the development of mobile phones and other mobile and portable gadgets that don't...
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Gorgeous Nokia concept phone just adds water
Posted on 13/10/2008
This gorgeous new concept phone design adds a new twist to the touchscreen craze that's been sweeping the mobile phone world ever since the launch of the iPhone last year. Touchscreens are great when...
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Projector phones and mobile HD displays on their way
Posted on 06/10/2008
A number of prototype mobile phone display technologies have been demoed at this year's CEATEC 2008 exhibition in Japan. In addition to KDDI's 3D mobile phone displays, there were a number of mobile...
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World’s first 3D mobile phone screen
Posted on 06/10/2008
KDDI have been showing off a new prototype LCD display screen destined for mobile phones that's capable of showing 3D images. Obviously you don't get the full effect in the picture here, but that's because...
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Next-gen DoCoMo phones predict your every move
Posted on 03/10/2008Japan's NTT DoCoMo mobile carrier is working on new technology for its next generation mobile phones that will quite literally predict your every move. Their next gen phones will be stuffed full of senors...
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DoCoMo demos projector phone and 250Mbps mobile network
Posted on 01/10/2008
Also demonstrating some fancy concept phones at CEATEC 2008 were DoCoMo. As well as a fantastic looking projector phone (above), which projected the phone's screen onto a flat surface (technology that...
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Four Japanese concept phones from KDDI
Posted on 01/10/2008
Despite appearances, this is a mobile phone and not a satellite phone. Maybe I should say it's a mobile phone with satellite pretensions. Whatever, it's the latest concept phone from Japanese company...
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Amazing video of the Yamaha Music Phones in action
Posted on 03/09/2008
Remember the Yamaha Music Phones that I blogged about a few days ago? They're a series of concept phones made by Yamaha for Japanese mobile operator KDDI, each of which combines the humble mobile phone...
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Yamaha unveils the Trumpet Phone and 5 other musical instrument phones
Posted on 30/08/2008
If you thought Sony Ericsson had the lead in music phones, think again, as Yamaha have developed several prototype music phones that don't just play MP3s: they let you create your own tunes as well!
Yamaha...
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Bend Mobile - a concept phone only its father could love
Posted on 10/08/2008
If there's one thing I love about concept phones, it's the fact that they're completely unconstrained by the laws of economics, business, marketing, or even in some cases, the laws of physics!
A concept...
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