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Futuristic Smartphone Gets Mockup Design
10/05/2010 12:51
Nokia wanted to find out what its fans think about the design trend followed by its future smartphones, so it allowed the people to speak out and define the next-gen handset. It was all done thanks to the “Design by Community” project, allowing fans to vote on the characteristics of the future Nokia smartphoe. Unwired View created a mockup starting from the public’s preferences:
Apparently, the fans desire a 10mm thick device with a 4 inch capacitive touch display, multitouch, a uniblock aluminum body and multitasking. The Finns will deliver the official concept this month and we have to mention that the public also wants WiFi 802.11 n/b/g on the handset, plus an open source OS, USB 3.0 and HDMI.
Dolby surround sound, an 8 megapixel camera with 4X zoom and HD video recording were also mentioned, as well as support for multiple operating systems (Symbian and MeeGo at the same time). We’ll publish the official Nokia concept phone when they release it, but in the meantime, we think that Unwired View’s idea is pretty good.
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Heartbeat, a Smartphone that Shares Stories on the Go
10/05/2010 12:50
We’ve found a new and prolific designer, Jakob Kumar, who created a very interesting Nokia smartphone concept. Dubbed Nokia Heartbeat, the device helps users communicate by “telling stories”. This handset’s shape is linked to its fluid and capture-based interface. Basically, the smartphone is “sucking up” information, capturing videos, photos and text.
The content can be viewed and edited on the device and then published online. Social networking features are also supported, as well as messaging and calling (obviously). What’s really interesting is the interface concept on Nokia Heartbeat, staying true to the handset’s name. This UI revolves around the idea of a heart’s pulse: music bars, hearth graph, lying detector. Such mechanisms were used to replace lists and galleries…
There’s also a stylus in the mix, useful for editing content, while the volume and lock buttons on the phone are easily accessible. As you can see in the images of the Nokia concept, Heartbeat uses a wheel for moving around menus, like some compact cameras on the market today. There’s also a “composer” included in the UI, allowing you to merge images, sound and video into a story.
This idea is pretty simple and original, but it would be better for a PMP, a MID or a revolutionary camera, rather than a smartphone… or maybe even a console. What do you think?
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iWatch, an Apple Watch Concept
10/05/2010 12:47
Antonio De Rosa has created a couple of pretty interesting iPhone concepts before, but now he’s trying something new: an Apple watch. The iWatch design is pictured below and it comes with an alumium body, WiFi support and Bluetooth among others.
There’s also a RSS Reader on board, 16GB of internal memory, a weather forecast system and the possibility of connecting the watch with the iPad or iPhone via WiFi. Probably the most appealing feature of the Apple watch concept is the LCD projector it incorporates, able to show images (hopefully video, too) anytime and anywhere.
Great idea and hopefully we’ll see it turned into reality some day…
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Slider 9800 shows up again, runs BlackBerry OS 6
05/05/2010 14:58
The BlackBerry Slider was absent from rumor-land for a while but it has returned along with some more photos. The BlackBerry Slider 9800 is shown running the BlackBerry OS 6, so it's still on track to becoming the first RIM phone with the new OS.
The photos are quire poor - but still, they confirm that the BlackBerry Slider (probably not its real model name) is running BlackBerry OS 6, though (quite expectedly) a pre-release version.
   
New photos of the BlackBerry Slider 9800 • old photos are clearer
BB OS 6 was expected, along with some other interesting bits - touchscreen, but no SurePress, and a 5MP camera with something called "liquid lens technology". This leak neither confirms nor denies any of that. They do show the BlackBerry Slider 9800 running on Rogers, so we're sure to get a GSM version.
We still don't know when the Slider is coming out though. However, if it will really be the first device to run OS v6, then the BlackBerry Slider 9800 should come out in Q3 at the earliest(when BB OS 6 is expected).
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Pearl 3G 9105 Coming to Vodafone Germany
05/05/2010 14:53
We’re not so surprised by this as we did get word from RIM that the BlackBerry Pearl 9100 could mainly be for domestic US users and the Pearl 9105 (with T9) for overseas (including Europe and why not Germany). Even though there is no word yet, there is a possibility that they will put out the 9100 but we wouldn’t know, and so far we’ll just go by the rumor we received from RIM. So Vodafone Germany has just put up on their site that the BlackBerry Pearl 9105 will be coming soon. Over the next week, we expect to hear carriers announce both the Pearl 3G and Bold 9650 as RIM officially announced them earlier this week at WES. It doesn’t seem like we’ll be able to pre-order this time but stay tuned for more as Vodafone Germany announces an official launch date.
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