Sunday, November 29, 2009
Weirdest Cell Phones Ever
Totally Spaced-out Concept Cell Phones
No, really, we've come a long way, baby (since the early 1900s, that is). Check out this Russian peasant making a call:
The good thing about concept design is that you don't have to worry too much about how the actual thing is going to be made. Can the existing technology support your concept? Is the design feasible or practical enough, or is it just a "geek magnet" like some alien gizmo from Star Wars? These questions may not seem that important at concept stage. In some cases you don't even need to build a prototype! Just come up with a wild idea, dream BIG, dish out impressive 3D renders - and you’re good to go.
Here’s a look at some downright weird and whacky cell phone designs (many were featured on the Yanko Design site).
1. The Natural Year Phone by Je-Hyun Kim
This was created in the name of recycling... after all, how durable do we want our devices to be when they become near-obsolete in five years? The phone is made of hay (or should we say of "weed"?) and completely disintegrates in two years' time - only the screen and soft keys remain behind, and even these may be subsequently recycled. However, we have doubts about its practicality. Just one of those "nice to see, good to hold... but no thanks!" pieces of technology
(designer: Je-Hyun Kim)
2. Window Phone by Seunghan Song
What features would you like on your phone today, mister? The weather? Done! The Brits may like this glass cell phone concept, as it will predictably predict even the most unpredictable English weather, if such a thing is at all possible.
(designer: Seunghan Song)
3. Cell Phone Inspired By Chinese Scrolls, by Yun Liang
A roll-out display and cute buttons placed on the scroll are definitely hot-looking... but imagine using this piece on an everyday basis. If you'd need to pull the display out in a jiffy, then the tactile bit for keypad will last as long as you treat the baton well. Key words… treat the baton well.
(designer: Yun Liang)
4. Easy Tiles Phone by Tzu-Fu Wang
What would you do if you didn’t have the iPhone or its cool apps and games to while away your time? Sorry, didn’t meant to scare you… lemme rephrase, your iPhone is SAFE and SOUND, but give the Easy Tiles Phone a second’s thought. Easily upgradable apps that slide in and around the phone, make this one of those DIY thangs that give you total control to upgrade the gizmo as you like. Let's also assume you have a postal address in Utopia and upgrades are dirt-cheap!
(designer: Tzu-Fu Wang)
5. Radia - Circular Cell Phone by Michael Laut
Who says cell phone has to be rectangular? An oddball round shape can also be suitably scintillating. No kidding, but this one might be a feasible design for Paris Hilton, who loves to talk in circles... literally!
Designer: target=newMichael Laut
And we’ve barely even scratched the (non-scratch) surface! Here’s still more…
Weirdest Shape For A Cell Phone:
Bracelet Phone by Tao Ma (more info). Combine the two and you have... handcuffs!
Another strong contender for the strangest phone shape is this O2 "Molecular Phone" by Tjep Design:
Weirdest Material For A Cell Phone:
Maple Phone by Hyun Jin Yoon & Eun Hak Lee - more info:
Weirdest Display for a Cell Phone:
... is a total absence of one! Behold the Trou Hologram Mobile Phone by Mac Funamizu:
Weirdest User Interface for a Cell Phone:
A Finger Touching idea by Sunman Kwon:
Do you notice a certain paradigm shift (in cell phone fashion and design) in the next picture? Well, who knows what mind-altering new designs are we going to see in the next few years...
About the author: Yanko Design is a web magazine dedicated to introducing the best in modern international design, covering industrial design, concepts, technology, interior design, architecture, exhibition and fashion. Radhika Seth is a Graduate in Commerce, but her passion for books and writing paved the way for content writing. As a professional writer, she’s got her finger on the pulse of the readers’ expectations. However this doesn’t stop her from getting her own opinion across as well.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
mmmm
people,
don't assume.
statements of " i don't think you want to... " doesn't sound pleasant.
unless,
you have no intention to know the answer.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
11.11.09, 11pm
once again, another normal day has passed..
maybe I should stop awhile, to see the world around me; discover how some things move on, and some things never changed.
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maybe I should stop awhile, to see the world around me; discover how some things move on, and some things never changed.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
smrt fan
woah i think i am damn powerful.. had juz taken 4 different transportations frm Blooie's to go home can.. first a car longpang me to cck mrt.. then i realized no more east-west train service.. save money so bobian, went ahead to take train to Jurong East MRT hoping there's still buses home frm there.. so upon alighting, I chiong to the bus interchange.. indeed i caught up with bus 143A with delight. pui. i did not take long to realize what sort of nonsensical delight had i felt too early sia.. that bus, albiet that A there, is definitely not an A class bus to me.. the prob is, that it goes barely afew stops and doesnt turn to my estate at all! if i had known i would have changed bus when I had the chance juz then. tsk* no choice, i had to run to the other side where the main road lies so as to flag down a cab. run coz Cinderella wanted to reach home before 12:30am. haha tsk* in the end I could barely make it.. what an adventurous journey home.. haha I think that nightrider is the only public transport I had not take home tonight.. unless you reader are thinking of the bicycle? hahaha Whatever~
PooF
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PooF
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
i had a dream..
so it seems that effective date and payment dates are different. tsk. why why why?!!
i had a dream yesterday night. i felt the pinch, again. in it i wanted to scream. why do i have to remember such a dream...?
life.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
bossopoly
twice..
hmMmm..
really..
maybe..
maybe i'm really not cut out to be a business person.. ...?
.
再想不出什么借口还有要求
i scream!
King's Creamer icecream is having sales this wkend! but lucky I hadn't bought just now... hahaha was so very tempted to purchase the items earlier this aftnn coz of the large discounted.. but but.. my hse gonna have 9hrs worth of electricityless time soon.. tsk*
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