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Sharp has just announced it has developed the world’s thinnest LCD for mobile devices, a 2.2-inch screen at a mere 0.68 mm thick. This will drive mobile devices such as cell phones and digital cameras to become thinner as manufacturers strive to improve portability and offer consumers more stylish designs. As a result, thinner embedded [...]
What an interesting concept! We usually take these concept phones for their “entertainment” value and wait for more credible sources regarding new phone designs and concepts from mobile phone makers.Samsung’s Art and Design Institute recently concluded a 10-week intensive course in Product Design for students. The course wraps up with the students coming up with [...]
While it’s no secret that the open source community has been hard at work developing their version of a software based GUI iPhone unlock, its previous two incarnations (iUnlock and iUnlock Reloaded) just weren’t cutting it. Recently however they’ve announced that the open source solution to unlocking the Apple iPhone is now available. The source [...]
Two UC-Berkely graduate students have taken it upon themselves to break from conventional wisdom in announcing the findings of their study. According to them, there is “no match in the evening cell phone use spike and [car] crash data.” Despite the rise in cell phone use, from 140 minutes a month in ’93 to 740 [...]
If the iPhone, being mostly touchscreen, is impressive as it is, this concept phone will blow it out of the water – if this concept phone ever makes it to production. Both the front and rear panel of Lukas Koh’s concept phone are touchscreens which display different graphic user interfaces (GUI) depending on what function [...]
Don’t have an iPhone? Not enough money to make the trip to the US and buy an iPhone for yourself? Why not make one? This guy from still iPhone-less Japan decided that if he couldn’t have one, he’d make one, even if it’s just a mock-up. By make, we mean actually create from thin air… [...]
Pictured here are tools Apple provides with repaired / replacement iPhones. The technology behind which, needless to say, is mind boggling. Ok, well, not really. It’s a paper clip for crying out loud. But it’s the thought behind it all that’s getting folks in the open source community wound up. There’s an open source project [...]
Since most iPhone owners purchased their magic machines in the middle of summer, one wonders if any of them have wondered what would happen to it come winter when temperatures drop. Official apple iPhone nonoperational temperature ranges from -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C), which might mean having to keep your iPhone warm [...]
Alexandra from the Esato forums has come up with a funky Sony Ericsson W750 concept phone which will sport a 3.2 megapixel camera with Xenon flash. We like the clamshell design with a big-sized external LCD display plus dedicated keys infront.Have a look. [ Concept Cellphone: Sony Ericsson W750 via Esato ]