Eee phone
21/12/2012 21:28 par slaytane
Eee phone
21/12/2012 21:28 par slaytane
A couple of days ago, the interwebs were filled with an image showing an Eee PC running the famous Google Android OS. Now, it turns out that Asus is not only planning an Android handset for 2009, but also an Eee phone.
Believe it or not, this device will also run Android and this is more than gibberish talk, as Johnny Shih, Asus’ CEO made these announcements.
Keep your eyes peeled for info surfacing during CES 2009, as Asus might have a prototype ready, since they’ve been slowing down on Eee PC launches lately. Can anyone imagine how an Eee Phone would look like? Mail your ideas at concept.phones@gmail.com
Aura
21/12/2012 21:25 par slaytane
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Aura
21/12/2012 21:25 par slaytane
Few concept phones have actually reached the stage of being widely known as the handset that’s “almost available”. Everyone’s heard about them, but the real devices are nowhere to be seen. Sadly, this is also the case of Asus Aura, designed by Egy Studio and one of the finest pieces of hardware I’ve ever seen.
The Aura is a slider with a QWERTY keyboard and a 3.9″ touchscreen that would even make the iPhone jealous. There’s also a 2 megapixel camera in there, a microSD memory card slot and the usual GSM/UMTS/HSDPA/Wi-Fi support and Bluetooth connectivity. All of this specs are hidden by a 97 x 49 x 6 (!!) mm body…
Well, what can we say? Asus, please ditch that Eee PC series and start making this beauty! We’ll buy it!
Kare
21/12/2012 21:24 par slaytane
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Kare
21/12/2012 21:24 par slaytane
The Asus KarE phone is a conceptual design that explores the future of devices created for “kids and elderly people”. As you see in the images next to the handset created by Markus Wierzoch, it makes a perfect messaging phone and a great console replacement for those who got tired of their Nintendo DS or PSP.
Asus KarE resembles a console more than a normal phone, while the keypad has something “Spider-man-esque” about it, don’t ask me, I’ve just created that word. Its front controls are clearly designed for gaming, while the sliding keypad (or keypads) make it perfect for a nice afternoon of texting with your loved one.
There’s also a camera at the back of this curved device, that looks like something Sega would come up with.
Note III
21/12/2012 21:20 par slaytane
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Note III
21/12/2012 21:20 par slaytane
Erica Yusim sent us pictures of what seems to be a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 render, a pretty well thought device, that evolves from the idea of the two predecessors. First of all, it seems to have an edge to edge screen, then a more elegant Home button and then a bigger diagonal.
It also has a more squared format, leaving behind the rounded design of the Galaxy S III and Note II. Samsung Galaxy Note 3 features a 5.8 inch FHD Super AMOLED screen, a bigLITTLE processor, which means we have both a 2 GHz quad core processor (Cortex A15) and a quad core Cortex A7 1.4 GHz CPU. Basically, we’re dealing with an 8 core phablet, with 3GB of RAM, 32 to 128 GB of ROM and a microSDXC storage of up to 128 GB as well.
Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie is chosen here and a 4000 mAh battery powers up the device. At the back there’s a 13 megapixel camera, while upfront we use a 3 MP webcam. The whole thing measures 8.9 mm in thickness and obviously involves a brand new S Pen generation. From the comparison pics in this article, you can see that the Note 3 combines elements from the Note 1 and Note II, taking more from the first generation, if you ask me. I actually prefer a more rectangular design compared to the rounded one…
Galaxy s4 vs s4 mini
21/12/2012 21:16 par slaytane
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Galaxy s4 vs s4 mini
21/12/2012 21:16 par slaytane
We’ve seen many Samsung Galaxy S4 concepts on this site, but the idea of an S4 Mini is fresh and new. Ben Ling imagined both, with the result being the image below. We’re dealing with a 5 inch S4, nothing unpredictable, a model with a Full HD Super AMOLED Plus TFT display, with Gorilla Glass 2 protection.
The Galaxy S4 Mini is a 4.55 inch smartphone, also with a Super AMOLED TFT screen, but a HD one. TouchWiz UI is present on both and both support multitouch with up to 10 fingers. The bigger S4 uses a quad core 1.9 GHz CPU, while the smaller one goes down to 1.5 GHz. At the back we have a 13 megapixel camera with LED flash and an 8 megapixel shooter respectively, both with 16x digital zoom and 1080p video recording. Other specs include Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, 2 GB of RAM, NFC, 16/32/64 GB of storage.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 specs include a Li-Ion 2500 mAh battery, while the S4 Mini adopts a Li-Ion 2100 mAh one. Finally we get LTE and a waistline of 9.1 mm and 8.9 mm respectively. The device is a bit less rounded than the S3 and features totally capacitive buttons below the screen, so Samsung has supposedly given up the physical Home button. Doable or not?
galaxy s4
21/12/2012 21:11 par slaytane
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galaxy s4
21/12/2012 21:11 par slaytane
Deviantart user Alessio94x has created a very interesting Samsung Galaxy S4 concept, that you can check out below, in two versions. He created two different versions of the camera sensor area, with the second one below being the more elegant and also larger one.
The handset looks pretty simplistic, minimalistic and feels like a comfortable thing to hold. I imagine that the back gives out a velvet-style feeling or it uses that nice finishing material that the BlackBerry PlayBook had for example. The camera at the back of the Galaxy S4 features a dual LED flash and if I were to guess, I’d say that Samsung would finally jump to 10 or 12 megapixels this time. There’s also a discrete front camera and a very neatly integrated Home button too. I supposed that near it we find the usual Back and Menu buttons.
Since we’re going deeper into the future, this model could run Android 4.3 or Android 5.0 or whatever Key Lime Pie ends up being. It should also have LTE on board, NFC and an evolved version of the Nature UX, a new Smart Stay and definitely a new S Voice, that was a bit disappointing. The battery couldn’t hurt an upgrade as well. As far as CPU goes, an ARM Cortex A15 of the Exynos kind would be fine. When it comes to diagonal, everyone is talking about 5 inches, but what about the sweet spot of the Galaxy Nexus, at 4.65 inches? Could this Samsung Galaxy S4 take on the iPhone 5S?
Note 2 plus
21/12/2012 21:08 par slaytane
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Note 2 plus
21/12/2012 21:08 par slaytane
Designer Ben Ling proposes a very slight update to the Galaxy Note II, that is supposed to hit the USA stores soon. He imagined the Samsung Galaxy Note II Plus, a device that keeps about 80% of the specs of the predecessor and adds minor changes. One of them is replacing the physical Home button with a touch one and another is making the device less elongated, from what I can see.
We’re still dealing with a 5.5 inch phablet with a Super AMOLED TFT display and Corning Gorilla Glass 2 protection. The screen here supports a 720p resolution and on board we find a quad core 1.7 GHz Exynos 4412 processor, as well as a Mali 400 MP GPU. The OS of choice is Android 4.1.1. Jelly Bean with the promise of updating to Android 4.2 ASAP. TouchWiz is applied on top of the OS and at the back of the device we find a 12 megapixel camera with LED flash and 16x digital zoom.
The camera is capable of 1080p HD video recording and there’s also a front 2 megapixel camera, with 1080p capture as well. Inside the phablet we find a Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery and other features available include 16/32/64 GB of storage, 2 GB of RAM, NFC and Bluetooth 4.0. The S Pen stylus is kept and the thickness of the device is 9.3 mm. Would you buy a Note II with these small upgrades?
Nexus 10
21/12/2012 21:06 par slaytane
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Nexus 10
21/12/2012 21:06 par slaytane
The Nexus 10 tablet has been in the rumors for a while now and leaks are becoming more and more detailed. Some specs have leaked online and before we get a press picture of the device there are some mockups of the 10 inch Nexus tablet I’d like to show you. They’re made by Deviantart user CapuchinoMedia, who imagined the fresh family of Nexus devices.
At the bottom we have the LG Nexus 4, the smallest of the gang, then the Nexus 7 and finally the Nexus 10, that seems to adopt the same industrial design as the Nexus 7. From what I’ve heard the new model will be made by Samsung and it may end up looking like the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and a bit like the Galaxy Note 10.1. Rumored specs include a dual core Cortex A15 processor, 2 GB of RAM, 16 GB of storage and a crazy good 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution, courtesy of Samsung technology.
At the back there should be a 5 megapixel camera and other usual features include NFC, WiFi, dual speakers at the front and a front facing camera. The OS here will most likely be Android 4.2, just like on the LG Nexus 4. Hopefully the model will be reasonably priced, although that’s pretty hard with such strong hardware. Tomorrow we’ll be back with some leaked pics of the Nexus 10 tablet, but till then you have these mockups. Do you like them?
Glaxy tab 3
21/12/2012 21:02 par slaytane
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Glaxy tab 3
21/12/2012 21:02 par slaytane
Who other than Bob Freking can imagine the future flagship Samsung tablet? The designer claims that the Galaxy Note isn’t for everyone and nor is the Galaxy Note 10.1. So, this is where the Galaxy Tab III comes in, born from the need of the people to get the pure Galaxy Tab experience, without stylus action and all that… Here’s the device, with a pebble blue case:
This Samsung Galaxy Tab concept tablet features a 10.1 inch display with a 2560 x 1440 pixel resolution, a panel that Sammy has been rumored to be making for a while now. Inside we find a Cortex A15 Exynos 5 processor made by Samsung itself and promoted as the most potent CPU on the market, which is true. Gorilla Glass II is used here and the Galaxy S III Pebble Blue case, but in a bigger version. 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage and expandable memory complete the picture.
TouchWiz Nature UX is applied on top of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and the device features a combo of 8 megapixel back camera and 1.9 MP cam at the front. The selling point of the device is the weight and waistline, only 500 grams and 8 mm respectively, making this one of the lightest and thinnest tablets ever. The cool thing is that the Galaxy Tab III is not made of plastic but rather made using super light aircraft metal like the Series 9 laptop line. Another appealing feature is the 15,000 mAh battery on board. Samsung is also supposed to be promising to keep the software update to date this time via OTA… Fancy this tablet?
One flexible display
21/12/2012 20:54 par slaytane
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One flexible display
21/12/2012 20:54 par slaytane
We have heard of pens being phones before, but the idea of pulling a phone’s flexible display from a pen seems new, or is it? Let’s have a look at this Sony PlayStation concept phone and remember it. Anyway, today we have a new step in design evolution, the Samsung ONE, created by Yejin Jeon. This handset is basically a flexible display mobile phone hidden inside an elegant, white pen.
The Samsung concept relies on cloud computing and involves a wide screen display that comes out of the pen. This screen is a 6 inch bendable sheet and at the edge of the pen we also have an embedded camera. You can make ONE stand in order to use the 6 inches of screen estate to their full extent. When the display is inside the pen there’s a small touchscreen on the side of the pen, as shown in the image below. This one allows you to control the device and has the role of showing notifications, signal, battery and more.
There’s a speaker at the edge of the device and a lock at the other. The brilliant thing about this device is that you can pull part of the flexible screen of the ONE and use it as a camera viewfinder when you turn the handset’s camera on, that’s very, very cool. I say that such a product is doable with today’s technology, but it could end up being much thicker. This design is part of the iF Design Talents competition and I already give it a big thumbs up.
