Omnia 7 Pro Windows Phone 7 Design Looks Appealing

21/02/2011 15:57 par slaytane

Happy new year and let’s get straight to business: if you love Windows Phone 7 and Samsung Omnia 7, you might be interested in the Pro version created by Joy Studios. They also published the specs of the device, that’s only a concept for now, so don’t expect it to pop up in stores anytime soon.

This is a 4 inch Super AMOLED smartphone with a 800 x 480 pixel resolution, 16/32GB of memory, WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, 3G+ and GPS. There’s also a 5MP camera on board with 720p video capture and a sliding QWERTY keyboard, as shown in the image below. Will this Windows Phone 7 design become real?

Gloria Tablet Slider Mockup Could be the Future

21/02/2011 15:55 par slaytane

Samsung wants to revolutionize the tablet segment, by launching a slate with a sliding keyboard, one that might look like the mockup below. This is the Samsung Gloria, a device that will become real in the near future and it might run Windows 7.

Samsung Gloria is supposed to feature a 10 inch touchscreen, a full QWERTY sliding keyboard and we should expect it on the market in March or April 2011. By the looks of it, the tablet concept comes with a front camera, possibly one at the back and a pretty cool nav pad.

Aquaphone Relies on Water Bubble Interface

21/02/2011 15:53 par slaytane

Bon Seop-Ku had an original idea when it came to his Samsung concept phone: an interface that relies on water bubbles manipulated by electric current. Dubbed the Aquaphone, the handset is pictured below and looks like a very fragile piece of gadgetry, but a fashionable item, too.

It will be interesting to learn how the battery of this device will be incorporated into the Samsung Aquaphone and we guess that the display is only limited to black, white and gray maybe. It would be cool if some other substance, besides water was involved. Any ideas? This concept could be the start of something cool and maybe a new type of e-readers?

Jot is a Rotary Dial Cellphone… With a Pen

21/02/2011 15:49 par slaytane

Rotary phones are coming back in fashion, since we’ve seen at least two handset designs involving such a mechanism. Samsung Jot is also added to the list, courtesy of designer Raymond Bessemer, the creator of this rotary dial cellphone.

The device doesn’t rely solely on the circular buttons, so it also features a touchpad and stylus, as shown in the following image. “Jot” comes from the handset’s function that allows its user to jot down notes and text messages. An OLED display is also part of the specs and remember this is ONLY a Samsung phone design for now, so don’t expect it to pop up in stores yet.

HTC Honey Handset Runs Android 3.0 Honeycomb With Sense UI

21/02/2011 15:44 par slaytane

No Android 3.0 handsets have been confirmed yet and we don’t even know if there will be such a device, but what’s sure is that concepts are way ahead. HTC Honey is a Honeycomb phone created by joyStudios and shown below. On top of Android 3.0 it uses HTC Sense and its specs include Bluetooth 3.0 and 4G.

This device also comes with WiFi, GPS and an 8 megapixel camera with flash, capable of 1080p video recording. HTC Honey incorporates a 3.7 inch Super AMOLED display with multitouch, supporting a 1280 x 720 pixel resolution. 32/64GB of memory are also available on the device, as well as HDMI out.

You also get a taste of the phone-customized Android Honeycomb in the last image below, if you’re curios. All the people in the know say that Android 3.0 will eventually hit smartphones. What do you think?

Nokia Tibetan Buddhist Phone Looks a Bit Like Motorola Aura

21/02/2011 15:24 par slaytane

Imagine a Motorola Aura without the bling and with a more spiritual side to it. We’re talking about the Nokia Tibetan phone, meant to spread the Buddhist teachings and provide features like a Tibetan calendar and a list of holidays. There’s also a function that allows you to play certain songs and a Tibetan language input method.

Nokia Research Center was also involved in this project and even a mockup of the device was created. Nokia chose the circular shape to define tranquility and observed the life and style of Buddhist monks, in order to create this handset. The Prayer wheel concept was integrated in this device too. You have to know that while praying, monks will rotate a prayer wheel once and this mechanism has been miniaturized and integrated into the new Nokia phone.

There’s also a keyboard guard included and a touchscreen display, plus the design mimics a drape on a monk’s robe. This stylish and elegant phone is also spiritual and Buddhist, so I guess that it will be very popular in countries where Buddhism is widely spread and also in Hollywood, where this religion has become… trendy. More details about the project and pictures of the mockup can be found here.

Nokia 7 QWERTY Slider Runs Windows Phone 7, Supports LTE

21/02/2011 15:22 par slaytane

It’s been raining Nokia Windows Phone 7 concepts lately and the device below is not an exception. Dubbed the Nokia 7, this phone was created by Long-Nong Huang and it comes with an Intel Atom Z520 CPU at 1.33GHz, plus a 4 inch Super LCD display with a 1280 x 720 pixel resolution.

On the back of this WP7 slider there’s a 14 megapixel camera with Xenon flash and support for 1080p capture. Nokia 7 supports LTE 4G connectivity, mini HDMI and up to 32GB of extra memory via SDHC card. There’s also a 1600 mAh battery on board and a full QWERTY keyboard. Could this be the revival of the Nokia N9?

Microsoft Phone Saga Continues: Nokia EOS Windows Phone 7 Handset

21/02/2011 15:19 par slaytane

We continue the saga of Nokia Microsoft concept phones with a new Windows Phone 7 model: Nokia EOS. This can be considered the sliding QWERTY version of the Nokia ARES model you saw hours ago. They are basically the same, aside from the QWERTY keyboard on the EOS.

The handset is very slim, it features an aluminum body, 4 inch display and the same 12MP camera. The keyboard sliders easily along the profile and the display’s angle is tilted, in pure Nokia N Series fashion. Since EOS is not the best of codenames can we call this phone the Nokia E8, or rather the N9-02?

ARES Windows Phone 7 Concept Looks Solid

21/02/2011 15:16 par slaytane

We’re back with yet another Nokia Windows Phone 7 concept, following yesterday’s design. This is the Nokia ARES, available below and packing very appealing specs, that include a 12MP autofocus Xenon camera and a 4 inch 16/9 screen. This was initially a MeeGo concept, but the switch to WP7 was made recently, for obvious reasons.

Nokia ARES adopts a convex profile, aluminum body and a clean design, with a single physical button (that will change in future designs to match Microsoft’s required number of buttons). The device also includes a microUSB port, 3.5mm audio jack and a microSD card slot (not something you usually find on a WP7 handset).

HDMI and the camera button are lacking, because of the design challenges, but they might make it to future concepts. What do you think? Any feedback is welcome either here, or on the source site.

Tablet Runs MeeGo With a Customized UI; Design Teased Here

21/02/2011 14:07 par slaytane

The main appeal of this design is not really the Nokia N00 tablet, but rather the MeeGo customization that’s going to take place. Jozef Kocúr is at it again and we suspect that Windows Phone 7 will blend with the MeeGo experience for a tablet OS and UI that will surprise us all.

We’ll just have to wait and see, since this is a mere teaser of the N00. Any specs in mind? 10 inch display, dual core CPU, LTE, 64GB of memory maybe?