Nokia Gaming Device for The Elderly, Older Than the PSP

12/12/2008 17:10 par slaytane

This project had designer Amber Chamberlain as a member and it turns out that his group assignment was mentioning a modern gaming device, even before the PSP surfaced, since the concept dates from 2003. Imagine a cellular wireless product meant for the elderly… Imagine that it keeps them in touch via simplistic games, it keeps scores, game conditions and other data, no matter where the players are located.
We’re talking 50 plus demographics… What type of games would these people play? Something tells me that this idea would appeal to the younger public as well. What do you say?

nokia n97

04/12/2008 01:11 par slaytane

nokia 9900

30/11/2008 00:00 par slaytane

Forget about the Nokia Tube, as that’s a mere cry baby, compared to the sexy concept below. The Nokia 9900 aims to deliver what the Finnish manufacturer has been trying to create for the past year, a perfect rival for the iPhone. However, we get more than we imagined: a pen phone with uber-features.
This pen phone comes with a stretchable touch panel, which will pretty much be your display and it’ll also be used as a viewfinder for the handset’s camera. The pen functions are all there, so you can write or draw any time you want, while the button on top of the device is used to control the phone.

I see “Microsoft” mentioned on the pics of the device, so there’s bound to be some Windows Mobile action under that cover. Also, the Nokia 9900 seems bundled with a hot headset, but the details are so scarce that we’ll have to be satisfied with assumptions, for now.

Update:  There’s no Windows Mobile action yet, but the concept draws its inspiration from Microsoft Surface, as translated by one of our readers. (Thanks Andy Fang)

nokia bmw concept

29/11/2008 23:58 par slaytane

Don’t expect a Nokia BMW phone to land in the shops too soon, as it usually takes some time for two tech giants to cooperate, specially after the Bochum scandal, that left many German workers jobless.

As for the beautiful design you can check out below, it pertains to Evgen Designer and it features GPS navigation and a powerful camera.

The Nokia BMW comes with an interesting “push to open” mechanism that makes its display rotate 90 degrees turning the whole device into a handycam. Notice the original camera placement? Sony would probably love to invent something like this…

Nokia Tube Prototype

29/11/2008 23:44 par slaytane

We’re familiar with the Provoke Design name, since we last saw their brilliant interface showing us the true power of touchscreen displays. Now we’ve spotted a prototype image of theirs showing a pretty neat touchscreen device. Provoke is known to work closely with Nokia, so with a bit of speculation this phone might turn out to be the Nokia Tube.

Pass me that huge grain of salt, will you?

nokia e52

29/11/2008 23:42 par slaytane

Strangely enough this phone is considered by most people a real handset, upon checking it out, instead of the concept it is. Truth be told it’s a great concept design and it almost managed to convince me that it’s E51’s successor. However, there’s something fishy about this pic and it might just be the best Photoshopped concept phone ever.
Imagine a combination between E50, E51 and E65 with a … Cingular branding? Too bad that Cingular is now AT&T so there are only two options left, either it’s an old concept phone or a slider version of E50, that Nokia forgot to release on the market. Don’t get your hopes up, though.

Nokia Scentsory

29/11/2008 23:39 par slaytane

The Nokia Scentsory concept phone has got to be one of the most original devices I’ve seen on the Internet. It was first spotted in 2006 and news about this prototype were scarce, at least till now, when we get a chance to take a second peak at the handset designed by Kimberly Hu.

Scentsory is a flexible handset and an ultra-thin one that comes with a couple of sensors which can translate odors into information. This process also works in reverse, as you send the info to another Scentsory device and it turns data into … odor. High tech and mobile phones were all about visual and audio experiences, but now things have reached a new level, so we can stimulate our senses once more thanks to this concept.

The handset includes 2 displays, an LED touchpad, stereo speakers, a camera and a temperature sensor. Sadly there’s no way such a device can make it to mass production, for now… Who knows if Nokia will ever pick up the scent of this beauty and allow us to experience some mobile olfactive delight?

nokia 101

29/11/2008 23:37 par slaytane

Nokia 101 is yet another product for 2015, seemingly the ideal year for passing to a new generation of mobile phones. Morph is also destined for that year, but let’s see what Nokia 101 brings new. Designed by Giandaniele Asquini and the product of research and collaboration with Nokia, this device uses magnets placed on 3 sides of the phone.

These magnets create new and original hinges and allow the handset to morph into an address book, a normal phone or various other devices. The magnet-based mechanism allows the Nokia 101 display to rotate freely and I wonder if it’s a touchscreen or it’s based on E-paper technology (or maybe both?).

As you can see, Nokia 101 is perfect for web surfing and it features handwriting recognition, also being the ideal handset for messaging. Last, but not least, you can admire the phone as it follows the latest trends and “collides” with another Nokia 101, with the aid of magnets, creating a bigger display, used to play games like Need for Speed or watch quality TV.

Also, it’ll create a decent notebook, for you to write your homework on or just blog. These designs were exposed at the Air Gallery in London in May 2006.

nokia 6260 slide

25/11/2008 11:48 par slaytane

The spanking new Nokia 6260 slide easily steals the spotlight with Wi-Fi, GPS, 320 x 480 pixels display, and a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics. We bet that reading those specs the words "dumb phone" or "S40" would never cross you mind. But the new Nokia 6260 slide is exactly that - a feature phone running the latest S40 6th edition user interface. Say hello to the next S40 super phone.

The unassumingly named Nokia 6260 slide has the same conservative design borrowed from the current 6xxx lineup (Nokia 6600 slide and Nokia 6210 Navigator). Obviously, the lack of original design ideas is not plaguing only Sony Ericsson recently.

Still we can't really brace our excitement as the 6260 slide is the best thing that has happened to the Nokia S40 family for quite some time now.

The Nokia 6260 slide sports a 2.4-inch 16M color display with the one-off resolution of 320 x 480 pixels (HVGA). It has quad-band GSM support plus HSDPA 10.2 Mbps. As we already mentioned, there is also Wi-Fi and a built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support.

The integrated 5 megapixel autofocus camera is accompanied by a dual LED flash. Sadly, it will only be capable of recording VGA video at 15 fps as most recent midrange S40 handsets.

There is 200MB of internal memory and a microSD slot with support for up to 8GB cards. The 360-degree D-pad is another first for the S40 lineup - it's a nice enhancement, which sounds as a cool addition to the digital map scouring or the mobile web browsing.

Stereo Bluetooth 2.1, a microUSB port that's used for charging, and a 2.5mm A/V jack with TV-out functionality are all aboard the 6260 slide.

The only contemporary feature that seems missing on the Nokia 6260 slide is the accelerometer sensor that is making its way throughout handsets of various makes and walks of life. We wonder when Nokia will add that to their feature phones. But let's not digress, the new 6260 still sounds like a helluva performer.

The Nokia 6260 will be available in beige or black in the beginning of 2009 at an estimated price of 299 euro before taxes and subsidies. That sounds a bit much as it will have a hard time competing with similarly equipped Nokia smartphones. Still, only time will tell.

Nokia Concept Phones by Kort Neumann Feature Touchscreen AND Touch Keys

22/11/2008 23:42 par slaytane

Kort Neumann has seen the future and it spells “Nokia” for him, as the man designed the beautiful concept phones you can see in the pictures below. One of them features a full touch display and integrated touch keys, as odd as that combination may seem.

The screen of the Nokia Black Facet handset integrates the keypad on each facet, as you may notice below.

The white version of this Nokia device integrates an interactive display, which shows images that travel on the handset’s surface. What’s interesting is the way how the phone is levelled and divided into a numeric keys section and one with MP3 controls only. This Nokia concept is made out of polycarbonate, which gives it a neat look.