Concept Haptic phone wows with raised keypad

The brainchild of designer Lukas Koh, the Haptic phone features dual touchscreens at the front and back of the handset. What's unique is that the touchscreen can rise above the surface to mimic physical buttons. Now, ain't that cool? Even though it defeats the whole purpose of a touchscreen device, still we can't wait to see this in production.

Via Yanko Design

Mobile phone gets hitched to (fake) DS Lite

In the pantheon of phone straps and trinkets, this one stands above the rest on so many levels.

This "DS Cell Phone Charm" is a miniature replica of Nintendo's DS Lite, complete with functional clamshell lid and navigation buttons, but it opens up to reveal a geek's version of an old-fashioned compact mirror. In place of the real thing's double LCD screens is a "Double Mirror" that will come in handy, as GeekSugar says, so "you can check and make sure your lip gloss is popping before making a call." Or, when you're dressed up as Mario or Luigi, you can inspect your 'stache.

Via CNET Crave
Picture credit: geeksugar

Nokia's new Prisms a juxtaposition of everything

The Finnish company's at it again. This time, its contribution to the mobile phone cause is a pair of geometrically similar Prisms.

We got cross-eyed just looking at the pictures of the Prisms and reading the press release made it worse. Whoever wrote it punctuated the release with just about every adjective known to flatter a phone.

We'll spare you the hype, so here's the gist. The triband 7500 Prism comes with a 2-megapixel camera (with flash), microSD expansion slot, Bluetooth, FM radio and is based on the Series40 platform. Its sibling, the 7900 Prism, is equipped with 3G connectivity, 1GB of onboard memory and a whole suit of fancy light work such as a "living wallpaper" that changes throughout the day and a choice of 49 illumination colors. That sounds a lot like the company's own 8600 Luna and the Sony Ericsson S500i.

According to the global press release, the 7900 Prism and 7500 Prism are expected out this quarter for an estimated 400 euros and 210 euros, respectively.

Accessorizing with Motorola

You can never take mobile phone accessorizing too far apparently. One Moto fan has redefined the meaning of ringing someone up by putting what appears to be a Motorola V557 on as a earring for size. This must hurt almost as much as it looks, particularly when--as one wit in our team remarked--the phone starts vibrating. Still, as another smart-alecky CNETer commented, it's a cheap way to go handsfree, but hell to text. On the subject of pain, wonder which one's more worthwhile as an attention-grabber--this or a pair of specs kebabbed through a nose bridge?

Thanks to Techblog

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SoftBank's Fullface 913SH, only for Japan

Sure, full-face helmets are a common sight, but the Fullface 913SH by Sharp is nothing like the former, except in name.

It's a slider handset if you're still wondering what we are talking about. And it's available from SoftBank for use only in Japan. When closed, the uber-trendy slider exhibits a large 2.8-inch screen operated by a bunch of sensor keys. That's right, no hard buttons. Hello iPhone!

And as you would expect, the handset will come with the mandatory 2-megapixel camera, microSD expansion card slot, Bluetooth connectivity and a whole suit of Japanese-friendly features such as 1 Seg, S! FeliCa and Chaku-Uta. It even comes in eight different colors: Vivid pink, black, silver, pink, green, light blue, orange, gold. We are jealous already.

Via Japan Today

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