Blackberry Curve 8300

Reasearch In Motion today introduced the BlackBerry Curve smartphone - the smallest and lightest full QWERTY(1) BlackBerry smartphone. With its smooth and friendly design encompassing a large display, easy-to-use keyboard and intuitive trackball navigation system, this powerful new smartphone makes it easy to stay connected to the people and information that matter most.

“The BlackBerry Curve offers a unique blend of communications, multimedia and web features to provide people with an exceptional mobile companion for both work and leisure,” said Mike Lazaridis, President and Co-CEO at RIM. “The BlackBerry Curve delivers RIM’s industry leading email and messaging capabilities in a highly approachable smartphone design that is packed with consumer-friendly features including a 2 megapixel camera, enhanced media player for music, video, and photos, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microSD card slot for expansion and a Push-to-Talk key. Service-wise, Laptop reports setting up email is a breeze (as expected) and Web browsing via EDGE is snappy.

Gold plated Buddhist cell phone

Since Buddhism is the most followed religion in China, this Chinese cell phone maker has cashed on to people’s beliefs and launched a Buddhist Mobile plated with 24 karat gold. I wonder what the connection is between the Enlightened One and a cell phone and Gold. The highlight of the cell phone is the distinguished incarnation of Lord Buddha design. Sporting a stainless steel body that is gold-plated, the top of the screen is also in gold. The button pattern designs are also inspired from Buddhism. A carved jade button called the "Buddha video button” is no ordinary one as it allows you to watch the Buddha on the video all the time. It features classic Buddhist music and you can opt from 12 sutras. It is truly a exceptional cell phone designed from top to bottom and inside out presenting Buddhism. For more techie specs roll over...

The 2.4 inch LCD screen supports a 3GP, MP4, video. You can look for other features like, 1.3 mega-pixel camera, MP3, MP4, Hands free, SMS group sending, Voice recorder, WAP, Handwritten input, Handwritten + keyboard input, Bluetooth, GPRS download, MMS, Memory extended, E-book, personalized fashion, sound record, self-designed ring, calculator, memos, calendar, IP Dial, stopwatch, rates exchange. Did I tell you that even the battery is embossed with a "Buddha" logo?

Nokia 888 Mobile Phone

A personal mobile communication device which lets you be free and fun. It is light, simple and carefree. You can change its form according to your needs during the day. You don't have to carry it in your pocket or on your wrist. You can carry it anywhere, in any form. You can roll it, bend it, put on your clothes like a clip. It also makes some form changes that makes it more ergonomical: i.e. when you want to talk on the phone, the body form turns into the form of the good old telephone. You can personalize these forms and record them. So it fits you the best in the way that you have chosen. Also e-motions let you send forms to other 888 users: i.e. you can send a heart shape to your girlfriend or a dancing figure to your friends to call them to the party tonight. This way you can talk without words.

Tamer Nakisci explains in detail about this work.

*technologies that are used

It uses liquid battery, speech recognition, flexible touch screen, touch sensitive body cover which lets it understand and adjust to the environment. It has a simple programmable body mechanism so that it changes forms in different situations.

*the functionality of design

You don't have to carry it in your pocket or on your wrist. You can carry it anywhere, in any form. You can roll it, bend it, put on your clothes like a clip. It also makes some form changes that makes it more ergonomical: i.e. when you want to talk on the phone, the body form turns into the form of the good old telephone. You can personalize these forms and record them. So it fits you the best in the way that you have chosen. The functions that it has also create a feeling of electronically pet, as it senses your moves, understand what you want, respond you in the best way. It learns you, to fit you better. Also e-motions lets you send forms to the other 888 users. It could be the shape of a heart or a small dance. This way you can talk without words.

*how the user interacts

E-motions… It means electronically motions that 888 has. You can send and receive forms from / to friends. You can send a heart shape to your girlfriend, so her telephone turns into an icon of heart. Or you can send a dancing form to your friends to call them to the party tonight. This is the
fun side of the product. If we look from the functionality side, 888 is quite flexible. You can put it into your pocket, roll it and make it smaller, or put on your wrist when you want to make a video call on the go. If you want to talk like a normal telephone, there you have your telephone shape. We go
through a lot of places and situations in the daily life, so it seems like one form is not enough.

*what is unique

You can change the form of the body. Not just the color. And you can do the same by sending an e-motion to your friend.

*the inspiration

The idea is that “the perfect form” does not exist. “Form follows you” We create the perfect form for each function.