Onyx, a UK-based newcomer to the mobile handset industry, has launched its first handset, the Lischio. This fashionable candybar is designed as a backup handset, for situations where fashion is more important than function.
One of my favorite websites - Linkedin - has launched a mobile version of their site. Just go to http://m.linkedin.com/ on any mobile browser.
the basic functionality is all there. You can look up people’s profiles, invite people into your network, and see updates from your contacts.
To see a demo of the site working on an iPhone, check out the video above.
Today, SpinVox launched a new plug-in for Blackberry devices that uses speech-to-text technology to automatically converts voicemail recordings into email, making it much more convenient to manage.
Nokia Research Center and the University of Cambridge today are showing off the Morph concept phone in New York City at the Museum of Modern Art. Part of the 'Design and Elastic Mind' campaign, the device shows ways in which future devices might be physically flexible.
Morph is a concept that demonstrates how future mobile devices might be stretchable and flexible, allowing the user to transform their mobile device into radically different shapes. It demonstrates the ultimate functionality that nanotechnology might be capable of delivering: flexible materials, transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces.The photo above is actually just one mobile phone that you can twist and stretch into different shapes such as bracelet, tablet forms or whatever weird design you want to do. It reminds me of the good old Play-Doh and its tag line: Imagination Taking Shape.
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Imagine a user tapping out text messages on a device the size of an index card and as flat as a piece of paper, then folding it in thirds to holding it to the ear and make a phone call. Refolding it in a slightly different shape and wrap it around a wrist, where it becomes a watch and also communicates with an ear bud that lets them talk handsfree.
Nokia and University of Cambridge researchers have developed an animated video describing how future mobile devices might be stretchable and flexible, allowing users to transform their device into radically different shapes.
Nanotechnology might be capable of delivering flexible materials, transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces. Dr. Bob Iannucci, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia, commented: "Nokia Research Center is looking at ways to reinvent the form and function of mobile devices; the Morph concept shows what might be possible."
Professor Mark Welland, Head of the Department of Engineering's Nanoscience Group at the University of Cambridge and University Director of Nokia-Cambridge collaboration added: "Developing the Morph concept with Nokia has provided us with a focus that is both artistically inspirational but, more importantly, sets the technology agenda for our joint nanoscience research that will stimulate our future work together."
Elements of Morph might be available to integrate into handheld devices within 7 years, though initially only at the high-end. However, nanotechnology may one day lead to low cost manufacturing solutions, and offers the possibility of integrating complex functionality at a low price.
The Nokia Research Center established a research facility at the University's West Cambridge site and collaborates with several departments - initially the Nanoscience Center and Electrical Division of the Engineering Department - on projects that, to begin with, are centered on nanotechnology.
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