Nokia has filed for a US patent for a mobile phone with a rotating numeric keyboard, writes The Register.
"The numeric pad can turn round to retain the correct orientation when the handset it flipped into landscape mode.
The application details what looks like a standard candybar handset. The clever bit comes when you rotate [...]
Samsung has just filed a patent for an illustrated SMS interface. Each contact in a cell phone can be associated with an image and text messages would appear like Treo’s chat feature, but illustrated, like a comic strip.
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The Chinese mobile telephone company Huawei presented in CeBIT 2007 these cool concepts for new cell phones that may or may not be produced in the near future. The most interesting one is a mobile phone with an integrated USB connector that can be used without the need of an adapter or even a cable. [...]
Spotted on YankoDesign, two new cell phone concepts, by designer Lim Sze Tat.
Darklabel | Retroxis (picture left)
"The phone is encased in high polished polycarbonate renowned for its lightweght and toughness and the invisible OLED display silently hides away when inactive to make your phone look clean and stylish."
Darklabel | Revol (picture [...]
Terminal.hu has notified us on their Sony Ericsson M610i live photo
The upcoming Sony Ericsson M610i is continue to have the M600i style QWERTY keyboard, and has an internal codename Lizy. The M610i is a 3G phone support GPRS/EDGE/UTMS/WiFi/Bluetooth connection according to the site.
Note that the back casing [...]