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Nokia Morph

pzon — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:00:33 +0000

The Nokia Morph concept is an very intriguing project which is partnered with Cambridge Nanoscience Centre. It features a variety of concepts in which nanotechnology can be used in phones, such as being small and compact, recongizing the surrounding environment, run by “solar grass”, having self cleaning technologies, haptic surface and the ability to stretch into different forms.

Via Nokia

MacBook Air

pzon — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:00:12 +0000

The MacBook Air is an Apple Laptop which is the world’s thinnest notebook. Between 0.16 and 0.76 inches, it is far lighter than most notebooks, weighing around 3.0 pounds!

The MacBook Air has a strong and durable aluminium casing, and has a 13.3 inch, widescreen LED-backlit screen which is the same as a normal MacBook and with 1280 by 800 it provides you with that beautiful rich colour that all Apple’s hardware has. And with the LED, it makes it more green as it is power efficient which helps to have a longer battery life for your MacBook Air.

The Macbook Air’s keyboard is extremely thin and all the keys are backlit, so it is useful if you are working in an area where there is little light (such as aeroplanes, conference halls etc). It also has a special “Multi-Touch” trackpad, which allows you to do a variety of things such as pinch, swipe, rotate or zoom using your fingers on the pad, and this can be used on text, photo albums, adjusting images and navigation.

Via ZGadget

SLIQ Concept Phone

pzon — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:00:31 +0000

Imagine a phone which is made of recycled aluminium, a LED screen with high screen display and a crank to generate power in a portable eco-friendly way. Well, the SLIQ phone offers all of this. The SLIQ phone is a light, portable phone which is made of green sustainable materials. As well, its services provided in the concept glimpses of the phone show that not only is it a green phone, but has a wide range of applications provided in the phone’s sleek, professional appearance.

Via Tuvie

Windows Seven Beta Desktop Review

pzon — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:00:16 +0000

Well, I am not too sure whether this background may be included in Windows 7, but Windows 7 has definitely had a slight update in its graphical desktop. From underneath, we can see that the taskbar has now been upgraded into the “superbar”. We can also see that the search box has had a bit of an update and there is no favourites menu in the icons that appear in the “quick start” menu. The shut down button has been replaced by a button that gives a variety of options in a drop down menu.

Underneath is a clearer appearance of the “superbar”. The Windows Icon has not changed that much except if you hover, its flag colours shine in the icon. You can also see that instead of written descriptions of opened programs, they are in the form of icons making it a more graphical user interface. Other than that, it is quite similar to Vista.

A new option called the “Jump List” allows you to Jump to a certain folder inside a certain program on the SuperBar. Here we can see the Jump List in Windows Media Player.

Peek, a new option which allows any window on the desktop to turn into “glass”. Additionally, there is no sidebar in Windows 7 – for Gadgets will just sit on the desktop, which can be done in Windows Vista.

Your desktop can also change background in a certain time. If you wanted a new background every 30 seconds, you would select the option to change it every 30 seconds. DreamScene will continue but whether it will be included in all of Windows 7 Editions has not been decided.

Via ZGadget

Credit Card of the Future

pzon — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:00:52 +0000

Imagine having technology in your credit card and be able to check your bank details and have your credit card always secure with fingerprint recognition. This cool idea designed by Jacob Palmborg looks at how your credit card can be futuristic.

Touch screen panel in the centre helps protect your card. The colour wheel also shows a form of ring percentage chart to determine the amount of money out of your balance is spent on clothes (shown in pink on the circle).

Via ZGadget

Apple iCar

pzon — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:00:54 +0000

Apple has made several hardware over the last few years, the iPhone and Apple TV being made most recently. But what’s next for Apple? Well, it looks like Apple is going to get much larger as it is planning to launch the iCar. Currently, the iCar is only a idea but already there are concepts being designed for the iCar. Apple has already teamed up with Volkswagen in order to produce a car which is up to date with the latest technology. Apple has clearly said they would not be doing the mechanics of the car, they will only be fitting in the technology inside.

MacLife, a magazine that looks into Apple technology designed a concept of an Audi car (part of Volkswagen) that has been fitted inside with the latest gadgets. Here is what they came up with.

On the third picture, you can see a form of control panel which contain similar “icons” to the iPhone, meaning it could contain applications such as Maps and could contain other applications, such as AutoDrive?

Via Mac Life

ePaper

pzon — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 12:00:59 +0000

The ePaper Bracelet concept by Chocolate Agency is a similar idea to the Nokia Morph concept, in which you can wear as a bracelet or watch. The ePaper Bracelet can be worn as a watch and display backgrounds and pictures in the watch mode – but can also be extended to show more than one picture or videos. Other features could also be included.

Via YouTube and Yanko Design

Sony Ericsson Idou

pzon — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:10:37 +0000

The Sony Ericsson Idou’s main and most impressive feature is the 12.1 megapixel camera – similar to professional digital cameras that are available today. It also has a very large 16:9 touchscreen, perfect for viewing photos or watching moviews. There is little information released yet, but hopefully more detailes will be revealed by Summer 2009 – though we do know that it has WiFi, Bluetooth, Xenon Flash, Quad Band, 2G and 3G, USB (2.0), additionall SD Memory and an accelerometor.

Features hoped to be included in the Sony Ericsson Idou are IM, GPS, Clock, Calendar, Camera (Video and Video Conferening with its second camera), Games (Java inc.), Calculator, FM Radio, Videos and Music and more…

Idou is only a codemame currently, but the official name will be released in Summer 2009. We believe that the Sony Ericsson Idou will be the real iPhone killer, so let’s hope it lives to its reputation and learns from its mistakes from the XPERIA X1.

Via Softpedia

Sony Ericsson W903

pzon — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:00:13 +0000

The Sony Ericsson W903 phone is an excellent concept with the inspiration originating from the Mazda Ryuga. The design is very stylish and has similar characteristics to the car, such as the red lighting and the two red lights at the bottom that symbolise the headlights of the car. This phone would be excellent to take around with you in a car.

Via Concept Phones

Windows Mobile 6.5 Preview

pzon — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:30:20 +0000

The new screenshots of Windows Mobile 6.5 have already been launched, and have a much improved graphical interface with an easier interactive OS. The home screen provides some programs in a Zune style appearance with the time being clearly visible in the centre and some main features like phone, email and texts going up and down.

Instead of a very plain and unappealing menu as seen in WLM 6.1, they have decided to improve the appearance by making WLM 6.5 to have a “honeycomb” menu, which has programs in hexagons and more can be viewed by dragging your finger up and down the touch screen (WLM has said that phones running WLM 6.5 will be touchscreen).

Via Techtree