businessweek.com— A new no-buttons handset by Pilotfish and Synaptics signals that mobiles as we know them may soon be a thing of the past.
Aug 21, 2006View in Crawl 4
So eventually there will be two different types of phone? One that caters for the 15%, that looks pretty and unique and makes cute-sie noises. And another type that does everything else that a personal communications device should for the rest of us.Maybe I didn't read the article as closely as I should have before commenting here. The article seemed to mostly on about fashion accessories, and not much about any new tech. Maybe the quantum leap / paradigm shift should be towards custom shells for phones. Use the same core electronics, and just change the outer shell.I can imagine that if you're one of the 15% you're probably satisfied with the functionality of your phone, but just get bored with way it looks. It would/could be a lot cheaper to take your phone to a 'pimp-my-phone' specialist every 6 months, than to upgrade the whole handset every year.Yeah, yeah, Nokia express click on covers. I'm talking about radically changing the whole shell, while keeping the core.Could be a fairly lucrative business. 15% of UK cell market is -what- about 5 million? even being able to service 1% of that is substantial.
vivareyAug 21, 2006
dugg for using the phrase quantum leap
derekbezAug 21, 2006
So eventually there will be two different types of phone? One that caters for the 15%, that looks pretty and unique and makes cute-sie noises. And another type that does everything else that a personal communications device should for the rest of us.Maybe I didn't read the article as closely as I should have before commenting here. The article seemed to mostly on about fashion accessories, and not much about any new tech. Maybe the quantum leap / paradigm shift should be towards custom shells for phones. Use the same core electronics, and just change the outer shell.I can imagine that if you're one of the 15% you're probably satisfied with the functionality of your phone, but just get bored with way it looks. It would/could be a lot cheaper to take your phone to a 'pimp-my-phone' specialist every 6 months, than to upgrade the whole handset every year.Yeah, yeah, Nokia express click on covers. I'm talking about radically changing the whole shell, while keeping the core.Could be a fairly lucrative business. 15% of UK cell market is -what- about 5 million? even being able to service 1% of that is substantial.
jsd8ccAug 21, 2006
I've made cell phones look prettier, why haven't I leaped, Al?
smalldeusAug 21, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://www.samsung.com/Products/MobilePhones/Cingular/SGH_ZX10IBACIN.asp">http://www.samsung.com/Products/MobilePhones/Cingular/SGH_ZX10IBACIN.asp</a>Will this do?
squegieAug 21, 2006
As I understand, all of these have been built but cost well over $10,000 each to make.@jimgress<a class="user" href="http://www.nec-design.co.jp/showcase/index.html#tag">http://www.nec-design.co.jp/showcase/index.html#tag</a>I like the P-ISM the most.
phlogiston99Aug 22, 2006
"That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard"