concept phone
The Teddy Bear Phone: snuggle to talk
I've never described a cell phone as cute, but the Willcom Kuma Phone (meaning bear phone), practically demands it.
This concept phone just debuted at the Good Design Expo in Tokyo, and just like any other mobile handset works by holding it up to your ear. Though it can hold a normal SIM card, the Kuma Bear only calls four numbers, which you can speed dial by pinching the corresponding paw.
The not Choco Chanel phone
How is it the Chanel Phone is neither a Chanel phone or a phone at all?
Because, as created by designer Fred de Garilhe, the Chanel Choco Phone is not sanctioned by Chanel or a cell phone manufacturer, as it's only a concept phone. And as Chanel's lawyers have already threatened de Garilhe, there's little chance the phone will ever become a reality.
Braille cell phone: blind texting the blind
From Napoleon to your cell phone:
The Braille language has been around since 1821 when Napoleon Bonaparte commissioned a written language that French soldiers could use to communicate at night with. And while it was too complicated to ever take hold the French military, Braille soon developed a niche following in the blind community.
And now the language of touch is making its way to the cell phone.
Bend it like Nokia
Is bendable the new small?
Cell Phones can't get much smaller than they already are, so Nokia is betting the next big thing people will be looking for is mobile phones is flexibility. The Morph phone uses nanotechnology to make its components bendable and translucent. You can make it into a wristband, wear the speaker as a headpiece and just generally look Matrix-ed out... if the thing ever goes on sale.
Birth Control Text Message Service
Apparently at the Cleveland Infertility Clinic, researchers have found a correlation between the quality of a patent’s sperm and the amount of time they spend on a cell phone. Of the 361 men who went to the clinic, the ones who talked on their cell phone for over 4 hours a day had the lowest average of sperm and lowest amount viable sperm.


