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Visual Sound is an innovative mobile phone especially designed for the impaired person. Allowing the deaf folks to communicate with others, the device could convert voice input to text and show it on the touch screen display. Moreover, Visual Sound also converts text input to voice so that the person on the other end of the phone could be well informed. The phone comprises three parts, including two handy pillars on both sides and a roll-out display. [Read the rest of this entry...]

It is good to preview what the world would be like 10 or 20 years later, and all that is founded on the development of technology. But imaginations go faster, and the Pen Concept Mobile Phone here just gives us a chance to know what our cellular phones look like in the future.

It is comprised of three pens that act as the keyboard of the handset and a stretchable touch panel (which works as a display) hidden between two pens. Although one of the three pens could be used independently to write on the display, almost everything is based on voice control.

We’re not sure when it is available, but if you’ve been looking for a similar phone like this, then the Pen Concept Mobile Phone is rightly the one for you. Leave your comments below if you think it is a cool-looking cellular phones. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The conceptual cellphone from Nokia is achieved by a young Chinese designer, Daizi Zheng. Different from usual mobiles powered by lithium battery, the eco-friendly phone adopts bio battery (which generates electricity from carbohydrates) as the power source. Therefore you only need to buy a can of cola to power your phone when the battery dies out, and claimed by Daizi Zheng, “Bio battery has the potential to operate three to four times longer on a single charge than conventional lithium batteries”. So it would be nice to see this practical concept hit the marketplace soon. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Are you looking for something different and personalized? Having a look at the ‘Solar Powered Sticker Phone’ presented here on I New Idea? Wow, you’re now different, huh? For phone users who are seeking for an eco-friendly product, the arch-shaped phone may be a perfect choice. No longer needing electric outlets, just stick the phone onto the window glass and then it will get charged in the sunshine. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Those who love mobile games surely know the problem in supporting them, yes, you have to charge the phone from time to time and that really bothers you a lot. Mikhail Stawsky’s ‘Mikhail Stawsky’ here seems to be an ideal solution to that problem. No longer need an extra charger; you can just spin the phone around your finger to charge it. Well, I wish this were not merely a conceptual product. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Well-known for a sustainable use, Nokia has been widely popular all over the world. And the new product, a green phone that features a recyclable use, would make you love Nokia much more. Every part of the new phone is made from recycled Aluminum; A capacitive sensor is built onto the keyboard to simplify the phone; Electronic ink is adopted to display words so as to save more energy. In addition, the phone also uses silver-zinc batteries rather than the regular lithium batteries, to reduce electronic wastes. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Well, frankly speaking, the Phone Finger is really unnecessary and maybe a bit stupid…You may even associate it with something you wouldn’t want your mom to find in your pockets! But if you’re someone who seriously cares about all the belongings, you may find the Phone Fingers quite useful to protect your iPhone from finger prints and smudges.

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Well… is Wake-Up Phone a phone that awakes me in the morning?! Come on, each phone now has emerged as a functional alarm clock! So what’s the peculiarity of this phone? Actually, it features a tilted display to give you a good view of the time as those traditional alarm clocks do. The Wake-Up Phone also comes integrated with a camera and a radio, which are controlled by the shortcut buttons.

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Have you ever missed any important calls when taking a bath? Certainly we may break off to answer them, but that’s no way to make a lasting improvement. And presenting here is a water-proof phone that allows the users to take calls without leaving the bathtub. Based on the Bluetooth technology, Bath-Phone can connect with your cell-phone and therefore lets you to have a conversation while enjoying a bath.

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What could be more annoying than the sudden ringing sound or vibration during an engrossed work? Then the OC iPhone dock will be a better choice, alerting you quietly whenever there’s a call or a message. It just tilts slightly and drives the transparent screen float a bit. In that case, you won’t miss either important information or your concentration.

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Do you believe that the thin transparent touch phone could make accurate weather predictions and change its screen backgrounds to reflect real-time climate conditions? Incredibly miraculous, the display seems crystal in sunny days, foggy in rainy days and icy in snow days. Besides, it also highlights a convenient mode change that is simply switched as you blow your breath onto the phone.

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Oh, yea they do be gone as we get closer and closer to technology, landline phones are still being innovated to extend their extinction time. So representing to you here is a violin-shaped corded telephone, an elegant artwork that can still work as a housing decoration.

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A cell phone that supports your bad habit! With a cigarette lighter embedded in it, the bar phone has a heating element on its back to light up your cigarettes. It also features other common functions, including a bluetooth, an FM radio, a 2.4 inch display, a 1.3 megapixel camera, a Mp3\Mp4 player and the multilingual vision.

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Do you also have a dream that you could easily deposit checks in your cell phones? Well, the ATM supplier NCR Co. and the Mitek Systems Co. which majoring in moving-images have cooperated to make it come true. As long as you have a cell phone camera of two-million pixels, it’s rather convenient to deposit your checks into certain accounts by taking photos of them.