Cube Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 Nokia have created an interesting concept for a new phone. It looks nice indeed. All the concept features can be read about here. Basically is a nanotech-heavy design so it's a strong-but-flexible card that can be bent into different shapes for different uses. It comes with an earpiece clip thing that has various uses both on the phone and off the phone. Unfortunately, the technology is said to become mainstream in 2015 so we have a while to wait. It still looks very nice. We'll probably see it in a lot of other things (i.e. medical & military technology) before then. According to Nokia the biggest problem is actually the battery. Concept video
Guest Jordan Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 2015? More like 2050. Nanotechnology is insane complicated. For example, nano fibres can store energy which comes from the Sun. Using the technology in such a complicate way is gunna take some time. Its extremely interesting and a sure way of things are eventually going to go once we finally stop using plastic and metal. It'd be pretty freaking crazy to see our current tech versus this stuff in the future
Shorty Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 lolwhut? Future much? I want flying cars first.
Emasher Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 By the time this actually comes out for the mainstream all costal areas will have been flooded due to global warming.
Mr_Odwin Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 By the time this actually comes out for the mainstream all costal areas will have been flooded due to global warming. Awesome. This kind of stuff just makes me think about how the generations after us will look at us and laugh at all the rubbish technology we put up with.
tapedeck Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 I'd like to see some of those features in current handsets. Surely handsets should come with solar charging as standard now. Calculators have for years, even if it's for calls/texts only. Emergencies if you will. And if phones had see-through fascias wouldn't changeable phone "covers" be easier to integrate (I guess it would just be like applying a wallpaper to your desktop). I know some of these functions are costly... I'd also like to see a chip and pin service on my phone (This has been trialled admittedly) so I just stick my phone into a card reader and it debits my card and I input the pin on my phone keypad. The phone wouldn't record the pin obviously. I know there are limitations to my ideas but phones need new ideas. It seems like devs are stuck on the "IT PLAYS MUSIC AND TAKES PICTURES COZ IT'S 99Gb AND 7 MEGAPIXELZ, TEH FUWTRE IZ ARS!!" mantra.
gaggle64 Posted February 26, 2008 Posted February 26, 2008 I'm going to be that weird old dude who still has his old "brick" from circa 2005 that even his work mates laugh at.
Aimless Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 I'm going to be that weird old dude who still has his old "brick" from circa 2005 that even his work mates laugh at. "You mean you have to use your hands?" "That's like a baby's toy!" By 2015 I expect to be browsing N-Europe through my contact lenses. Make it so, science; maybe then we'll forget this new millennium's suspicious lack of pill meals and flying cars.
killthenet Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 They may laugh at our technology in the future but we can regail kids with stories about being alive when the internet was in black and white and how it would only be on for 3 hours a day. "We'd log onto Let's Buy It.com and order half a pound of tripe and gas mask. Cheese burgers were a penny then."
Nintendohnut Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Lying to children of the new generation FTW! Four Yorkshiremen tribute (not quite the original, but still awesome) This phone looks pretty cool, but by then I expect to have something much better than a foldy screen. Maybe an implant in the ear to make calls, something like that. And a watch that can maybe display videos/holograms and pump the sound straight into your ear implant. Implants are the future, I tells ya.
CoolFunkMan Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 That's a damn awesome concept! I can't wait to see this come into fruition. Although 2015 seems way too soon for this kind of thing. It'll be interesting to see how Nokia can pull this off.
arab_freak Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 Why do they always show us cool stuff that will occupy our minds for years to come?
Jackster Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 It'll be really cool when this sort of stuff becomes common. As Jordan says it'll be quite complicated but don't underestimate just how many intelligent people are working on this kind of technology. 2015 seems realistic.
RoadKill Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 I don't get why everyone's drooling over it, some phones are already too fucking thin, I find them awkward to handle and press the buttons on.. this shit will be like holding a razor blade, not to mention it'll be stunningly costly
Nintendohnut Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 But by then the concept of money will be obsolete...so...yeah....shush :p (please note: this is a joke, no offense is intended)
RoadKill Posted February 27, 2008 Posted February 27, 2008 But by then the concept of money will be obsolete...so...yeah....shush :p (please note: this is a joke, no offense is intended) Haha, of course none taken, it's fairly hard to offend me :P
Nintendohnut Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 I was going to go with shut up but really didn't want to come across as serious and for you to get angry and shouty, because then I would have had to get my friend Mr Pointy out...and Mr Pointy doesn't like guests... (I have no idea. Don't ask) Back on topic! It's a nice concept and I like the idea of nano tech being used, but I seriously doubt the future will look like this. It's like the magazines from the 50s that you see where they sketch the home of the future with all sorts of crazy stuff that would never work/now seems stupid.
RoadKill Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 oh don't get me wrong, I'm sure it'll have uses, like that watch form is fucking awesome, and displays that thin would be sexy
ReZourceman Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 By the time this actually comes out for the mainstream all costal areas will have been flooded due to global warming. No probs. Says its waterproof.
McPhee Posted February 28, 2008 Posted February 28, 2008 No probs. Says its waterproof. pmsl (one green bottle, sitting on a wall)
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