The Zypad WL 1000 is the first wrist-worn PC created by Eurotech Group. It combines the same features of a standard computer with a device that provides the convenience and ergonomics of a wrist worn instrument. Thanks to the high level of circuit miniaturization, the Zypad WL 1000 harnesses all the potential power expected from standard hardware and software architectures.

Weighing only 290 grams and shaped to the contours of the body, the WL 1000 can be worn comfortably on the user’s wrist. Its ergonomic design coupled with its easy interface (ensured by touch-screen functions and a mini keyboard) allow the user hands-free operation.

WT4000 consists of 3 devices :computer terminal, a barcode scan ring, and a hygienic arm-mount holder, this mobile computer can help warehouse workers to work efficiently to fulfill orders. No more fatigue because of oversize barcode scanner. Customers who bought this wearable computer have reported 30% increase in productivity after deploying WT4000.

Features and benefits of the WT4000 Series:
- Wide scanning range meets the needs of a wide variety of applications
- Flexible application support: voice-only, text-only and combination voice and text
- Run nearly any enterprise application with the powerful, high-performance platform
- 802.11 a/b/g WLAN connectivity provides up-to-the-minute information for more timely decision-making, fewer errors and greater customer satisfaction
- Rugged design ensures reliable operation in challenging environments and wide range of temperatures
- Ergonomic design provides all-day user comfort and worker safety
- Flexible scanning peripherals — works with the RS309 and RS409 Wearable Scanners.

The laptop dock is actually an LCD screen with a large space behind it where you slide in your laptop.

The laptops screen also acts as a secondary display, in portrait mode. It seems like an interesting concept.

The iRing connects to your iPhone or iPod via Blue-tooth and lets you control playback and volume.

The iRing features a bright OLED status display with touch-sensitive function strip, and a rechargeable battery life of up to 2 days.

It comes with its own cradle for recharging, this is a truly stunning concept

This funky concept device uses holographic technology, with everything including the mouse buttons being holographic.

This is a very sleek looking concept and maybe a glimpse at notebook PC’s in the future.

This is a great concept and lets hope we see something like this go into production in the future.

It features an interesting design, and comes with a 2.6 inch screen with a 240 x 400 resolution.

It also comes with a microSD card slot, a 2 megapixel camera and a battery charging station which lets you dock your phone directly.

This design revolves around the charger unit. The eye-catching opening in the middle fulfils two functions: storing the phone and charging it. On the one hand, ETNA fits onto an adapter which is plugged directly into an electrical socket: the phone is charged via induction and an illuminated, colour-coded ring on the charger adapter shows the respective charging status. On the other, the mobile charger adapter is used to “hang up” the phone, lending the mobile phone a permanent place in the apartment or office. With the help of the charger unit ETNA can easily be incorporated into daily tasks and routines. Hanging the mobile phone on the charger unit becomes a daily ritual, similar to hanging keys on a key hook.

If you’ve ever had a mobile phone die on you due to water damage – such as a colleague of my who accidentally dropped hers into a glass of water – then theFujitsu F103i mobile phone could be exactly what you’re looking for.

Stated as having been in development for three years, though the F103i is by no means the first ever waterproof cell phone, what distinguishes this phone from its predecessors is that it has dispensed with the bulk usually associated with waterproof phones – boasting a thickness of a mere17.9mm. Not only that, but the F103i manages to be waterproof without scimping on a reasonable feature set as it boasts a 2.2 inch QVGA screen, a 1.3 mega-pixel internal camera and microSD expandability.

Capable of being completely submerged to a depth of 1 meter for up to thirty minutes the F103i is not exactly going to become de rigor for the scuba divers amongst you but for those that like to take calls in the shower or the bath – or for those who have a habit of dropping their mobiles in cups of water – the up and coming F103i could prove to be an ideal investment.

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Although we have featured a few mobile phones on Thoughts from the Sidelines which have boasted particularly stunning designs, this phone, which is presently only a concept, is a definite head-turner in its own right. And, personally, if this was available on the high street I would be certainly one of the first in the queue.

Referred to as the Black Box, the entire front surface of the phone comprises of a touchscreen that dynamically adapts to the mode required. If you want to make a call, a keypad is displayed, if you want to take a photograph the entire face of the phone becomes a viewfinder.

One of the problems associated with mobile phones as they develop further to take on a host to supplemental roles – how many mobiles merely offer just a phone facility these days? – is how to offer a simple means of navigating the wealth of functions available to the user in a fashion that is not only simple but also intuitive whilst minimising the level of clutter on the phone itself.

The Black Box concept phone - a proof of concept developed by BenQ-Siemens - is an elegant solution to the problem in that the phone is able to adapt fully to the task in hand and therefore offers complete versatility without needless over-complication – and in that, the Black Box touchscreen concept is sure to serve as trailblazer in future phone design.

Glossy Goodness - Sample Black Box Touchscreen Modes
(Calculator, radio, phone and camera)

Of course one of the byproducts of using a touchscreen for user input is that the phone will offer little in the way of tactile response to keystrokes - after all, there are no actual keys. One obvious method to get round this would be to offer a brief audible response to such inputs but, either way, I can’t envisage the lack of tactile response as being something that would keep potential customers at bay - not when the phone looks this good.

If this is the future of cell phone design - and it is virtually impossible to genuinely believe that it isn’t - then the future looks extremely promising

Asus Aura, produced by Hungarian design company Egy Studio for Taiwanese vendor. It was clearly inspired by iPhone, although it has some interesting innovations addressing commonly mentioned shortcomings of Apple’s cellphone. Features of Asus Aura include - a sliding Qwerty keyboard that should make text entry much easier, 3,9 touchscreen covering the whole surface of the phone, 2 megapixel camera, microSD memory card slot, GSM, UMTS, HSDPA, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity. All of this in a 6mm thick package.

The bracelet vibrates slightly when it receives messages, then you can easily take it off from your wrist and press the keystroke which looks like a diamond. To pick up or make a telephone call is just that easy. The whole process makes your own personality outstanding and looks very elegant at the same time. Although looks ordinary, the bracelet has plenty of functions. In addition, have you ever imagined the impression of listening to MP3 played from bracelet When you join a party, just show your special bracelet to your friends!

Darklabel | Retroxis - As far as mobile phones are concerned, there are certain inevitable desires such as dimensions, weight and style. Retroxis reflects a retro approach towards design with clean aesthetics, optimum controls and functions. It is encased in high polished polycarbonate renowned for its lightweght and toughness and the invisible OLED display silently hides away when inactive to make your phone look clean and stylish.

Darklabel | Revol - The idea of Revol is to portray it as a stylish timepiece. As such, the conventional hour and minute hands are replaced with revolving disc. The clock face is sculpted in a slight cone shape to give it more dimension. Main frame is encased in polycarbonate with a gloss finish while the strap is of matt silicone to give it a nice contrast. Numeric markings are removed to reinforce its simplistic style.

Pei-Hua Huang is an Industrial Design grad of NC State University. “What You See Is What You Get” is Huang’s latest concept project. The purpose of this project is to look for farther possibilities of future cell phones. With the 50mm equivalent camera module, this cell phone no long depends on the screen while taking pictures. By using the transparent frame as viewfinder, “What You See Is What You Get.”

Today’s range of phones leaves a lot to be desired in terms of design, the aim of the game being to cram as many functions as possible into a lumpy box of endless buttons.

The S-series however steps back from this approach and sets off in a radically different design direction by combining sleek, sophisticated styling with top quality materials all put together in a compact package, to make the whole experience of looking at and owning the phone just as pleasurable as using it.

The phone is aimed at people who want to stand out and make a statement, without compromising on features. Designed in such a way that almost every key feature, from using the camera to making and receiving calls, is easily operated without the need to flip out the keypad and waste time.

In the 21st century, humans can not live without Technology. However most gadgets are cold and lack vitality. The missing element is something called “evolutionary possibility”, a way to add a more abstract humanistic approach to how electronic gadgets are used and grow. Currently people already enjoy the many functions a singular device has but if that device could some how evolve in a natural, esoteric way, the gratification from using those functions would increase.

The EME designed by Shao Wei Huang takes that approach in designing a mobile device queued for video, music, and gaming. A dual screen setup is used in tandem to fit whatever function is currently being used. One screen is embedded on the outer shell. The other slides out from underneath. Used singularly, the shell displays functions for calling and basic manipulation of data such as contacts, photos, etc. Sliding out the second screen lets you access secondary data. Turning the whole unit sideways turns it into a portable Gaming Deviceable to mimic any control scheme via touchscreen.

The “evolutional” aspect comes from th EME’s ability to expand its feature set if the user shares his/her experiences with other EMEs. That could be in the form of videos, music, or games. By doing so, bigger speakers would unlock and slide out, the screen may even become higher-res. The idea is to encourage the device’s evolution by exposing it to as many experiences as possible.

No one can deny the power of 2. Two heads are supposed to be better than one. The number 2 is the smallest prime number and the only even one. It’s also the most divisible number. If that weren’t enough evidence, 2 is the number of DNA strands that make up the double helix structure. The common denominator here is the number 2 denotes cooperation and that’s where the Duofone concept begins.

The Duofone looks like any other slick concept but this time, it’s not about megapixels, or screen resolution, or even smartphone abilities. It’s about putting two of them together to combine their screen real estate. It’s about sharing each other’s battery power if one is low. It’s about increasing its abilities when paired with its partner. It even looks like a couple in bed when docked to its charging cradle.

It is a soft mobile phone concept. The phone is encased in a flexible plastic housing. A soft polymer insert is located between the microchip module and the casing. You can drop it, bend it, sit on it, toss it around, and give it to Naomi Campbell to throw at her assistant without detriment.

A flexible display (a 2,75-in. diagonal, a 433 × 266 pixels) and the keys are located on the surface. The display itself looks like paper, but the ink incorporated in it can change its position when affected by electric signals. This process called “electrowetting” is so quick that you can even display video. And it’s not a fairytale technology either. The display was developed by Robert Hayes and Johan Feenstra. They better patent that ASAP.

Anytime I can get one of the best lyrics from the B52’s into a blog post, I’m there. I’m not just pulling this out of thin air tho. This multimedia device is called the Lobster and if you squint really hard, the segmented pieces sorta look like a lobster’s tail.

It’s composed of an LCD screen that acts as a base for a multitude of media modules. By snapping those modules on, you further extend the Lobster’s features. The cool thing about the segmented design is it makes a perfect arm band, that is if you add enough modules. Sneaky huh?

It pretty much goes hand in hand, buy a new phone, get a new case for it so said phone doesn’t end up looking like it went thru a doozy with Dizzy Devil. So two guys from two different design studios decided why not make a phone that’s rubberized, able to withstand the nicks and digs of life. The result is the SaY phone.

The shape is simple. It’s a brick but at least it’s a thin candy bar style brick. The body is totally rubberized in a bright color - you know, for all the hip people. The keypad is slightly angled for better ergonomics. On the rear is a 4-megapixel camera and a pair of stereo speakers made to comically poke fun at how animators denote a dead cartoon character. Hmm I kinda want one and then I kinda don’t.