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Over at MYiPhone, guest author Jon Hollander talks us through his Nalu concept phone idea.  An interesting twist on the clamshell format, the handset uses a specially-hinged control section to either show media controls or a QWERTY keyboard depending on which way it’s opened.

Nalu, which means “wave” in Hawaiian, obviously would depend on some pretty cutting edge technology, not least in the screen; that would have to be two panels, with edges as thin as possible to make the join appear seamless.  Jon is currently having a mock-up prototype of the casing made, and you can check out more pictures after the cut as well as a video of the Nalu design over at MYiPhone.

Nalu Origami Mobile Communicator [MYiPhone]