A concept MID from BenQ’s Qisda Creative Design Center has won a red dot design award. The BenQ Qisda QPD-111 MID has a 5-inch multitouch-capable touchscreen display and a large red “Hot Key” which, according to the design brief, would instantly trigger an internet connection.
Sadly just a design study and not something we’ll see announced at CTIA this week, this Nokia E97 Envelop is the work of Fabien Nauroy. Comprising a QWERTY-bearing outer casing, with an integrated basic display, the Envelop’s secret is a pull-out display pane.
First things first, we’re calling April Fools’ Day on this. Nonetheless, someone has gone to some serious Photoshop effort for this MacBook mini as featured in a Russian magazine. Purported specs include a 10.4-inch WXGA display, Intel Atom Z740 1.83GHz processor (with 1MB L2 cache), 2GB of DDR3 RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics.
The Nokia Aeon was an obvious concept even when we first saw it, all the way back in 2006, but according to a Dutch newspaper online retailer Bestelmaar.nl will be exclusively offering the touchscreen handset from next week. In what seems to be the run-up to an April Fools’ Day prank, both green and blue versions of the handset are listed for €799 each.
ASUS’ AIRO Fold/Unfold concept notebook – which was shown at CES and CeBIT – is headed for a launch in September or October 2009, priced at between $1,000 and $1,500. That’s the word according to ASUS CEO Jerry Shen, who is positioning the innovatively-folding ultraportable as a more affordable and economical PC version of the MacBook Air.
Ask architects Sschemata and designer Jo Nagasaka about the future of minimalist housing, and they’ll tell you it’s a big white box. A 3m-square cube called Paco, in fact, their all-in-one living pod that apparently has everything you (minimally) need to live, plus a big flip-up lid.
The story behind the Lenovo Pocket Yoga has emerged, courtesy of Johnson Li, Director of Lenovo’s Beijing Innovation Center where the first blurry images of the netbook were snapped. Despite what the images released earlier today might suggest, the Pocket Yoga is no new design but in fact a two year old concept.
Nikon didn’t showcase any all-weather tough camera at PMA 2009 this year, in fact, there isn’t one but a splashproof, basic sealing Coolpix S2 in the past. This tough Coolpix you about to see is a concept, a designer piece from Yakon Design by artist Camillo Vanacore.
Tokyoflash, better known for their bizarre, frustrating and alluring watches, have announced a design competition, the first stage of which calls for critique on twelve different Bluetooth necklace designs. Intended to link wirelessly to a cellphone and offer, at least, hands-free communication (either via an earpiece or speakerphone), the twelve concepts range from a Terrahawks-style sphere to a male/female design meant for couples.
All twelve concepts in the gallery after the cut
Snapped seemingly while being dragged through Lenovo’s offices in Beijing, this leather-clad netbook/ultraportable prototype bears a striking resemblance to the Sony VAIO P. Details on the device are scant, and it’s not even clear whether the prototype is functional or not.
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