Intermec CS40 walks the work / play tightrope, WinMo 6.5 threatens to knock it off
Even phone holster users (don't be shy, we love you) have every reason to shy away from using most of today's ultra-rugged business handsets from manufacturers like Symbol once they clock out for the day -- they're just too beastly, and typically, they trade every last ounce of ergonomic credibility in an effort to be as bulletproof as possible. That's a problem that Intermec is looking to tackle head-on with the new CS40, a phone that makes few reliability concessions while stepping down to a true smartphone form factor (and if you look closely, you can even see some hints of style in there). Just how rugged are we talking
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: concessions, corners, flair, intermec, keypad-variants, mobile, phone, quarter, windows-phone, windowsembeddedhandheld, windowsphone7, winmo6.5
Sagem and Puma tease with a glimpse of the Puma Phone M1
Sagem and Puma 's presser isn't until tomorrow, but they were kind enough to allow us this sneak peek at what exactly they're up to here at MWC . From the corners and sides it's pretty evident that the Puma Phone M1 is a touchscreen affair and sports a large solar panel on its rear side
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: colors, corners, mobile, mwc, panel, panel-on-its, presser-isn, pretty-evident, puma, result, sagem, solar, sports, sporty
See Fabian Hemmert and his amazing, shape-shifting cellphone prototype (video)
Cellphones, whether they be smart or dumb , are pretty amazing things -- but they're pretty lifeless things, too. Design researcher Fabian Hemmert thinks that our gadgets could move us a little more if only they could, well, move.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: corners, devices-giving, fabian, fabian-hemmert, gadgets, Gravity, heartbeat, possibilities, pretty-lifeless, prototype, researcher, Shape, shows-off-some, tedxberlin