Concept BlackBerry devices have proven popular of late. We’ve featured a number of these including the BlackBerry Q40 in the past. The latest is the BlackBerry L by Andrew Zhilin. It design merges the squarish look of the BlackBerry Passport with a sliding and rotating keyboard. http://vimeo.com/103222712 Specifications of the BlackBerry L are not provided but it could well use […]
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Concept Sunday: Solar-powered CityCharge for our public spaces
While smartphones and mobile devices have improved in leaps and bounds over the last few years, many of us still face one challenge on an almost daily basis: Will my mobile device last through the day or run out of juice when I need it most? The quest to find a power outlet is one that repeats itself countless times […]
Concept Sunday: Leather smartphone brings flexible to Windows Phone
Following up on his entry-level Nokia Lumia 330 concept, Jonas Daehnert, better known as Phone Designer, is back with a higher-end device that shows the true promise of flexible devices. As the name implies, the leather smartphone is made of leather and other flexible components (display, battery, etc). The Leather Phone’s look is very reminiscent of the faux-leather back that Samsung […]
Concept Sunday: Nokia Lumia 330 with Windows Phone Starter
18,000 employees were not the only casualty Microsoft announced last week. As many had expected, Microsoft also killed off its recently acquired Nokia X line of entry-level smartphones powered by a forked version of Android. Microsoft will instead focus solely on Windows Phone. But can Windows Phone devices hit the low price points seen with some Android ones? Even the Nokia […]
Concept Sunday: Nokia Lumia 830
An alleged image and a render of the Nokia Lumia 830 surfaced earlier this month to give us our first glimpse at what could be one of three new Microsoft smartphones coming fairly soon. These inspsired Jonas Daehnert, better known as Phone Designer, to come up with some concept images of what appears to be the Nokia Lumia 820’s successor. […]
Concept Sunday: Blocks modular smartwatch
Modular smartphones could be a reality as early as Q1 2015 thanks to Google’s Project Ara. Inspired at least in part by the Phonebloks concept, the ide of modularity is now spreading to other mobile devices. The latest is the Blocks modular smartwatch. The concept is very much the same as it is for modular smartphones. A range of modules would allow […]
Concept Sunday: Apple iPhone 6 with wireless charging base
With Apple now widely expected to launch its iPhone 6 in late summer or early fall (with an announcement in early September perhaps?), our latest Concept Sunday edition returns to that much anticipated smartphone. Vishal Bhanushali is the latest to come up with a concept based on the latest Apple iPhone 6 rumours and leaks. Called the iPhone 6 Pro, it […]
Concept Sunday: The Qwerkywriter vintage keyboard for your tablet
Most of the devices featured on Concept Sunday will never see the light of day for any number of reasons. It’s a different matter for the Qwerkywriter, a mechanical keyboard for your tablet that was inspired by the typewriters of yore. The Kickstarter project is nearly funded and could soon be a unique (cyberpunk?) accessory on your desk. The Qwerkywriter […]