Top 10 concept phones

Mobile phones have evolved leaps and bounds in the last decade, and it appears that the next few years will not be any different.

We take a look at the top 10 most intriguing, innovative, and appealing concept phones on the horizon. Care to join?

The Google Chrome Tablet
The Chromium website has received a video from Glen Murphy, one of Google’s Chrome OS designers, revealing a tablet platform touting the Google name. If the video is any indicator, this iPad contender will be bringing some interesting features to the table(t).

For starters the interactive touchscreen keyboard has multiple layout façades including split, anchored, and attached to focus. Additionally this tablet will bring a very big fighting point in its battle against the iPad.

This Google Tablet will be able to multitask. Also, it will presumably not be operating with the micro-sim sin that apple has committed. With standards like multitouch, zoom, and a 5 to 10-inch screen, this Googlet will certainly draw a little enthusiasm from the tablet crowd.

Ovi Orion
Recombu has released a concept of a phone targeted for that much sought after demographic: hardcore mobile gamers. The phone, which was conceptualised with the Nokia name on it and under the moniker “Ovi Orion”, will have a game friendly user interface which will incorporate multiple gaming buttons on either side of the 4.3-inch touchscreen, all of which would offer tactile feedback.

It will also be Wi-Fi ready, leaving it poised to take on the big bite that iPhone has taken out of the mobile gaming market. This could be the platform that the good ol’ N-Gage was striving to be, but will Nokia deliver on this risky model?

NTT DoCoMo LTE device
NTT DoCoMo will announce its LTE handset prototype at the Mobile World Congress this month in Barcelona, Spain. The company, which is coordinating with NEC, Fujitsu, and Panasonic on this project, has been developing this LTE chip technology for over a year.

The chip is based on 3G technology and will supposedly be able to transmit data at an exponentially larger rate than previous phones could (actual figures are rumoured around 100Mbps). Analysts expect the phone to be on the market within the year, and say the handset technology will be widespread by 2011.

Shape shifter
Tired of the same old touchscreen wonderphone? Do you want more out of your mobile? Fabian Hemmert did, so he and his team of design engineers have collaborated on two phones that have dynamic and decidedly different properties to them. One model changes shape depending on its context of usage.

This means that if it is sitting in your pocket it will streamline itself to its smallest dimensions, however, if you are holding it in your hand it will taper itself to fit ergonomically in your hand by expanding and angling its back panel outward. The other model has the ability to fluidly shift its weight across an axis which spreads the length and width of the phone. The applications that these technologies may have is unclear as of yet, but they are certainly intriguing.

Synaptics Fuse
Synaptics hopes to break new ground with the introduction of its new phone the Fuse. This platform will have a full arsenal of sensors that will be used to provide users with a haptic touchscreen experience unlike any other.

The Fuse will have a touch sensitive back panel, touch and pressure sensitive side strips, and a cutting edge new touchscreen leading the charge on the face of the phone.

The idea behind the Fuse is seamless one-handed touchscreen navigation with out having to look at what you’re doing on the phone. Through a combination of touch, pressure, and tactile feedback, the Fuse will break new ground with this bevy of sensors.

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