Ever wondered where mobile phone technology is heading? Well Nokia have given us a clue with its latest concept phone the Nokia 888 designed by Tamer Nakisci, who has already won “The Nokia Benelux Design Awards” and now is a jury member of Apple iCan 06. This phone is Nokias’ answer to LG’s Prada phone and the new Apple Phone.
The phone is designed with flexibility in mind, allowing you to wrap it round your wrist or in fact any part of your body it will fit round.
Some other key futuristic features:
• Liquid battery
• Speech recognition
• Flexible touch screen,
• Touch sensitive body cover
• Color can be changed along with the shape of the phone
March 07 saw the launch of the world’s most exclusive laptop by Luvaglio. Full spec details have not yet ben released but we know it has a 17” widescreen LED lit screen with a specially designed anti-reflective glare coating for clear and brighter image, 128GB of Solid State Disk space and a slot loading Blue-Ray drive. There is an integrated screen cleaning device and a very rare coloured diamond piece of jewellery that doubles up as the power button when placed into the laptop and also acts as security identification.
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Rohan Sinclair, CEO of Luvaglio said: “Unlike many of the highly priced products being released, we took our time to develop something out of the ordinary with real attention to detail. “
“I didn’t want us to simply re-house a laptop into a diamond studded casing, or diamond encrust the entire thing simply to make it expensive. We’ve put thought in from the keyboard down to the power charger. There is an integrated screen cleaning device and a very rare coloured diamond piece of jewellery that doubles up as the power button when placed into the laptop and also acts as security identification. We have used diamonds elsewhere but have given them purpose.”
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Looking for a musical instrument with a difference? Why not check out this $250,000, 22 ft key-board which featured in the 1988 film Big.
According to FAO Schwartz:
“This world-famous piano attracts thousands of spectators to our stores in New York and Las Vegas. Now, for the first time, you can take the music home. Play “Chopsticks,” or any other tune while dancing over the 22-foot long keyboard as it lights up with each step. Then learn to dance like our professionals with a private one-hour session from Matt Williams, the FAO Schwarz choreographer. Delivery and installation included. 22’ L x 8’ W x 6” H”
For a little bit of cool luxury, check out the Nimzy Vibro Blaster.
Quite simply this tiny little gizmo sticks to a window, wall or any other flat surface using it to produce vibrations or sounds as per a conventional speaker. Ingenious ehh!
Whilst this technology has been used before, the Nimzy Vibro Blaster is the first to produce a reasonable sound quality, in a very small package.
The maker says that “it’s frequency is 220-10,000 Hz,” which isn’t too bad, but don’t expect Bose sound quality!
Due to retail for around $132 (£71).
You have the ultimate luxury sound system or TV system but you don’t really want the big, bulky speakers spoiling your decor. What do you do?
The answer might be to buy some SoundArt speakers.
Described as:
“One or two canvas speakers, sleek subwoofer box, your choice of picture and, of course, your choice of music. Transform your interior with stylish canvas art speakers and make cumbersome traditional speakers a thing of the past. No complicated set-up, just hang on your wall, plug in your music source and enjoy the space around you. From music to movies the audio options are endless. Almost any audio source can be played through your Hi-Fi, iPod, DVD, CD or use the output on your AV system.
Unlike thicker, conventional box speakers, which essentially push air, SoundArt speakers generate a natural acoustic sound through vibration, in the same way a note from a solo violin fills a concert hall. With SoundArt, there are no moving parts, the canvas becomes an integral part of the sound board.”
By all accounts the sound quality is excellent and the standard artwork isn’t bad either! Retails for £1,999 ($3,698).
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