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holydevil27 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-24-2006, 05:36 AM

The 888 concept from Nokia Concept Lounge transcends conventional design and allows you to morph into any design you wish, roll it, bend it, clip it, whatever.

I think specs are peripheral to the topic here. We have all seen great innovation with Nokia’s phone designs especially with the Nokia 7280 . the Nokia Concept Lounge features the 888 Concept which is a lightweight communication device with a totally flexible form factor. What does that mean? you can roll it, you can make it a wrist band, you can straighten it, however you want it. The site mentions use of liquid battery and flexible touch screens for the concept. Lets wait and see, when Nokia picks it up and I would have it in my hands.

Nokia’s wrist phone concept “Strapup” designed by Aki, features a breakthrough design and a brand new way to interact with a cellphone. The phone is not just a communication device but more a means of what I would call “programmed” self expression, where the device adapts and communicates based on your moves, rather that vice versa.

Nokia has designers all over the world working on churning out new and breakthrough designs for a new generation of cellphones. Their goal is to lead a paradigm shift in the way we work with cellphones in our day-to-day life. The Nokia Wrist Band Stratpup Phone concept delivers just that.

The “Strapup” designed by Aki, is a wrist wrap device that allows you to attach a move or posture to a “theme” or “logo” on the device. The theme is stored with an attached custom behavior in case the associated move is initiated by the user. For example, a move of shaking your arms could be attached to your mood of hanging out with your buddies, that could essentially trigger a stored SMS with party venues around, to be sent to your circle of friends via E-mail. The concept is what they call “talking without speaking” inspired by old Indian movies where fire and smoke was user for signalling war.