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A Look Towards The Future of Cell Phones

Posted by admin on Jul 18, 2010 in Articles | 0 comments

As with all technologies, there is a push from handset developers to constantly bring to market innovative new designs that will greatly appeal to consumers.

Finnish handset giant Nokia introduced a concept device they dubbed “The Morph.” The Morph, still very much a concept device with no intended plans to manufacture or release, takes mobile smartphone devices miles beyond what is currently available on the market today. The Morph would take advantage of nanotechnology to incorporate a wide variety of uses into one device; from the standard features of voice, and data to the more whimsical features of being able to analyze the air quality and possible contaminants on the food you are about to eat. The Morph would not just be a unique device capable of a large variety of functions; it would also serve as a unique and stylish accessory. The Morph’s design would make it capable of being physically manipulated to change its form factor. It could be stretched out into a device with a full sized QWERTY keyboard, making it easier to communicate. It could be folded up into the size of a credit card for easy storage; and it could even be folded to be worn on your wrist as a watch. As already mentioned, this device is very much a concept phone. Nokia, currently, has no plans in the works to develop this concept into a viable marketable device. However, several of the features discussed in the concept will be slowly incorporated into devices that will be developed over the next few years.

Other handset developers, like NEC and BenQ have released information about their own pliable concept phones; their concepts do not incorporate all of the same technology the Nokia Morph has, but they’re still very interesting designs.

With the release of the Apple iPhone several other handset developers have followed with their own touch screen smart phones capable of providing users with the same features and technology they’d expect from the popular iPhone. With upcoming handset releases users can expect to see more touch screen technology integrated along with the continued ability to use mobile phones for more than just phone calls. As more functionality is incorporated into the devices, users can expect to see dramatic changes in the designs of the phones; larger screens, fold out keyboards, and a move towards handsets without buttons.

As consumers feel the urge to “Go Green”, mobile phone developers are going to take this into account and start changing the way they build their handsets. The elimination of toxic components is the first start towards going green with the inclusion of more recycled components into the handsets. The plastic casing of mobile phones can be made, in large part, from recycled and renewable materials. Developers are also going to start to make the move towards increasing the battery life of phones while developing phones that use less energy to gain a full charge. Nokia has already built into their phones an alert that will let users know when their phone is fully charged, urging them to disconnect their phones.

There are so many directions the mobile phone industry can take us in it is hard to pinpoint exactly where the technology is going to take us. However, what is certain is that the future of mobile phone technology is a bright one full of possibilities as innovative handset makers and wireless carriers take steps to not only make our lives easier with better communication devices, but take the steps needed to ensure the technologies keep up with our demands.

Sony Cell Phones: Introducing The Aspen “green” Smartphone

Posted by admin on May 15, 2010 in Articles | 0 comments

Sony Ericsson Cell Phones is set to release their newest phone and really a first of its kind. It is a smart phone with a green conscious. The phone is in line with Sony cell phones new push towards more environmentally safe products while also being a smart phone that will help the company reestablish itself as a force in the mobile device field which is becoming increasingly more simply a field of smartphones and little else.

The Sony Cell Phone known as the Aspen is a smartphone but which is made from recycled plastics, waterborne paints and comes in a smaller package to decrease CO2 emissions during the transportation process. It also has a an electronic manual to cut down on, no pun intended, on paper costs as well as optimized light sensor display which will allow the phone to consume less energy while in use. But these are just the green aspects, it also contains a rich feature set as anyone might expect from a smart phone in this day and age.

The Aspen Cell Phone runs on the new Windows Mobile 6.5.3 platform which will give users the ability to open and work on Microsoft Office files at their leisure. Users are always only a click away from browsing the internet, checking on Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and other social networking sites. Additionally the Aspen offers a 2.4 inch touch screen display, a full QWERTY keyboard, Bluetooth capabilities, Wi-Fi and host of excellent features.

The phone is part of the Sony Ericsson “GreenHeart” initiative in which they said they would be actively exploring and implementing green technologies whenever possible. This however goes beyond just being a green cell phone, the Aspen is a green smartphone, something that is a total rarity today. It is this innovativeness and initiative that will help give Sony Ericsson the necessary push which they need to come out a winner in the smart phone industry, an industry that is becoming increasingly cutting edge and is always highly competitive.

So while many companies focus on one or the other (green or smart phone) Sony Ericsson Cell Phones has taken it upon them to combine the two without jeopardizing the standout qualities of either. It is a truly remarkable thing and it is great to see the industry becoming more and more competitive, creative and innovative while never losing site on the consumers needs and the as well as the environments.