Wednesday, May 14, 2008

New built-to last concept from Nokia, plus more

Today, Nokia showed off a trio of concepts, set to change the way consumers think about mobile phones.


First up – the cleverly named Wears In, Not Out concept – which basically aims for a phone to last five to ten years, as opposed to eighteen months, akin to a television, or a laptop.

Next – the Peoples First concept, this scraps the usual way we navigate through phone menus, instead it will work with what's known as Human Universals, allowing anyone, regardless of their native language, to use the phone. This is achieved by the menu consisting of one big list, which shows the phones history, so the user can navigate up, and down to call people, or activate features. Keeping the trend with Nokia's Eco Green philosiphy, the phone will be able to switch from colour, to mono screen, to save battery life.


Lastly, Nokia showed off a new charger – called Zero Waste, which aims to save electricity in the home. The charger will sport an on/off button,and it may offer a one hour charging time, and, the user's phone may tell the charger that it's full, and turn itself off.

Sony Ericsson P5 spotted once again

We've reported sightings of Sony Ericsson's unannounced P5 smartphone before, and can now show you more images of the device. From the images below, we can see a forward-facing camera, for video calling, a fast port connector on the side, M2 memory card slot, and five megapixel camera on the rear of the device.


The screen looks to be around 2.6”, and as you know, the P5 has the P1/M600-style rocker keyboard, although t looks a tad cramped, owing to the fact that it is not as wide as the M600, or the P1

Yahoo Go version 3.0 launched

Yahoo has released version 3.0 of its Go software, for windows-Mobile-powered smartphones. The User Interface has apparently been improved, to some degree, and their oneSearh feature has seen an improvement too. Version 3.0 now has support for widgets, and a Yahoo screen. Yahoo Go lets users connect to various Yahoo services, such as News, Mail, Maps and Weather. You can get the new Yahoo! Go 3.0 beta here.