Nokia Morph

[Victoria]

This is cool.

Although as a watch-lover, with all that means to us, this innovative new mobile design which uses Nanotechnology...is anathema to me.

[FxrAndy]

how long before they break, every mobile i have had borke as soon as the garantee was up, i hate to think of how long or short that would last,

[takashi]

Jaws dropping... Better than what Microsoft Research has...

Hell yeah, I would say it will feature a "self-healing technology".

[KB]

Wow

And Andy in answer to your question I would say they will break at the time that they have been programed to break.

Ken

[Pugwash]

Jaws dropping... Better than what Microsoft Research has...

it ... doesn't ... exist ...

[TeeJay]

Absolutely awesome However. Battery life and other considerations might mean I might not actually use such a device.

For example. I can listen to MP3s on my phone, but, it drains the battery (quicker than just having it on standby in my pocket) So I use a seperate MP3 player.

But when I'm listening to my MP3 player, it drowns out the phone's ring tone, and I can (and did today) miss a call...

So, what option... Phone, or MP3 player?

This is the kind of 'inflexibility' which could plague such a device. While performing another function, it is incapable of performing the other. Example, you're using it in phone mode, and someone asks you for the time. You look at your wrist, but, there's no watch there, as it's being used as a phone Or you're doing some word-processing, and need to make a call. You can't just pick up a phone, you'd (most likely) have to save what you're doing, and re-configure the device... Flexible, but inflexible for the very reasons that make it 'flexible'

[Edit to add]

To answer the question about phone or MP3 player, my best option would be to use my phone as the MP3 player, and just keep an eye on the charge, and have a seperate MP3 player for use when the phone's battery needs conserving

Edited February 26, 2008 by TeeJay

[Pugwash]

Sheesh, if I showed cartoons about flying cars, would you be discussing their fuel consumption?

By the time Nokia even get to the proof of concept on this one, batteries will have the power of fusion reactors and we'll be telling our robots to hand-deliver letters instead of phoning people.

Jeevesbot, please deliver this missive to RWG, forthwith!

[takashi]

I know that it doesn't exist....

[Pugwash]

Example, you're using it in phone mode, and someone asks you for the time. You look at your wrist, but, there's no watch there, as it's being used as a phone

That's easy. "Dude, STFU. I'm on the phone!"

[Victoria]

That's easy. "Dude, STFU. I'm on the phone!"

Just for you, Mr. Humbug. Some pics of how the Morph may look like. Parting shots for the night.

MORPH Open Mode

MORPH Open Operating

MORPH Phone Mode

And the dread MORPH Wrist Mode

This might not be around until 2020, and even then, it might cost like a kajillion dollars to own, but DAYUM. Sweet.

[Pugwash]

Here's a picture of a Moon Bus:

Just as likely.

Here's a photo of what the view from the Moon Bus should be like:

[TeeJay]

That's easy. "Dude, STFU. I'm on the phone!"

I'll remember that for next time

[TeeJay]

Here's a picture of a Moon Bus:

One single to the Plato Crater, please

[Delicious]

Daaamn ....

[Delicious]

Daaamn ....

[ratchpot]

how long before they break, every mobile i have had borke as soon as the garantee was up, i hate to think of how long or short that would last,

If it breaks, the nanobots will fix it. Just like they do on the new Knight Rider car.

[Victoria]

Here's a picture of a Moon Bus:

Just as likely.

Leonardo Da Vinci's Ornithopter, 1490

B-2 Stealth Spirit, 1989

Imagination and fruition need not be contradictory. It just takes time.

[hiker01]

Absolutely awesome However. Battery life and other considerations might mean I might not actually use such a device.

For example. I can listen to MP3s on my phone, but, it drains the battery (quicker than just having it on standby in my pocket) So I use a seperate MP3 player.

But when I'm listening to my MP3 player, it drowns out the phone's ring tone, and I can (and did today) miss a call...

So, what option... Phone, or MP3 player?

This is the kind of 'inflexibility' which could plague such a device. While performing another function, it is incapable of performing the other. Example, you're using it in phone mode, and someone asks you for the time. You look at your wrist, but, there's no watch there, as it's being used as a phone Or you're doing some word-processing, and need to make a call. You can't just pick up a phone, you'd (most likely) have to save what you're doing, and re-configure the device... Flexible, but inflexible for the very reasons that make it 'flexible'

[Edit to add]

To answer the question about phone or MP3 player, my best option would be to use my phone as the MP3 player, and just keep an eye on the charge, and have a seperate MP3 player for use when the phone's battery needs conserving

What phone do you have, Tee? I have the RIM Curve and use the mp3 player for an hour everyday and it still last 3 to 4 days!

[TeeJay]

What phone do you have, Tee? I have the RIM Curve and use the mp3 player for an hour everyday and it still last 3 to 4 days!

A Cect P168+ I get about the same battery life out of mine, if not slightly better. However, if I don't listen to the MP3s at all, then the charge lasts a lot longer That said, when MP3s from a seperate MP3 player drown out phonecalls, then that's more a hinderance than a help. Fortunately, now my new headphone adaptor has arrived (allows me to use any headphones with the phone) I don't have to worry about missing calls while listening to my tunes

I guess all I was trying to illustrate, is that a multi-tool like the Nokia Morph (if it existed) would likely be more a hinderance than a help, as it would only be possible to do certain things at a time, which would rather defeat the object of it being multi-purpose, in that people would still require other 'tools' so they could do all those things together (if needbe)

Edited February 27, 2008 by TeeJay

[Dizzy]

Here's a picture of a Moon Bus:

OMG HA HA HA i just spit my pepsi all over my desk... that was good