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Next Generation Mobile Phone Concept

21 August 2006 by axxxr
Synaptics a leading developer of interface solutions for mobile computing, communications and entertainment devices, today announced the introduction of Onyx,a next-generation mobile phone concept. This concept device enables OEMs to visualize a fundamentally new form of user interface for mobile phones.

The new concept phone uses Synaptics’ ClearPad, an optically clear, capacitive touch screen solution, to create a fully adaptive user interface (UI).  The ClearPad input system eliminates the traditional mechanical keys found on phones today and dramatically adapts to present the information and controls a user needs at any given moment.

More intelligent than conventional touch screens, the ClearPad accurately recognizes not only points and taps, but also shapes, complex gestures, and proximity to the user’s finger or cheek.  This creates new possibilities such as assigning functions to two-finger taps, closing tasks by swiping an “X" over them, sending messages by swiping them off the screen, or answering a phone by holding it up to your cheek.  The prototype phone uses a dynamic UI, where applications are layered and opened simultaneously, allowing a seamless flow of information between applications.

“Mobile phones are no longer used just for making calls -- they have become a single access point for critical day-to-day information," explains Clark Foy, vice president of Synaptics. “The Onyx phone is a breakthrough illustration of how advances in interface technology and collaborative design will drive the future of mobile interactions and services."

The Onyx phone is the result of collaboration between Synaptics and Pilotfish, under the philosophy that hardware and software are not two separate fields, but interrelated parts of the overall experience of a product.  Utilizing Synaptics’ ClearPad touch screen technology & interaction design, Pilotfish created a cutting-edge user interface and industrial design model for OEMs to innovate upon.

“The real meaning of this product is about opening up the channels between hand, eyes, and device, and giving people access to actions and information in a way not possible with conventional buttons," says Brian Conner, leader of the design team for the Onyx at Pilotfish in Munich. “When carrying this out, we integrated the approach to designing product form and user interface, and started by focusing on the actions and experiences around the Onyx – the result is a device where the new interaction possibilities are supported and emphasized by the simple, clear form."

For more information on Synaptics and Pilotfish, visit www.synaptics.com and www.pilotfish.eu





Comments
On 28 Aug 19:58 Rotceh wrote
hey....what a cool remote control for my Tv, stereo, cable box, probably it'll control my lights too!!!!
--Hey man, is a phone
Say What??? :O

On 26 Aug 17:35 cowboy wrote
I like the idea... hope they did not forget the pratical side of a device...
On 25 Aug 08:39 Ithy wrote
This is actually kind of weak.. i mean, ok, it's supposed to be a prototype of a futuristic phone, but man, this looks like a car stereo, and the shape is just annoying... hope they have some success if they launch this, cause otherwise, "the leading" won't have anything to lead anymore..
On 25 Aug 01:05 WorldGroove wrote
That is the best phone I have *EVER* seen. I don't care if it works or not; I will gladly pay $300 for this.
On 23 Aug 16:37 BirdMan wrote
Maybe they should make a car stero face/phone huh....
On 23 Aug 04:55 Maffu wrote
wow...wicked concept =D i want that phone xD
On 22 Aug 23:35 1sefan wrote
simply beautiful!
On 22 Aug 16:27 Sarge wrote
Good advertising, already want it lol
On 22 Aug 15:52 nelly6602 wrote
Looks good but yes finger prints,that's the problem and the price is just 2 much
On 22 Aug 10:34 tom wrote
there are special coatings that prevent fingerprints on glossy surfaces being developed right now... so no worries there
On 22 Aug 09:29 MaximVoronsoff wrote
Not so sexy, but good looking one....
Medal for designers... Can you imagine how difficult is Software which should be written to make this gadget something more then just Multimedia Mobile?
Takes time.... And bugs... Bugs' life in product takes at least half-year... But who knows 3G came, 4G comes...

Meet this shit on the market for 2000$ :)
On 22 Aug 04:56 manfran wrote
it looks like a high-tech tv remote control
On 22 Aug 02:54 RENESIS wrote
The +: SExy desing

The -: FingerPrints.
On 22 Aug 00:15 etaab wrote
Far too simple in design, id get bored of its rather dull looks.

It looks like one of those touch screen TV remotes too. Not good.
On 21 Aug 23:32 M wrote
it's hot but it will cost much because of the technology & as "amnesia" said,I don't wanna talk about those nasty finger prints that will becam almoust an feature of the phone.....but it is a wannable concept
On 21 Aug 21:41 SpOOkY wrote
Is it OLED?
On 21 Aug 21:18 SAFRICANDUDE wrote
its nca!
On 21 Aug 19:49 amnesia wrote
two words.

Finger Prints.
On 21 Aug 19:17 ChrisMuenchow wrote
Well, let's hope this makes it to market. What a great looking product.
On 21 Aug 19:16 xanK wrote
it looks really interesting. no more dying keys and joysticks! the real concern now is gonna be to keep the screen clean from fingerprints. LOL
On 21 Aug 19:12 Ed wrote
Now that's all kinds of sexy

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