Strech it…bend it…Future Mobile phones from NOKIA

Nokia and the University of Cambridge are showing off a new stretchable and flexible mobile device of the future called Morph.

The new concept phone is part of an online display presented in conjunction with the “Design and the Elastic Mind” exhibition underway through May 12 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The device, which is made using nanotechnology, is intended to demonstrate how cell phones in the future could be stretched and bent into different shapes, allowing users to “morph” their devices into whatever shape they want. Think Stretch Armstrong for cell phones. Want to wear your cell phone as a bracelet? No problem, just bend it around your wrist.

Nokia says the concept device demonstrates handset features that nanotechnology might be capable of delivering, including flexible materials, transparent electronics, and self-cleaning surfaces.

“Nokia Research Center is looking at ways to reinvent the form and function of mobile devices,” Bob Iannucci, chief technology officer for Nokia, said in a statement. “The Morph concept shows what might be possible.”

Even though Morph is still in early development, Nokia believes that certain elements of the device could be used in high-end Nokia devices within the next seven years. And as the technology matures, nanotechnology could eventually be incorporated into Nokia’s entire line of products to help lower manufacturing costs.

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Mobile Search – counterpart of Desktop Search on Mobiles

Pace at which a lot of desktop applications are moving to mobile phones, soon it would be imperative to have a ’search application’ on mobile phones which can search your mobile they way search is carried in desktops.

A company called Nuance offered a free trial to attendees of the Mobile World Congress last week that allowed you simply start typing a query in using T9. It automatically searched your entire phone for that content, be it a contact, file, image, application, etc

 Windows Mobile lets you search for some content using T9 in a way similar to the new software from Nuance, called T9 Nav. But it’s not as thorough as T9 Nav is. Unfortunately, T9 Nav offered only a temporary beta trial, and won’t launch until later this year. On top of that, the software is limited to Symbian-based mobile phones.

It would be a lovely feature especially to people who have got high end feature packed mobile phones.

MTNL launches Mobile TV

MTNL subscribers in Delhi having unlimited plan with GPRS enabled handsets will now be able to  watch live TV on their mobile handsets.

Initially, MTNL customers will be able to watch seven TV channels till the commercial launch of the service, which is slated for April this year.

Five of the seven TV channels are free channels; users will have to pay a minimum of Rs 50 per month to access these on their mobile handsets. As regards the remaining ‘paid’ TV channels, customers will have to pay the necessary amount per channel.

MTNL Executive Director, A K Arora, said out of the 15 lakh-odd MTNL users in Delhi, nearly 25,000 have GPRS-enabled mobile phones.

For customers to be able to watch live TV on their mobile handsets, the handsets must be GPRS-enabled; supported by Symbian operating system (OS); having a minimum phone memory of 2MB; along with Real Player application

With NOKIA in your hands….no need to ask for instructions while you Drive or Walk!!

NOKIA has launched Nokia Maps 2.0 beta

Drive – is NOKIA’s new and beautiful car navigation feature.

Walk – It lets you find your way in the city when you are on foot

I can see some other killer application of these Maps 2.0 for example location based & relevant marketing.

Rollable LCD screen for mobile handsets

Polymer Vision Ltd (www.polymervision.com) has developed a rollable electronic display. Please visit the above link to peep into the future of mobile & laptop displays. A nice video showcases this innovative technology.

Polymervision was founded in 2003 and has 26 employees.

The display can be rolled out to a greater size than the actual mobile device itself. It has lower power requirements than an LCD with backlight and is easy to use giving a paper-like viewing comfort.

Once the user has finished, the display can simply be rolled back into the device. For example, a 5 inch display can be fully rolled up within the thickness of a standard mobile phone

This innovative technology can give big boost to Mobile TV and other such applications requiring bigger screens.

InfoGin connecting Internet world to Mobile world

 

I personally thought of developing such a product myself which could reformat internet pages automatically so that it can be viewed on any mobile easily without compromising the web’s richness or the mobile device functionality. And here I found this company which has been trying to do and has done it already.

Infogin’s IMP (Intelligent Mobile Platform) uses a format that supports all mobile devices.

 Web editing tools, powered by InfoGin Markup Language, lets providers create new mobile web content optimised for any mobile device.

The user can view Web content which is designed for the small screen. The technology also provides easy navigation and the ability to browse quickly.

InfoGin has been reciepient of several prestigious awards such as -

Deloitte Technology Fast 50, 2007 most promising Israeli startup etc.

www.infogin.com

Solutions and services applications.

Founded in 2000 (Israel)

Number of employees: 60

Investors: Argoquest Inc.

Televison Reporter reporting through Mobile

How dramatically can this application simlify lives of ‘television reports’ who has to carry along so many eqquipments, a vehicle with satelite connection etc. 3G Mobile Studio is a software application which lets you, via a 3G handset, to become a ‘television reporter’.

You can send the images that you are recording to a studio and the application lets these images appear in a television programme live!

The 3G Mobile Studio can receive up to 6 streams at a time, saving them to a hard disc so that they can be used at a later stage if required.

It can also publish the content sent by the 3G handsets on the internet

www.createcna.com

Founded in Spain (2003)

No. of Employees (13)