Nokia Aeon: The IPhone Nano You've Always Wanted

The difference is that if Apple were to do something like this they'd actually ship product and not just release a far-fetched concept.

I'll have to disagree with the rest of the commenters here.<p>These concept devices are useful the same way (as they essentially are) science fiction is. Inspiration and a focus on new ideas instead of implementation. Too much focus on the latter can distract engineers from solving higher-level user problems.<p>You just have to look at them more as sci-fi than vaporware.

I find there to be little value in designing without engineering constraints.

Also, it's a friggin HOVERCRAFT! And it shoots LASERS!<p>Guys, I think I should be a concept phone designer. I especially like how you get to talk about imaginary phones like they're real. ("So naturally, the whole surface is a touchscreen.")

Guy's whole portfolio of sketches is pretty interesting and worth checking out: <a href="http://petitinvention.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://petitinvention.wordpress.com</a>

It's cute how the phone includes Apple's modifier keys.

This is NOT a Nokia concept phone. This is a 'just a sketch' design by Mac Funamizu. You can see the originals on his blog here: <a href="http://petitinvention.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/just-a-sketch-mobile-phone/" rel="nofollow">http://petitinvention.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/just-a-sketch...</a> , where he links to the Nokia Aeon video on YouTube here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5jPtUym7oc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5jPtUym7oc</a> . Altogether, a nice phone but not connected to Nokia in any way as far as I can tell.

Concept phones are really fun to dream about, but they <i>aren't real</i>.

The author is clueless about the response time of E-Ink. Also, no one is noting that E-Ink achieves a lot of its power thriftiness by being a reflective screen, not a luminescent screen.