Nokia 888 communicator concept phone

Now, you're not going to see this in stores any time soon. But if you'd like to get an idea of what Nokia thinks the future of communications will look like, take a look at the Nokia 888 communicator, a concept design that recently won Nokia's Benelux design contest. The bracelet-like 888 is envisioned to use a liquid battery, feature speech recognition, a flexible touch screen, and a touch sensitive body cover. A video showing off the device's potential features shows off close to a dozen functions, including an alarm clock, PDA, GPS, phone, push email receiver, digital wallet and, of course, jewelry. And, other than the "liquid battery," we can actually see this in the not-too-distant future. Just give us some full-color E-ink, flexible OLED displays and inkjet-printed circuit boards, and we're almost there.

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[z iz 4 zigma @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

Ah, but does it run Linux?!

[Chapoopa @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

Can you say high tech "slap braclet"?

[Alex @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

That sounds like a beautiful phone and expensive to behold. I wonder if we could actually get a good view of the of future of the freaking network that they'll work on.

[dan @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

Wait - is that little white strip the concept phone? (Looks like one of the recliners by swimming pools.) If it is... I personally think it's sexy. Although I have no clue where the functions are located, it still looks good.

[jake @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

much like the nokia 2650 and 2652, nokia designers need to stop with the maxipad look, it's just bloody awful (pun intended)

[Psiven @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

Pass. Jack-of-all-trades never work.

[rick gregory @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

Yeah, but when will it be on T-Mobile...

[Coolz0r @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

http://conceptlounge.nokia.be/eng/index.asp?&audio=1 is worth checking out. So you can see all other great ideas...

(for instance : The Zond is amazing!)

[http://blog.coolz0r.com/posted/these-thoughts-on-the-future-of-mobile-communication.html]

[Takashi Yamada @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

More information can be found here http://www.yankodesign.com/product_info.php?products_id=512

[Takashi Yamada @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

More information can be found here http://www.yankodesign.com/product_info.php?products_id=512

[Coolz0r @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

It's a fraud. Really. I knew I'd seen this before !!! The concept is stolen from NEC :

http://blog.coolz0r.com/posted/nokia-concept-lounge-theft-of-an-invention.html

[Samuel Lago @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

Well I submitted mine, the Lolly-Com phone. If it gets approved!

[Linksys @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

very interesting concept. If ever released it will probably not ever make it to the U.S until years after the rest of the world looks at it like old news.

[Adrian @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

Maybe they should try to design a decent pair of headphones first!

[alize @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

Can you say high tech "slap braclet"?

[celerysword @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

liquid battery? I love the idea of highly corrosive fluids strapped to my delicate neck.

[Rohit @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

I have done a little research on this concept.
I think Nokia 888 is using OLED (Organic light-emitting diode) concept. you can find more information about it on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED
... njoy the future

[Sanjay @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

How do we type in the numbers

[angelic smiley @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

will it really come out for market.. kinda hard to believe.. where are the functions located?..

[ALeK @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

Futuristic but improbable, where does the sound would come from this sheet-sized device? I can't see any space for any i/o audio device, unless it is developed by using nanotech, which can't be excluded, but would raise the market price of this item way too much for an average customer, even in the next ten years. Anyway, if it would be a little thicker I think, there wouldn't be any problem, till someone invent some sound emitting oleds of course.

[Andy @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

I've seen many ideas even from such a modern company as nokia years ago, yet today we don't seem to have any of them in our homes. For example: house of future presented in London, 10 years ago we all saw refrigerators suppose to buy us food over internet when we run out of it. As we see today, we still don't have this tehnology in our owns. That is my vision.

[Mike @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

I love nokias envison of the future.

[MrFloppy @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

Sexy and cool.
I saw Vodafone's vision months ago too:
http://www.vodafone.com/flash/futures/index.jsp?bandwidth=hi&lang=0

[Jazzay @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

5 bucks says someone will get it to play DOOM within a week

[PhilJ @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

Dammit, Jazzay beat me to it.

But yes, I'm very excited for another product which won't come out in my lifetime. (It's cool, though)

[tpp @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

It's not really Nokia's vision of future, just some design student's. These things will never be manufactured.

The winning entry though is great. It might look like a maxipad, but the idea of changing form is awesome. I hope someone comes up with a real product that functions something like that.

[ALeK @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM]

Futuristic but improbable, where does the sound would come from this sheet-sized device? I can't see any space for any i/o audio device, unless it is developed by using nanotech, which can't be excluded, but would raise the market price of this item way too much for an average customer, even in the next ten years. Anyway, if it would be a little thicker I think, there wouldn't be any problem, till someone invent some sound emitting oleds of course.

[franklin herbert @ Jan 5th 2006 6:44AM]

shuks...!!!..really stunning...a phone that everyone would love to hav i guess...what about charging it??.....and does it have a camera??.....better be one...coz now..phones are out with a 2.megapixel cam...neway..hopin to c it in the market....very soon...