Concept Alienware Android phone makes our brain, hands hurt
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Feb 16th 2008 3:22PM
posted Feb 16th 2008 3:22PM
[Thanks, Julian]
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The ugly! It burns!
It's a also a chick repellant.
On the contrary, it's ribbed for her pleasure.
You have to admit. It would be pretty awesome if you were 10.
i agree, why does everyone think alienware make stylish hardware. it's so complicated and this silver/blue thing looks awful. since when do aliens look cool?
the brand name Alienware gives them so many cool possibilities and all they can come up with is a cell phone that looks like their computer case?!?!?!?!
pathetic!
Looks like someone's been watching too much Metalocalypse.
The chances for this going into production are about as good as HTC providing the TyTn II with decent directdraw drivers
Oh my god, that has to be the ugliest thing I have ever seen. Jesus Christ.
Let me knock it down to 2nd for ya.
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/02/linus-torvalds-apple.jpg
Has anybody ever noticed that Linus looks like what would happen if you took Balki and Cousin Larry from "Perfect Strangers" and put them both into the teleporter pods from "The Fly", thus ending up with one super-dorky dude with bad fashion sense and a bolo tie?
He's one "Don't be ridiculous" away from freakin' me out.
Yeah, but if I met Steve Ballmer in a dark ally, I'd never recover.
At least Torvalds knows how to make an OS that works.
They're speed holes...they make the phone go faster.
Now we just need some flaming stickers!
I'll take 2 please!
No.
Maybe if this was a case design instead? (Without the slider thing)... I mean.. such a big screen (scaled up to the size of a PC case) would actually make sideshow, etc more useful, no?
...
Still no.
"under no circumstances should the slider have physically painful ridges digging into your hands during use" How many of you grip your 2 ounce cell phones like a 30 pound dumbell as this reviewer ovviously does? If something that only weighs a couple of ounces is digging into your hands then the problem would be the person applying the pressure to the phone, not the phone.
It's a mock up.
No reviewer was injured in the writing of this blog entry.
That is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen. All these companies are trying to compete with apple and iphone. I really hate that stupid term "iphone killer". Everyone uses that stupid term. There is no such thing. Just give it up. Who the heck is going to buy that?
Same sort of people who purchased an iPhone. Or, in other words, people who prefer looks/hype over substance.
How the hell did you manage to bring iPhone competition into this!? It is a mockup designed by someone unrelated to Alienware or Dell.
Read the article and cool down, Appleboy.
Carbonize, there are plenty of people who don't need much substance within their phone, just something they like the looks of that makes phone calls. I'm not one of them but once upon a time I worked for O2 and at least 50% of people just wanted a PHONE.
@Chebwa - Maybe you should heed your own advice and read the actual article - "To add to the excitement there have been rumours recently that Dell and Google are on the point of making a surprise announcement at the 3GSM World Mobile Congress with speculation growing over an iPhone-challenging mobile device."
@Raheem - My point was that the iPhone is all show and little go. It's camera sucks, it cannot do MMS, it cannot do video and they try to tie you to a provider of their choice. I was not referring to people just wanting a basic phone but people who buy an iPhone are not after basic phone, they are after hhmmm god knows what they are after. Possibly they think owning an iPhone makes them look cool.
The way he worded his comment implies he is referring to the image above, not the content of a rumored Dell handset.
"That is one of the dumbest things I have ever seen."
Carbonize, I own an iPhone. I've never before owned an Apple product, was under no illusions of what it could/could not do, simply find it a pretty device that does what it says. I agree, it should not be limited to one network but I was on a pretty hot O2 contract already so a jailbreak and a sim swap meant it was easy enough. Let me stop justifying my purchase and make my point. Perhaps that's how iPhone users are viewed where you're from, but I've never experienced the negativity you associate with it.
@carbonize
Your saying this has looks?
:P
@Carbonize
You may disagree with the "official" carrier-lock and yet to be implemented features of the iPhone, but such an idiotic expression as "all show and no go" is just plain wrong. First of all the iPhone literally has some of the best system hardware on the market. It has a 620mhz Samsung ARM11 and a great 3D graphics co-processor. The SDK will be out in a few days and will provide for some excellent applications. I'm also sure MMS and video recording is in the works and will surely be released in the following months. As much as it bothers a lot of us, Apple does indeed take their time to get it right the first time. As much as I hated the iPhone coming out on EDGE (as I've been using 3G EVDO with verizon for a year) it did make sense given that their buddy AT&T has UMTS in about 3 places in the entire USA. Now that they are working hard to roll it out more, and tri-band 3G chips have down in price and energy consumption, it makes sense for Apple to bring a 3G phone out in the late spring or early summer.
For those of you who constantly bash on the iPhone, I suggest you actually TRY ONE, because you are certainly missing out. It's your loss.
phone grill lol
The same guy made a gPhone mockup a while back. Who cares?
Is this a joke?
the grills are waste of real estate. It's like a Hunday of phones.
Yes, it is in fact a joke.
YIKES
The sad thing is: you know, there's people who'd actually buy it.
THIS IS NOT ANYTHING TO DO ALIENWARE!
It is mock up by dialaphone, who are a mobile phone retailer in the uk. Its amazing how many people don't read the articles. Its merely a blog post by someone who works there.
It even says on the bottom of the drawing!
Yeah, it's just an article written to get users to their site and buy their crap, and the sad thing is, the "blogosphere" fell for it sinker, line and hook...
your right, this is not anything for alienware to do
I think it looks awesome. You can tell instantly its Alienware (indeed I thought it was a 2D front shot of a new case coming out) and it has a unique styling. Since the American phone market up until about last week was all same old same old(The X1 / Modu may be set to change that a bit.) its nice to see some original designs in the market. Sure the styling won't be for everyone but those who likes Alienware styling will love this phone. And no offense to the writer, but how hard do you grip your phone? I mean unless you're a day trader or police officer or some other sort of high tension employee-- I can't see a scenario where the phone would hurt your hand (except situations where you wouldn't notice/care about that (emergencies)) and I'm sure there have been less aesthetically pleasing devices in the world then this. Even if you don't like the design yourself, you should at least be able to see that it is in true Alienware taste.
((Haven't read the article, but did read the comment about the article being misinterpreted. I am mainly commenting in the sense of "If this was real then..."))
Thank you.
Good day.
Remind me not to have you decorate my home.
8800 rip-off!
completely and utterly fake to a point in which its hilarious
it WILL play doom!!
Alienware meets Gillette Deodorant!
and, iPhone (Someone had to say it) ;p
Finally a hetero iPhone!
Looks like the Murderphone from Metalocalypse
"Night-time minutes start at 11? God, that's brutal."
It hurts my face! :(
In case you are wondering, had Engadget had a headline for this story that read how cool and sleek this phone is, the lemmings would have falling right in to line.
Anybody that likes the phone is just to scared to say anything.
No money goes to microsoft.
No money goes to apple.
If you gave it to me, I'd use it.
I suppose if it were sharp enough you could use the phone as a weapon.
This looks like something my son would love. He is 8.
To me it looks like something from Babylon 5, maybe it is based on Vorlon organic technology...
Alienware computers are hideous enough as it is, no need to transfer that horrible design over to a phone...
It would look pretty smooth if it were just the screen part, and then it was a slider.
The scary thing is, some people would actually buy this.
if u dont think thats a good looking phone... YOUR CRAZY... ofcuz id rush out and buy this baby in no time... well as long as it has decent features and isnt 2 overpriced
This is the kind of design I liked, then I turned 8.
As I became more into fashion/design, stuff like this is kind of laughable :/
its not laughable... ill bet anyone any amount of money that the second u whip it out of ur pocket ur gonna hav a small cround around u... the phone just looks mean... its diffrent 2 the "norm" its kinda lk the Iphone... its OUT THERE so people will buy it ... and people will admire it if u can afford 2 have one... im sure if they take this out the lighting on the thing will change as well... ie red if low batt... blue if standby... green wen on call... etc etc.... the possibilities of such a design are definately endless and i for one would love to see a computer company come out with a phone as out there as this one again... [apple already did it... and boy did it pay off...]
Guy: Step out of the car sir, theres no time to explain!
Driver: What the hell?!
Guy: I work at area 51, DO I NEED TO SHOW YOU MY PHONE? GOD DAMN IT!
Driver: wtf ... your badge!
Guy: *Shows Phone anyway*
Driver: *Hands me the keys*
THE ALIEN WARE PHONE!!!!!
Alien dildo.
without a QWERTY keyboard and wifi, the android platform is wasted.
I'd use it. It looks like something out of a scifi show. I'm into scifi. Is it spring loaded? Do the colors change?
Where are the stickers to make it go faster? Sweet zombie Jesus that things is U G L Y!
It probably has multiple chassis fans that glow blue too so your cell phone can look fresh while it's overheating.
I'm not fond of Alienware computer stylings, this is even worse.
I prefer something a little more minmalistic and contemporary
I actually like it... I wonder why...
I think that looks awesome.
The render on the concept sux thats all.
Do you really think alienware will make somthing that look that bad??
In my head, I'm seeing some douchebag talking on this thing and wearing a pair of Oakley Rokr Pro sunglasses.
FUGLY!
I guess I'll go with the obvious ones:
It uses the new molecular acid batteries.
The sales people are spider-like creatures with long tails, that leap out of leathery eggs, wrap themselves around your throat, and cram a 3 year service contract down your gullet.
"molecular acid batteris"... Well that would actually be a step back from Lithium Ion.
It helps if you've seen the movie Alien. It had "molecular acid" for blood. It's also the creature that inspires Alienware designs.
Tough crowd. Tough crowd.
One word: Deathklock
Nice Fu... Mock Up.
Just seems to be missing on important feature... a mike.
Great phone design... if you're planning to sell it to 5 year-old boys.
Awesome idea, just kill those looks.
is this for real, honestly??? if it is,looks like they're pushing the alien shiet to far now
DOES NOT WANT!
Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!
looks like the predator's penis.
That's a fistful of ugly...
ummm... dethphone anyone?