Nokia Kinetic concept offers some ideas Nokia might want to heed
By Donald Melanson 
posted July 19th 2010 5:42PM
posted July 19th 2010 5:42PM
Cellphone concepts are a dime a dozen, but a couple of particularly interesting ones have cropped up in recent days, including Andrew Kim's HTC 1, and this so-called Nokia Kinetic concept from British designer Jeremy Innes-Hopkins. Obviously, the most eye-catching aspect here is that prominent base, which is not simply a design flourish but actually houses an electromagnet that allows the phone to spring up on cue -- when an alarm goes off, for instance, or during a hands-free video call (simply flip the phone back down to dismiss the action). It's also not quite as chunky as it might look -- Jeremy tells us that the top half of the actual prototype is just 8mm thick, while the bottom is 18mm, and he notes that the base also conveniently doubles as a more camera-like grip for taking photos. Of course, it is still just a concept, but it was done at the request of Nokia, and a former Nokia designer served as a tutor on the project, so there's conceivably a slim chance that some of the ideas might wind up in an actual Nokia product.
it also has a slide out spoon
that phone looks really cool but the kinetic function use really a useless idea
battery draining gimmick! novel yet not particularly useful unless ur deaf or can't the bright light of screen lighting up during the arrival of new calls.
I don't think this will be as practical as they hope. Imagine running home one day, dropping off your phone on the kitchen counter in a hurry, the phone rings, stands up and falls right off the counter.
Things like that may happen more often than not just because of circumstances. For instance, most people may remember to rest the phone in the center of the table or a counter, but the family pet may push it a little, a child may play with it and leave it near the edge ... etc
Make the whole phone as thick as that bottom part, and pack into that space enough battery for a ghz CPU to stream music all day, and a slider QUERTY if you don't mind, and enough RF to call from the moon. Oh, and throw in an AC power adapter like the old Nokias had, so it can double as a desk phone/MP3 player.
"houses an electromagnet that allows the phone to spring up on cue"... So what happens if you don't put it down on a metal surface? Electromagnets aren't going to work on a wood table or anything else that is non-magnetic.
LOL...erect-a-phone
I can't imagine the product when this is combined with Nokia software. @.@
Never gonna happen. I mean since when Nokia cares about design? Didn't they just explain that themselves?
@pika2000
statement 'function over form' doesn't restrict it to form or function while forgetting the another. Compromises?
nokia should up kim kardashian to market this.
the kim kardashian phone.
Reminds me of my Vizio TV remote control...with some extra batteries taped to the back...
if ur not producing designs with clean, sharp lines, you blew it.
remove the ugly chin on this thing for starters...
remember how antennas and fingers don't go along live old enemies? so.... electromagnets and antennas are like bitter exes that took your kids and all your money.
OMG a friend made a design like this for his graphics GCSE a few months ago
well done nokia, your design skills are equal to that of an average blonde 15 year old
KIRF version of this becoming available in 3...2...1
that shape is full of fail, no phone that asymmetrically large will ever become mainstream and this is not even news worthy
pop in meego, add a slide down landscape qwerty, and ill take 2 :D
Reminds me of this B&O remote which does the same:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/28/video-touchless-bando-remote-control-prototype/
As already commented, the shape wouldn't work in the hand or the pocket. Instead make the phone thin and have a dock/stand for the users desk that the phone goes into. The stand can have the chunky motor in that flips the phone up when a call/text/email comes in - that I would buy for sure.
I think Nokia' s desginers are a big fan of Engadget "borrowed" this idea from a Industrial Design Graduate form the Eindhoven University of Technology, Joris van Gelder. Very creative indeed.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/28/video-touchless-bando-remote-control-prototype/
However they forgot that you have to carry the thing with you and what is the fuction of this feature if it is in your pocket or your bag. User Centered Design anyone?
I don't understand it. How can a company produce such a sweet (and seemingly doable) concept, and still be in such a tough competitive spot? This looks amazing.
Love the design!! especially they make it like to rival a point and shoot camera. Wonder how it would feel in the hand. Hope it gets made....
I'll stick with my iPhone.