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yankodesign.com - 10/10/2008

A Phone That’s Not Afraid to Mess with Water

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Among the grievous wrongs done by touchscreen technology, the worst is its disregard for tactile feedback. Without the pleasant sensation of a button being pressed, we are woefully incapable of using any gadget without complete visual attention. This Nokia concept tries to right this wrong by ...

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mobilewhack.com - 10/12/2008

Nokia Phone Works With Water

— mobilewhack.com — Here’s a concept phone with has Nokia written all over it. I don’t think it’s the phone... we’re going to see next week since it proposes quite an interesting idea. As you can see it’s a phone that immediately makes you ... (more) Nokia Phone Works With Water

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Nokia Concept Phone Uses Water Feedback Technology
GadgetReview — Last time I checked, water and electronics don’t go so well together.  None the wiser though, Rune Larsen’s Nokia concept phone embeds a small layer of H20 just below the keypad with the intention of providing haptic feedback to the user.  And I thought Blackberry’s click screen was a stretch. One more pic after the ‘leap’ [Yanko] ...

Nokia Touch
Tech Blog — ... The Nokia Touch concept uses "a small pump to fill a substrate beneath the screen that gives our fingers something to feel and press." Click here for first picture in gallery. Without the pleasant sensation of a button being pressed, we are woefully incapable of using any gadget without complete visual attention. This Nokia concept tries to right this wrong. [via Yankodesign] ...

A Phone That’s Not Afraid to Mess with Water
textually.org — Spotted on Yanko Design, a Nokia concept phone by designer Rune Larsen: "Among the grievous wrongs done by touchscreen technology, the worst is its disregard for tactile feedback. Without the pleasant sensation of a button being pressed, we are woefully incapable of using any gadget without complete visual attention. This Nokia concept tries to right this wrong by using a small pump to fill a substrate beneath the screen that gives our fingers something to feel and press. Maybe now I can finally type out these posts while driving to work ...

Gorgeous Nokia concept phone just adds water
Mobile Mentalism» The best mobile phones from the best mobile phone UK site – MobileMentalism — ... is pumped out, making the screen completely flat. Not sure where the water goes though! Like all good concept phones, this is just that - a concept, and it's doubtful that it'll ever see the light of day. What's beyond doubt, though, is just how stunning this phone looks. If Nokia could produce a phone that looked this good, irrespective of whether it contains water or not, they'd really be able to give the iPhone a run for its money. [Source: YankoDesign]

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