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JAPAN TRENDS - LIVE FROM TOKYO —
While some phones are making music down at the KDDI Designing Studio, the Ply concept phone from Hideo Kanbara might just be a step towards bringing the office with us.
Ply’s name is taken from the design of multilayered plywood, and each layer has its own very distinct function, ranging from a photo printer to game controller to mini digital projector.
This is of course a concept only, but in this day and age does it seem out of reach? With all the amazing games available on Japanese handsets, the controller layer is a definite ...
Japan's Ply Concept a Multilayered Fantasy Phone [Concepts]
Gizmodo —
... This phone, inspired by the multiple layers of wooden sandwich in plywood, is of multiple slider design. Inside, and separated by tabs, are a printer, projector, gamepad and sliding downward, a dialpad. It's as cool as it is impossible to build, and so KDDI labs should feel proud for making an imaginary device with so much character. [KDDI via ...
ply phone stacks a whole world of gadgets into one device
technabob —
... Of course, like so many fabulous things, this is still a concept. And of course, the Ply site, which has loads of pretty pictures is all in Japanese. (That is so my bete noire.) ...
Plywood inspires futuristic phone
Boing Boing Gadgets —
If you ever looked at a slab of plywood and thought, "I'd love a phone that resembled this," Japan's KDDI has you in mind. Designed by Hideo Kanbara, the conceptual "Ply" would put a different function in each of its six super-thin layers. On the top one, the display; in the next, a keypad; in a third, a printer. It would even crack open to reveal a miniature projector!
Product Page [Kddi via Gizmodo and Cscout]
Tabs Have Never Seemed so High-tech!
Yanko Design —
... Making sure to flex its concepting muscles, KDDI au just announced their PLY mobile phone concept inspired by sandwiched plywood. Each section is tabbed to core functions like a dialpad, keyboard, gamepad, touchscreen, pico project, and printer! Will it ever see the light of day? Hard to say. Miniaturizing some of those proposed functions seems beyond what science and technology can achieve now but never underestimate kooky designers and crafty engineers. ...
KDDI's Concept Phone with Tabs
textually.org —
... "KDDI's PLY mobile phone concept is inspired by sandwiched plywood. Each section is tabbed to core functions like a dialpad, keyboard". ...
KDDI ply phones
Japanese Gadgets —
... This new concept phone by KDDI is mind bogglingly uber cool. The phone simulates ply concept where each layer is stuck together to create bigger things like a cupboard. But this phone is not a cupboard mind you, each ply does make one phone but each ply stands for individual functionality; each layer has its own very distinct function, ranging from a photo printer to game controller to mini digital projector. If you want to check out PLY, run down to ...
KDDI's "Ply" concept lives up to its name
Engadget Mobile —
... As carriers go, Japan's KDDI au seems to spend more time than just about anyone dreaming up crazy concept handsets -- some of which actually go on to become production models (this is Japan, after all). Alongside those Yamaha-branded musical instrument ...
KDDI sorprende con nuevos conceptos
Celularis —
... El primero se llama PLY Phone y tiene un formato de pestañas deslizables. Esas pestañas permiten acceder a diferentes funciones, desde el teclado hasta la cámara, incluso tiene impresora y un proyector móvil, convirtiéndolo en un smartphone muy inteligente. La usabilidad es algo cuestionable en este concepto, pero nadie le quita lo “vanguardista” que es. ...
KDDI’s cell phone prototypes look great on the web but rather dull in reality
CrunchGear —
... I went to the so-called Ply Exhibition [JP] (which ended yesterday), made some pictures but actually left mildly disappointed. The phones (featuring built-in projectors, game controllers and tissue dispensers) look quite cool on the web (click on “Exhibition” on this ...
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