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Here’s a simple solution to a pretty common cell phone design problem. Most sliders will have a fairly direct lateral transition when you open and close them, giving the phone an irregular and sometimes uncomfortable profile. Some of the more clever manufacturers, like Palm with the Pre and Sony Ericsson with the XPERIA, have been playing with curved sliding mechanisms, but it’s still only a half-solution. Designer Matthias Pugin coooked up these renders of a phone, the t02, that includes a proper second dimension of movement, resulting in flush sides when the handset is both open and closed. The pictures don’t show exactly how the mechanism would work, but I’m sure it wouldn’t be too hard to figure out.
[via The Design Blog]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
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