Darla Mack just bumped in to this … thing I suppose I should call it.
This has got to be the craziest mobile phone design ever! It was designed by Jack Godfrey Wood, a student at St Martin’s College of Art and Design, on behalf of Nokia. The idea behind the “allmyfriends†bead bracelet design is that you create your own little personalised beads (in an “allmyfriends†booth) that you can hand out freely to all your friends. Once added to your bracelet you make a call by squeezing the relevant avatar-esque bead. When the call comes in, the bead on your bracelet will light up, and you can take the call using the accompanying ring, which includes a mic and also acts as a receiver, sending sounds up your cupped hand to your ear.
I’m not digging this at all! Blame the Y chromosome.