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Ureyesonly
24-09-2010, 02:56 PM
http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/seabird-concept-1.jpeg?w=615&h=461

Much as been made of the so-called Facebook Phone. While Facebook is still being vague about their ideas for this (but at least they?re no longer denying it), it seems likely that anything they do will be based on Google?s Android platform. And INQ may offer the first of these starting next year. But Facebook isn?t the only web company thinking about phones and Android. Mozilla is as well. Or at least, their community is. Today on the Mozilla Labs blog, they?ve unveiled Seabird, an Android-based concept phone built around the ideals of the Open Web.

The concept, created by Billy May, looks amazing. The shape is a little odd (sort of like an upside down raindrop), but it boasts an 8 megapixel camera, dual side pico projectors, wireless charging, and an embedded Bluetooth dongle. The dongle acts as both an earpiece and a controller for the phone. While the pico projectors allow you to display a virtual keyboard on a tabletop for typing.

Would any of this actually work? Who knows. Some of this technology is certainly a few years out. But still, as a concept, this is pretty great.

As for Mozilla actually making such a device, in a FAQ below, this is addressed:

Does Mozilla have plans to produce a mobile phone?

No. Mozilla produces Firefox for Mobile, the popular Firefox browser for mobile phone systems such as Nokia Maemo and Android.

YouTube - Mozilla Seabird 2D (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG3tLxEQEdg&feature=player_embedded)

notanotherone
25-09-2010, 03:53 PM
itll never beat mine

http://cdn.gadgetvenue.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/alcatel-lego-bricks-phone.jpg

Diablo13
25-09-2010, 09:33 PM
Quite the little designer in your spare time aren't you nao! ;)
I quite like that, looks very easy to use and needs no power! :roflmao:

notanotherone
26-09-2010, 12:54 PM
Quite the little designer in your spare time aren't you nao! ;)
I quite like that, looks very easy to use and needs no power! :roflmao:



if you get bored with it you can change it into a fire engine

Diablo13
26-09-2010, 09:51 PM
if you get bored with it you can change it into a fire engine

Now that's a useful app you won't see on any other phone!
You can charge people for taking a ride on it and whip it out quick if your house catches fire!
Beat that one Apple! :roflmao:

notanotherone
26-09-2010, 09:55 PM
i think im gonna buy one it will keep me amused when im on the bus ,wonder if i can make it do the shopping for me too ??