Redefining Mobile Phone Businesses

A bit old. Sorry. Quite old. But still eye opening. These are the stuff entrepreneurs are made of.

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Cell Phone: Art and the Mobile Phone at Baltimore

The museum is the first US exhibit to showcase an entire collection devoted to the cell phone. The show, dubbed Cell Phone: Art and the Mobile Phone, features more than 30 international artists, from video great Nam June Paik to new media collective, Informationlab. The mix of programmers, mixed-media and urban artists highlight the impact of cell phones on everyday life. The exhibit, on display until April 22, shows off a mash-up of camera phones, videophones, global positioning systems, Bluetooth technology, ring tones and messaging tech.

WIRED did a coverage of the “cellphones turned art” show over at the Baltimore Museum. You can view the full gallery here and the full article here.

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The Blank OLED Phone: Ultimate in Phone Customization

This is the Blank, a touch screen OLED phone that is … well … blank. To facilitate the ever changing fickle taste in fashion and personalization, the Blank concept allows owners to use the touch screen as a slate to place their own custom designs.

The full coverage OLED has a number of other benefits over traditional phone screens as well, such as a much lower power consumption compared to LCD’s, a higher contrast ratio and the ability to customize the interface and eliminate unneeded functions from sight. When you want to text, bring up a full QWERTY keypad, when you’re dialing, only numbers appear on screen. The removal of a dedicated keypad also allows you to watch media in true widescreen format. [source]

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