CUin5

Here is a preview of non.object CUin5 mobile phone. One of
many ideas
explored in the book, CUin5 was inspired by countless big
company design
specs that all outlined more or less the same thing: a
Œsuper-practical¹
interface with the all-too-typical feature set. But CUin5
pushes this notion
to the level of absurdity: How about a handset in which
every face carries a
keypad, microphone, and speaker? Imagine grabbing it quickly
­ from inside
your bag, from off a shelf, from under a car seat ­ and
freely interacting
with it without needing to turn it over or align it right
side up? This was
the line of thinking that over several years led me finally
to conceive of
CUin5. Whichever surface you touch first becomes active and
aglow, while the
others lock in place. Talk from a wide surface. Talk from
the edge. See
beyond its limitations and read the poetry between the
lines.

<http://nonobjectb
ook.com/CUin5/>

You be the judge, I'm just pointing. 

----
Ziya

"Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to
accomplish something."
Thomas A. Edison



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On 2/22/07, Ziya Oz <listeraearthlink.net> wrote:

> You be the judge, I'm just pointing. 

Can I judge the name? I'm sure it it supposed to sound like
"See you in five,"
 but it looks like kiddie 133tspeak.

Buttons on all sides? I certainly hope only one side can be
activated
at one time, or shut off buttons to prevent accidentally
hanging up on
someone  by pushing their fingers into the body of it. Seems
like it
would make more sense to have an entirely smooth surface,
with a
digitally appearing interface that gives haptic and aural
feedback
with varying sensations along the surface.

My 2¢.

-- 
Color me gone,
Dave Linabury (Davezilla)
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"We do not see things as they are, we see them as we
are."– Anais Nin

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Yeah, well... Designers will be designers... While it's fun
to get into
these little design circle-jerks from time to time, it gets
tiresome. 

Looks like self-promotion to me. One sure can have fun with
concepts
that aren't meant to be feasible, commercial, or usable.
Doesn't pay my
bills, though.

Antoine Valot  |  Senior Information Architect  |  INS  | 
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<http://nonobjectb
ook.com/CUin5/>

You be the judge, I'm just pointing. 

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