I'm quite possibly one of the only young Americans that does not have a cell phone and refuses to get one. I illicit some taunting remarks from my fellow work collages as I'm on the cutting edge of the information technology industry yet, I have no cell. I'm looking for something that is so amazing, that I MUST have it... I'll be honest, the iPhone came very close but, no cigar. I crave something as outlandish as the phones in Gene Roddenberry's "Earth Final Conflict" Alas, here is the Nokia 888 (concept) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G32JmZkRddc[/youtube] If it winds up having some of the same applications that one can use an iPhone for... done deal, sing me up... On second thought, sign me up anyway. http://www.nokia888.com/ Anyone else seen a phone this cool?
Wanna hear something funny/sad/weird ? I'm 23 years old and I've never had a cell phone nor do I plan to buy one...ever. It's not even that I live by weird principles and values or something like that. It's just that I don't have the need for one. And yes I have still a few friends left and I'm not even a virgin.
You know how you hear people saying "how about a phone that just works as a phone, that's all I need, forget these stupid bells and whistles, blah blah..." Well I'm the opposite. I look at cell phones as toys and I like the fact that they're becoming more like that. This Nokia concept looks interesting but I don't know if I'm a fan of the whole paper strip look. The around your wrist idea is pretty cool. I'd like to see more Pip-boy type concepts. Here's a different approach though that caught my attention: http://www.thedesignblog.org/entry/conduit-mobile-phone-is-a-creative-approach-to-mobility/
I've never had a cell phone either, and I'm almost 30... I hate talking on the phone to begin with, and leaving the house is an escape for me. Neat idea though.
Not interested. I'm still waiting for a computer gauntlet, once they make a good one of those I'll be happy.