This week Softbank announced their deal with Apple to finally bring the iPhone to the planet’s cell phone mecca, Japan. In the wake of the announcement plenty of naysayers have come out of the woodwork claiming Japanese consumers, who are supposedly accustomed to more advanced features, won’t flock to the device. But history and Japanese geek passion proves this notion to be false. The latest example comes from Japanese designer Isamu Sanada’s vision of what he calls the “iPhone 2.0.”
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There is soon to be a flood of new mobile phones to hit the street using Google’s new open source Android OS platform. RKS Design consultants of southern California have just introduced their entry into this soon-to-be-ubiquitous mobile platform with this “Mimique” design. Touting its ability to be easily customizable, and looking very much like a Treo with an iPhone touch surface, this phone concept deserves some attention, but I can’t help feel that they really failed to find a unique aspect. What do you think?
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