Design Cues Archive

  • The Nokia N8, Nokia’s new flagship phone, is official

    The Nokia N8, Nokia’s new flagship phone, is official

    Posted on April 27, 2010 | No Comments
    Every year, like the swallows returning from Capistrano or the tourists returning to Disneyworld Paris, Nokia releases a flagship phone. Sadly, the boatwrights at Nokia haven’t dropped a winner in nigh on three years now and, if early reports are to believed, their new N8 is not looking seaworthy. The N8 looks like the Motorola Devour [...]

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  • Is this nice looking browser really Internet Explorer 9?

    Is this nice looking browser really Internet Explorer 9?

    Posted on April 1, 2010 | No Comments
    Seeing as today is April Fool’s Day and the source of this pic is some random Chinese site and it looks great unlike previous versions, let’s tread carefully here, m’kay. But that pic is supposed to be a IE 9. The overall design clearly follows the same design cues found in Windows 7 Mobile: sharp lines [...]

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  • Electrical vehicle concepts running rampant

    Electrical vehicle concepts running rampant

    Posted on February 24, 2010 | No Comments
    Couple of things to talk about, Honda just announced that they are going to showing off an electric concept vehicle, and a Hungarian company is making a concept car that's capable of splitting in to two separate vehicles.

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  • Acer Ferrari smartphone coming this March to handle your mid-life crisis

    Acer Ferrari smartphone coming this March to handle your mid-life crisis

    Posted on February 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Is your iPhone or BlackBerry not cutting it anymore because everyone and their mothers have one? Acer hears your cry to be unique and to be viewed as being classy and high brow, so the company has partnered with Ferrari once again to design a new smartphone.

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  • TiVo Premiere leaked by manual mix-up?

    TiVo Premiere leaked by manual mix-up?

    Posted on December 30, 2009 | No Comments
    It's about time that TiVo outs some new hardware and it looks like it might be sooner than later. The TiVo HD and HD XL have been sitting atop the companies mast unchanged for sometime now, while other DVRs like the Moxi keeps the updates rolling. But a little manual mix-up might show what TiVo is prepping to launch. The story goes that Patrick McCarron upgraded to a TiVo HD and discovered that his box included a TiVo Premiere and Premiere XL setup guide. Now that's a little interesting because as far as anyone knows, those products don't exist. But from what we can make it, the info on the unannounced products seem to follow a evolutionary path from the current models.

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  • CrunchGear in China: Shanzhai Market

    CrunchGear in China: Shanzhai Market

    Posted on December 11, 2009 | No Comments
    The cellphone market in Shenzhen is like a flea market where everyone is selling the same thing. If it looks like an iPhone, it’s here. There are hundreds of models, hundreds of odd names, and hundreds of people arrayed along the inside of a huge room. There are four or five floors of this mess. [...]

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  • Motorola classes it up with the Android-powered Sholes

    Motorola classes it up with the Android-powered Sholes

    Posted on July 31, 2009 | No Comments
    Alright Motorola, I’ve got to hand it to you. After seeing the Morrison rock that DayGlo Playskool look (and let’s not forget that hideous black and purple Rival), we were all a little worried that all you guys had forgotten all about a little concept called “subtlety”. Alas, as it turns out, our fears were [...]

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  • The Culinary Watch: Usable in Hell’s Kitchen

    The Culinary Watch: Usable in Hell’s Kitchen

    Posted on June 29, 2009 | No Comments
    This is an odd duck. A company called Morpheus Watches has just released the Culinary watch, a $400 quartz piece with 41.5mm case and design cues that come from high-end cookwear.
    . The Culinary features a concentric circle texture on the dial, calling out the same relief found in fine cookware. The shape of the case itself resembles a skillet, and the crown and pushers are formed in the style of high end oven or cook top knobs.

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