Designers are asked how they can design products that utilize the technology while remaining meaningful. Yun Liang’s scroll cellphone takes its inspiration from how traditional Chinese paintings are unfurled.

When not in use, the display neatly rolls into the tube. All numeric key functions remain tactile running along the side of the scroll as opposed to touchscreen. This makes it possible to use without having to unroll the screen. You would only do so when accessing media and data. Awesome.

Designer: Yun Liang

(Via Yanko Design)

Here comes the iPhone real rival, introducing HTC Touch phone – just like the name, it’s a touch screen phone just like the iPhone. The navigation is thru HTC TouchFLO™ and 5-Way navigation control. The 3D navigation thru touch screen is just revolutionary, something even an iPhone doesn’t have. HTC Touch has Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 2.0 megapixel CMOS color camera, Built-in microphone and 3-in-1 speaker, and an expansion slot for microSD™ memory card. Unlike the iPhone, HTC Touch uses Windows Mobile® 6 Professional!

There is no date on the launch just yet.

For more information, visit www.htctouch.com

Looking forward to buy a Nokia N95? You may want to wait for the upcoming Nokia N82, projected to be released by Q4, 2007.

Unlike its predecessor, Nokia N73, Nokia N82 is not a slider phone but a candybar phone that almost resembles a Sony Ericsson phone. Despite its size, Nokia N82 packs a lot of amazing specs include quad-band GSM, HSDPA, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, Wi-Fi, GPS, TV-out, FM radio, microSD, front VGA camera, 5-megapixel back camera with Carl Zeiss lens and auto focus, and will be running Series 60 3rd edition.

However, there is no news of the price yet.

Full Specifications:

• Dimensions: 112 x 50.2 x 17.3 mm
• Weight: 120g
• Memory: Up to 100 MB in-build, support for hot swappable MicroSD card (1GB in-box)
• Talk time: GSM: 280min, WCDMA: 180min
• Standby time: GSM: 270hrs WCDMA: 250hrs
• Main Display: 2.4″QVGA 240×320, 16M colors
• 5MPix, Autofocus, up to 20 x digital zoom. Real Xenon flash. Integrated camera protection
• Secondary camera: CIF

(Via Ring Nokia)

I have to say even though it is not as good as the PC version, it is quite addictive. However, it takes quite forever to be able to reach a new level, i.e. you have to get to know a person until “Friends” level before it opens up to let you know a new “Sim” person. It is the same for getting a new job and upgrading your home.

The main purpose of the game is to get your Sim a better life, which include a better job with higher pay, a better home and so on. The routine part is to make sure your Sim to meet the needs which include “Food”, “Toilet”, “Sleep”, “Wash/Shower”, “Communications”, “Entertainment”. If one of these become “red”, your Sim won’t go to work or do any activity which include communicate with friends, working out or upgrading himself / herself. Therefore, it is important to make sure these bars are maintained at a high level at all times. Likewise, your Sim needs to go to work in order to earn your “Simoleans” (Sim money) so you can buy the necessary equipment and to upgrade your home. As your Sim improves his / her skills, he / she will get a better job with less working hours and thus able to do more things around the house. Like the PC version, your Sim will have a choice to talk, gossip, being friendly (i.e. Hug, Peck, Clean Joke, Dirty Joke), being romantic (i.e. Flirt, Cuddle, Kiss, Sleepover) and being in a relationship (i.e. Move in, Move out, Propose, Divorce). And at all times, besides the “Need”, your Sim will have a list of “Wants” in which you can take your time to fullfill. Sometimes, your Sim would want to tell a Dirty Joke, sometimes he will want to divorce. So, it’s kind of funny albeit fun.

Overall, the game is fun and is worth the MYR 8 I have paid for. Maybe like the game, we all should always remember to fuel our needs (Food, Toilet, Wash, Sleep, Communications and Entertainment) instead of working too hard every single day. Guess that’s a great lesson to learn from a game. And don’t remember to get “Friendly” with your friends (i.e. Hug, Peck, Tell a clean joke, Tell a dirty joke) every single day.

To download the game (in Malaysia only), you can either:

• Download from Maxis Malaysia web site >>
• Download from Maxis Malaysia WAP site >>

Download from Maxis Malaysia WAP site

1. Go to Maxis WAP Portal from your phone (make sure you have WAP/GPRS subscribed)
2. Select “Games”
3. Select “Enhanced Games”
4. The Sims 2 is usually under the “Top Games”, if you can’t find it, you can find it under “Strategy/RPG” Genre.

• a 5 megapixels camera with Carl Zeiss optics, Tessar™ lens.
• a digital music player that supports MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA/M4A with playlists and equalizer
• a video recorder with MPEG-4 VGA video capture of up to 30 fps
• a stereo FM radio and visual radio
• a voice recorder
• an e-mail client with attachment support for images, videos, music and documents
• a web browser with mini map
• a built-in GPS device
• a 3.5G phone

Furthermore, it supports Flickr, YouTube, microSD memory card of up to 2GB and more! It’s heavenly!

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The interface looks flawless

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