solar powered smartphone

billed as being 'designed for humans', the third generation of the smartphone is slightly larger than its predecessor, featuring face, voice, and gestural recognition as well as new technology for sharing and media ...

designed for one-click access to common social networks and contacts, the device is nokia's first to run on the windows 'mango' operating system for smartphones.

frank nuovo, founder and director of design of vertu luxury smartphones, talks with designboom about the unique challenges of phone design, the importance of personal expression, and the ways his work reminds him of...

the thinnest smartphone yet produced, samsung's 'galaxy s ii' features a dual core processor and super AMOLED plus screen. with wifi direct and built-in 'hub' modules for e-reading, games, social networking, and mus...

with a slide-out playstation-style gaming console, the sony ericsson xperia 'play', running android 2.3, is the first phone designed and certified for playstation gaming.

expected in late spring, the 'chacha' and 'salsa' smartphones include a hardware facebook button and automatically sync with a range of facebook functions, all platformed on android 2.4 gingerbread.

the simple intervention looks to harness the potential of our current street infrastructure as a platform in which to give our mobiles and other portable devices a quick recharge.

six hours of sunlight provide eight hours of listening time for the portable dual-speaker unit, which streams music wirelessly from any bluetooth-enabled device.

composed of biodegradable corn grain, the device uses photovoltaic ink technology to generate energy from both indoor and outdoor light, including an internal battery and charging port for external devices.