Mike Temporale
01-28-2005, 06:15 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://laptopmag.com/Features/Mobile-Design-2005.htm?Page=2' target='_blank'>http://laptopmag.com/Features/Mobile-Design-2005.htm?Page=2</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The Petfrog is a modular device that can function as a PC, a PDA, a portable media center, a communications device, and even a karaoke machine. A touchscreen provides an all-purpose control surface for an intuitive user interface, and the modularity allows users to buy and carry only the functions they need. Using technologies available today, the Petfrog could reach production within 2 years."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Temporale-20050128-PetFrogDesign.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />Laptop Magazine has an interesting little article on where mobile design is heading. One of the items they look at is this PetFrog device, which appears to be a radically new approach to mobile device. Imagine swapping out different elements of your device. It could be a portable media center, mobile phone, and PC one day, and the next day it could be a PDA with karaoke and a mobile phone. The web page above also has a link to an interview with Hartmut Esslinger, co-CEO of Frog Design. So what do you think, is this a device that you would be interested in using?