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PPD Helix

Juniper Foo | Feb 17, 2005

Giving the French the stiff upper lip, the neighborly Brits were spotted at the recent 3GSM World Congress in Cannes unveiling the Helix phone. Still in concept mode, the Helix aspires to raise the bar on clamshell mobiles by being a total multimedia appliance. It will pack at least 20GB of storage space, an OLED display and a 5-megapixel camera. Of course, the Koreans in the next booth must be sniggering since Samsung already has a working 5-megapixel camera-phone out on streets, not to mention being first to market with a hard drive-based mobile. The Helix does, however, feature a unique screen design which swivels on a 180-degree vertical axis when open--something yet to be seen on any phone--though we won't be too surprised if the Koreans steal the thunder again.

See a graphic representation of how the screen swivels

Price: N.A.
Availability: End 2006 or early 2007, under PPD
Device: Camera-phone
Basic specs: N.A.

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Motorola-Oakley RAZRWire

Juniper Foo | Feb 16, 2005

Motorola has been keeping strange bedfellows of late. First it was sporting goods manufacturer Burton for Bluetooth-enabled jackets, helmets and beanies. Now the US company has jumped into bed with Oakley. The impending result: Bluetooth-ready sunnies fancily named RAZRWire, though looking far less sleek than its RAZR V3 namesake and not as fashionably integrated as Oakley's music-jiving Thump. Still, four-eyed Asians who fancy true handsfree operation, particularly while engaging in outdoor sports, can check out the RAZRWire when this hits shelves in the later half of the year.

Click to see side profile

Price: N.A.
Availability: Second half of 2005
Device: Bluetooth-enabled sunglasses
Basic specs: Lightweight frame made of O-Luminum, XYZ Optics for razor-sharp clarity, choice of three frame colors