Droolables

These mobile devices; The Google Nexus 7, Nexus 5 and Jolla are such beautiful things. We haven't had a chance to test them yet, so what could we do other than illustrate them in wacky ways. Such tasty gadgets...

Friday Art Experience: Ubuntu/Canonical illustration

This Friday we deliver an illustration based on one the top fuzz-makers in the mobile industry: Mark Shuttleworth posing in front of the Ubuntu Edge. Have a nice weekend!

LG G2 event illustrated nutshell!

"Innovation for the sake of innovation is old school"

The Moto X comes out

So the Motorola Moto X came out. All the hype for this day leaves the question: What's up with it then?

Video: MWC 2013 rockstars

The mobile industry boat is getting a decent rock after many years of dominance by the big two both in OS and hardware manufacturers - these of course being iOS and Android on the software side, and Apple and Samsung in hardware. Elsewhere than the top, many hungry players remain and new ones pop out with an ever stronger resonance now that innovation seems to be scarce for the market leaders.

Google Announcement Event presentations 24/7/2013

The magnificent Lifechannelable released the video above of the full Google Announcement Event that took place just hours before. The new Nexus 7 tablet was shown off alongside the ChromeCast dongle and new minor Android operating system update. Check it all out here.

The Moto X flick switch

 

The Motorola Moto X probably needs no introduction at this point in time. The upcoming smartphone that's been developed by Motorola and Google closely together is to be announced 1st of August. Until then the rumor mill rides on with some reinforcements we read about recently.

Video: Android design principles presentation

Google's I/O event this year hosted many interesting lectures, especially the one linked above. In the video, designers Helena Roeber and Rachel Garb discuss what are Android's design principles, what they mean in practice and where they originate from. The video is a fascinating peek at the methods these driven people use to achieve new standards in creating good user experiences.

PhoneSplurt already has already discussed Android's design principles alongside some of Google's competitors in this post.

Clever marketing tactics

Photo: Verkkokauppa.com

PhoneSplurt spotted a Facebook advertisement with a seemingly nice deal for festival participants this summer. A closer look at the actual products included in the package revealed something incredibly simple but amazingly clever.

A few looks at mobile handset industrial design

PhoneSplurt gathered here a few videos that look into how mobile handset companies handle industrial design.

Visual design principles according to mobile manufacturers

Following our last night's post about iOS, PhoneSplurt delved deeper into the software visual design ideals of different mobile handset companies. Below are a few fruitful links we found!

ADzero

This is an upcoming wooden smartphone, ADzero. The ADzero is marketed as "world's first bamboo smartphone" by the company AD Creative. Their webpage features several

photos of the product.

Bamboo occupies the most of the ADzero's exterior, while the operating system will be a modified Google Android known as ADAOS. The bamboo provides an extremely sturdy shell for the smartphone, since it can be even tougher than oak if processed.








Several people are currently working on the ADzero smartphone and it's launch is set to be around the end of 2012 or early 2013.
PhoneSplurt is super eager to test this phone when it pops out. We have great respect towards eco-friendliness and sustainability
since we are located in the woods.









PhoneSplurt also loves bleeding-edge mobile technology. We think that smartphone makers could take their arms race towards ecological aspects and pursue making the greenest smartphones ever. This would be very beneficial to consumers especially from our point of view.

After seeing the ADzero, PhoneSplurt is left thinking: 

What would be the lightest and most sustainable material to make into a smartphone casing?