Sometimes I pick up my phone and say to myself “Gee, this communication device just isn’t cryptic enough. It’s too user friendly and not enough like a puzzle out of the Da Vinci Code.” Apparently designer Marc Schömann was listening in, because he’s now created a baton style mobile that forces you to twist sections of it to make calls. The phone has no display and no buttons, and uses haptic feedback—though it’s not really clear for what. Line up the number you’re trying to dial on twelve numbered sections and then twist the top until an LED turns gre...

As much as we would loath typing on that touch-sensitive, rigid keyboard, we’re definitely geek-smitten by this ultra-thin, Amoled laptop concept from Samsung SDI — Sammy’s display division. 12.1-inches and 1,280 x 768 resolution with infinite contrast? We’ll take two… just as soon as someone can explain the extra panel around back. With Samsung projecting 14- to 15.4-inch OLED laptops in 2009 , this might come sooner than you think. [Source: Samsung ] ...