Thursday, July 8, 2004
Pokia Cellphone Handset
The NY Times has an article on Nicolas Roope who is designing traditional-looking handsets to be used with cellphones (see photo). The device, called the Pokia, is still in development; however, the author of the NYT piece tried one out.
"The sight of a man walking down the street talking on a disembodied old-fashioned phone elicited a smile or a knowing laugh from passers-by, but no one seemed to want to interrupt my conversation to ask me about the phone. (Aren't New Yorkers polite?) Then again, an explanation didn't seem necessary. People seemed to get what the Pokia was saying."
The NY Times has an article on Nicolas Roope who is designing traditional-looking handsets to be used with cellphones (see photo). The device, called the Pokia, is still in development; however, the author of the NYT piece tried one out.
"The sight of a man walking down the street talking on a disembodied old-fashioned phone elicited a smile or a knowing laugh from passers-by, but no one seemed to want to interrupt my conversation to ask me about the phone. (Aren't New Yorkers polite?) Then again, an explanation didn't seem necessary. People seemed to get what the Pokia was saying."

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