Technological Mess or Huge Success?

At this year's Mobile World Congress, a convention for only the most tech savvy buyers, we saw a myraid of inovations for anything related to one of the most common electronic devices, our phones. These new ideas varried from genius to bizarre and everything in between. Here's my opinion on what's going to fly and what's going to flop.

 



Your phone can double as a fish!



Success: A cell phone that's teenage girl proof? You may say that's impossible (and perhaps that's still true), but with the Chinese company Huawei realising it's completely water resistant smart phone called Ascend D2 (pictured above), we have found a phone that will even survive those 'accidental' trips into the pool.

Generation: Designed for the techno Grammy of the future.

Mess: The only device that may be more popular and useful than a cell phone is a walking stick, of course! I'm being facetious, but I honestly don't see how useful Fujitsu's Generation GPS walking stick is going to end up being. I mean, the demographics that use walking sticks and use smartphones don't exactly mix. And if this walking stick from the future wasn't weird enough, just look at it. It gives me a 'Star Wars' meets 'The Hobbit' kind of feel.

Yay Technology! Now excuse me while I go geek out.

Success: We've all been here before. You're waiting on an important call, you're on the go, or your cell charger just doesn't seem to be anywhere. Well Wysipss may be your saving grace. They have recently developed a thin layer using photovaltic energy to power your cell phone. The technology alone really strikes me personally on this one. I've been taking a class at a college all about votovaltic cells and solar energy, and this innovation really makes me appreciate it even more. And because I just proved to you that I'm a total geek, check out the picture to the left to see where the film goes inside of a phone and the inner workig of it.

Mess: Looks like the people who gave the names to couples like 'Bradgelina' decided to start naming phones too when they came up with the 'phablet' idea. Even the name just sounds bizarre. It might be a good idea... in theory, but who has the room to put the hybrid off spring of a tablet and a phone in your pocket. I guess cargo pants are really your only option with the phone if you'd like to keep the phone handy. I mean, isn't it kinda defeating the purpose? We're actually losing the 'mobile' in mobile phones.

This is your newest device for saving the world.

Success: Will James Bond please claim his lost cell phone? Oh wait, it yours! This next success is a phone lock that only opens with your fingerprint. Your phone gets stolen? Bam, instant protection. So whether you're agent 007 using the latest technology or just trying to hide text messages from your parents, this gadget is sure to be an awesome additon to your phone.



Mess: The Bradgelina namers strike again! This time with the elegantly named PadFone. The PadFone is, you guessed, an iPad style tablet and a phone. Maybe this one is just personal, because my inner editor is crying out against the intentional spelling error or maybe I dislike phones large enough to be my computer. Anyway, I don't think that PadFone will be hitting it off anytime soon.