We already have a pretty good idea of how the iPhone will work, from GPS, to faster network speeds, to how it will help raise you kids (lower prices), but it’s always fun to see the crazy ideas people had in their heads for what they thought the new design should be. Wired roped up seven of the best, worst and impractical iPhone designs from iLounge, just in time for Monday’s purported launch. Sure, this might be iPhone overload to the nth degree, but I think we can all agree Photochopping is the geek.gift that keeps on giving (false hope).
People love mockups of products, especially Apple products, and especially real-looking Apple products that they can delude themselves into believing are real. Who are we to argue with such desires? In order to help you all make the best, most realistic Apple fakes possible, we had our super-talented Artistic Intern Logan Lape make a DIY Apple Product Mockup Kit. Essentially, it’s a Photoshop file full of layers of objects that you can use to make your very own BS Apple product. And that’s just what we want you to do.
Sometimes all it takes is a sexy looking mock-up to get you excited by a fictional product. I’m not saying that the PSP-phone is a fabrication of some overstimulated imaginations – in some deep, dark dungeon of Sony Ericsson’s design lab they probably have half a dozen prototypes. Bu that doesn’t mean that they’ll ever make it to market, no matter what Sony Magazine says.
If (and when) the PSP phone ever does come to market, I really, really hope it looks like this. I mean, come on… who wouldn’t want the two-way sliding mechanism, sleek black lines and full PSP controls). It actually looks like it would be good for both gaming and making calls.
Of course at the moment, this is a complete fake – the magazine even admits that the PSP phone only has a 35% chance of becoming reality. On a side note, I’m not entirely sure what mag it is – to me it looks like a Spanish version of Stuff. If anyone can confirm, post in the comments. It’s driving me crazy!
Here is the new MacBook Pro 2008 in Photoshop mash-up wet dream form. Would we see something like this at the alleged—at least according to the usual rumourologists—special event at the end of February?
The guys at T3 are saying one of their inside men has heard word that Sony will be producing a slimmer, sexier PS3 heading for the shelves this Spring. While everyone knows that Sony will eventually shrink its very obese console, such news would come as a surprise given that Sony took many more years to shrink their PSOne and PS2 (though Sony has recently successfully shrunken their Blu-ray laser to fit in laptops). Still, Sony’s biggest goal at the moment is building consoles cheaper. Maybe that means small, too. Maybe it doesn’t.
The Macbook Air sure is a fine piece of Cupertino craftsmanship, but the lack of useful input ports is a complete downer on the slinky sexy soiree. Fret not, Flickr user Nybras.Rodrigo has conjured up a fantastic solution. He’s confident in his solution, and so are we. Check it out above. There are all the ports you’ll ever need; USB 2.0, Firewire 400, Firewire 800, Ethernet, DVI output, Superdrive, iPod Shuffle and even a floppy drive. A floppy disk drive! How did we all miss that one? Kudos, Nybras, you’re one up on everyone. [Flickr]
