Ooh, I do like it when I get a chance to talk about a technology that’s genuinely completely new to the world of mobile phones, especially since nowadays, my jaded old mind keeps going “but everything’s got WiFi and GPS now, arrrrgh” every time I see a new phone. Oh, and also, I like it when I correctly call something that later turns out to be correct. I did a blog post ages ago, about the Sony Ericsson Kiki concept phone, and in it, I spotted an Xperia badge on the phone. That led to a few minutes of surprise, as I realised it was an Xperia phone.
And apparently, I was right, because it’s now been officially teased (that word has so many wrong connotations to it) by Sony Ericsson, according to GSMArena.
It’s no longer the Kiki. Say hello to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness (yes, ok, I concede that name is a bit long-winded, and a bit hippy-ish).
Now, if you haven’t read my original posts on the Kiki concept, you’re doubtless wondering why I’m getting so excited about it. It doesn’t look as though it’s got a camera, the design ethos behind it (“talk, text, time”) apparently precludes it having a load of features, and in general, it doesn’t do an awful lot besides being a bog-standard phone.
And none of that matters, because the Xperia Pureness is truly unique, because it doesn’t actually, in any traditional sense, have a screen. What it’s got is a window, with the top half of the phone basically being see-through. The screen graphics are basically projected on that, so that what you’re looking at ‘on screen’ sort of looks to float on top of the real world, that you see through the window.
That is 100% bona-fy-diddly unique. And of course, the Xperia brand is all about new experiences, rather than just being about top-end smartphones, so the Xperia Pureness fits that ethos perfectly. Ooh, and there’s a gallery of live pictures online, too. I’ve mirrored them here, so you can have a look:
Nice, eh?
It’s not just smartphones I love, I admire phones that are different, or have something that grabs hold of my attention and goes “you love me”, hence why I like the massive screen on the Toshiba TG01, and the indestructibleness of the JCB Tough Phone.
The first phone in history to have a window where the screen should be, and have the graphics projected from inside the phone somehow? Bound to love it.
How much? Well, put it this way, when I get my Sony Ericsson X2 (which I will, count on it), I could very easily see myself having an Xperia Pureness as my second phone…
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