Gizmodo: simple

Milk is the Desk Dreams are Made of

Travis Hudson — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:45:03 EST

Saying that this desk is simple and minimalist is a bit of an understatement. If the iPod were to magically grow to a full size functional desk, this is how it would likely look. Everything is neatly tucked away, including cables and compartments for peripherals. Oh, and did I mention it has a fish tank? A fish tank! The single column holding the desk is also fully adjustable.

Now is the only good time to be a Denmarkianite (just kidding, me love you long time Denmarkers) because this desk is only available through Holmris Hansen A/S in Denmark.

–Travis Hudson

Product Page [Via YankoDesign]

Eclipse Design Phone: Is Simple Better?

Jason Chen — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 20:00:01 EST

Here's another design from Rune Larsen, the designer of the Easy as Pi phone. All the phone has is a standard keypad and a pop-up see-through LCD.

This makes us wonder. Are people actually interested in higher megapixel counts, more memory, more connectivity, more media playback, and more everything in their phones? Or do they only want one like this, simple and for phone-use only? What's your reasoning for each?

For us, we'd like as many features as you can cram into a package. Damn the torpedoes—and battery life.

Even Simpler: Tiny Phone Makes Phone Calls and That's It

Charlie White — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:24:36 EST

While we were perusing the Willcom R9 cellphone in hopes of finding the most simple handset in the world, into our inbox pops this design by a talented amateur that's about as straightforward as a phone can possibly be. What a concept: a 3.14-inch cellphone that just makes phone calls. Easy as Pi.

There's no email, no Web browsing, no garage door opener—nothing but the necessary voice in-and-out functions and four simple keys, each of which lets you enter three numbers. Rock the key to the left and you've entered one number, push it downward, there's another and rock that key to the right, and you've entered another. Simple. Just look at the pics of this tiny and useful thing:

And look at that spring-loaded see-through display for caller ID info. Pop the display open and it looks like a straight razor. The next RAZR? Perhaps it could be called the STR8 RAZR. Somebody, build this phone, now. – Charlie White

Tiny Phone, Concept Mobilephone [Product Design Forums]

3G Simple Cell-Phones—for Grandma!

Travis Hudson — Mon, 19 Sep 2005 10:11:15 EDT

This is an idea that is long overdue. Cell phones are the new wave of communication and the latest and greatest cell phones are a little too much for the non-tech savvy people. This is a phone for those people. Big buttons, makes calls, gets the job done.

This is the A101K from Kyocera. It has voice-only capabilities, and includes a handy clip for holding numbers that have been jotted down on a scrap of paper (43 Folders alert!). There is also a ring volume setting that can give those with lesser hearing an opportunity to use this easily.

Another simple phone is the A5517 from Toshiba. It is a little more advanced. This is similar to the A101K but does include a 2.4-inch screen that features large text. It is also capable of e-mail and some web applications. Yes, nana, the Web is a vast storehouse of infor... oh, nevermind.

3G Simple Cell-Phones Released [3G]