Motorola Goes Back 2 The Future!

June 21, 2008 in Motorola

As if Motorola doesn’t have enough problems already, it seems they’re burning the midnight oil working on great new phones that fit on your face like an ugly mixture of 3D glasses and car phones from the early 90s. Are you kidding me Motorola?

The “glasses” make sense in theory and this isn’t the first time we’ve seen something like this. Watching a movie on a long plane, train or bus ride? Want to play a mobile game in virtual reality type 1st person shooter mode? The concept is actually pretty cool and a mobile phone makes sense to use as a “base device” for such a gadget.

But when you see the figure above which was submitted to the FCC, you can’t help but laugh. The interesting thing here is that this makes NO sense given the restrictions of today. But if the CONCEPTS found in this application were applied 10 years down the road with methods we currently don’t know and cannot comprehend, Motorola could cash in.

Now, it seems like you’re putting a brick on your face. But take a look at the type of flexible material BMW is developing for use with cars in the video below. What if these concepts were applied to mobile phone manufacturing?