You know, it's too bad that BenQ-Siemens' European operations had to
go under before it managed to get this slick handset out the door. From what we can make out based on these photos spotted on a Czech website, BenQ-Siemens had developed a "Black Box concept phone," which took home some Chinese design award earlier this year. The idea apparently is to turn the phone into one large screen, and change function depending on whatever application you need at the time: a calculator, an FM radio, the phone itself (duh), and something that looks like a game involving a goldfish and possibly a bathtub drain (we're not really sure). You know, this reminds us a lot of that possible
iPhone patent we spotted earlier this month -- hopefully Apple can pick up where BenQ-Siemens left off?
[Via
Slashphone]
