It seems like Facebook isn’t the only company with ambitious mobile phone ideas…
Mozilla, developer of the popular Firefox web browser, has put together an incredibly compelling concept video for an Open Web handset dubbed ‘Seabird’.
It looks every part the ‘concept phone’ – all glass, curves and detachable bits like a space-age shaver – but it hides some pretty phenomenal dream features including an edgeless touchscreen, a Bluetooth dongle that doubles as a free-roaming remote, as well as the ability to dock and become a fully-fledged browsing device thanks to dual-Pico projectors displaying a 900 x 600 screen and spacious virtual keyboard onto surfaces.
Naturally, Firefox looks pretty snazzy on it too, with the ability to play HTML 5, Flash video and the like with aplomb.
Lofty flight of fancy? Yes. Awesome? Also, yes.
The brainchild of community member Billy May as part of a Mozilla Labs Concept Series last year, it seems destined to remain vapourware but is a great indication of how much further mobiles can go than bigger displays and more megapixels…
