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Most manufacturers seem to be gradually morphing their tablet offerings into one barely distinguishable design, but Sony continues to be different. After the wedge-shaped, media-focused Tablet S comes something more radical: the Sony Tablet P is a dual-screened Android tablet that folds up like the Nintendo DS’s older, smarter brother. It’s 22mm thick when closed and weighs 368g, with a curvy shape – Sony can genuinely claim to have a tablet that will fit in your pocket. The only blemishes on its edges are a power socket, micro-USB and headphone ports, and a volume rocker button. It works over 802.11n Wi-Fi and 3G (you get a SIM with a month of free data from 3 in the box), and has GPS too. The two 5.5in screens each boast a 1,024 x 480 resolution, so when opened flat they combine for a large, almost square display, closer to the 4 x 3 aspect ratio of an iPad than the usual widescreen Android tablets. Sony says the Tablet P’s TruBlack display will blow you away,

Lexus has revealed a first few pictures of its new sport coupe concept, named LF-LC. The LF-LC concept will be officially debuted at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit on January 9, 2012. The LF-LC concept was designed and built from scratch at the company’s Calty design studio in Newport Beach, Calif. Stay tuned for more information and pictures of this concept car next month.

Sony's PlayStation Vita retains the familiar general form of the PlayStation Portable hardware series  while dramatically improving on virtually every aspect of its use with powerful and exciting new features  including: dual touch pads at the front and rear, dual cameras at the front and rear, dual analog  sticks, a 5-inch OLED screen, GPS, six-axis motion sensors and a three-axis electronic compass and  exceptional built-in connectivity via both Wi-Fi* and exclusive to this model, an always on  3G connection.** Taken together this makes for a handheld gaming device that truly signals  the entry of handhelds into the world of Next-Gen gaming. Blur the Lines Between Entertainment and Reality. PlayStation Vita is designed to blur the lines between interactive entertainment and reality in a  variety of ways. Reaching beyond the capabilities of every handheld gaming console that has come  before it, in this model of Vita players have access to both Wi-Fi a

We've seen various iPhone mock-ups in the past, some based on rumors floating around the web, while others - a conceptualization of what the designer wants. The mock-up below, falls in the latter category. The designer, Antonio De Rosa from ADR Studio, created the design with Steve Jobs in mind. From his description: "Totally glass capacitive screen on a polycarbonate lightweight body. New design inspired by Steve Jobs, new core with A6 dual core processor, new camera 10 Mpx. A classic reinvented. Again." Polycarbonate, in case you're wondering, is the same material used by Nokia for the Lumia 800's body. Apart from being tough and lightweight, it also lends a great feel to the device. Have a look at some of the mock-ups below: The designer names the concept iPhone as the "iPhone SJ," indicating his source of inspiration - Steve Jobs . Let us know what you think about the new iPhone concept in the comments.

How long has the gadget-loving world been talking about the idea of a Googlephone? For  at least three years -before there was an iPhone, let alone an Android. The longer people talked about it,  the more revolutionary it was supposed to be . Who better than Google, after all, to show what an Android phone can be and shatter people's assumptions about how phones and phone service are sold while it's at it? On Tuesday, Google finally announced the Googlephone, in the form of  the Nexus One -if you define "Googlephone" as a phone with Google software and Google branding, sold by Google on a Google site. And...there's nothing radical about it. Judging from the first few hours I've spent playing with one, it's a good phone-a  really  good phone. The best Android phone so far, and (along with Palm's Pre) one of the few phones worthy of being discussed in the same breath as Apple's iPhone. But everything that's better about it is

Microsoft’s new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7 (WP7), introduces a fresh approach to content organization and a different UX, based on the Metro design language and principles that will be incorporated into Windows 8. It also targets a different market than its predecessor: instead of being designed mainly for business and technology workers, WP7 is targeted at active people with a busy life, both offline and online, and who use social networks every day, whatever their background. Why Should Designers Care? First, it’s a new interface, so you have space to create and develop some new ideas for it. We are still at the beginning of its growing curve, so it’s an interesting challenge. When I saw a WP7 presentation for the first time, I thought, “I want to design something for this.” Exploring is a great way to learn how to build a new exciting experience for users. Secondly, Metro design is a market reality that we can’t ignore. This is a new user experience t

Welcome to HTML5 . [ Editor's note : Have you already got your copy of the Smashing Book #2 ? The book shares valuable practical insight into design, usability and coding. Have a look at the contents .] What are the basics? The DOCTYPE When I first started researching HTML5 a few months ago, one of the main things I struggled to find was the doctype. A simple thing, you’d think it would be everywhere, but after much frustration, I finally found it buried within w3.org and here it is: 1 <!DOCTYPE html> I was also curious why they chose to “html” rather than “html5″, it seemed like the logical way to tell a browser that the current document was written in HTML5, and offered a good template for the future. But I found that <!DOCTYPE html5> triggers Quirks Mode in IE6, and when taking backwards compatibility into consideration <!DOCTYPE html> is a pretty good choice (in my opinion). Overall, I really like the new