Some brushes for Adobe Photoshop

Tribute brushes, stains brushes and doves.

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Pantech Phone Porn: A Peek at the Future?

And now for some phone porn from Pantech of Korea, where apparently the company's designers don't have enough to do, so they hang around dreaming up wild-looking phone designs all day, the results of which we find oddly entertaining. Hey, they're designers, aren't they? What else are they supposed to do but get to designing stuff?

Not much text accompanied these illustrations, and we're not even sure if any of them will ever be manufactured, but use your imagination.

The one pictured here looks like it might be perfect form factor to occupy, say, a kitchen counter when not in use, but slides out to reveal its keypad. Even more curiously satisfying photos after the jump. – Charlie White

4 Pantech designs [Akihabara News]

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HTC Launches Four New Smart Devices

LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sept. 7, 2006–HTC, the world’s leading provider of Microsoft(R) Windows Mobile(R) devices, today launched its Q4 product portfolio. The four new additions to the HTC range are each specifically designed to appeal to new market segments, bringing the benefits of Microsoft’s smart mobility to new audiences.

The innovative form factors and new designs showcase the latest mobile applications - from email to navigation:

• HTC S620 - HTC’s new, super slim form factor with integrated QWERTY keyboard: perfect for email and messaging
• HTC P3300 - HTC’s first dedicated navigation PDA with in-built GPS and complete with TomTom NAVIGATOR 6 software
• HTC P3600 - HTC’s next generation multimedia compact PDA with 3G connectivity and HSDPA-ready
• HTC S310 - a small yet powerful messaging and internet smartphone for both business and consumer use

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Philips says “touch me & I’ll organise your family”

We’ve all been there: you’re just about to leave the house and your great aunt Jessica calls to remind your uncle Horace (who has been living with you since the accident) that they’re going out for a joint haircut and Pimms morning at the church hall. There’s no paper to hand, no pen either, and your taxi driver already has the meter ticking. All you can do is attempt to chew open a minor vein and scrawl a basic message on the wall, hoping that you’ve enough time to call by the hospital for a quick suturing. Bloody inconvenient.

Step forward into the slightly milky light Philips, who have come up with a solution that will save all those annoying self-harm hospital bills as well as organise your home. The “In Touch” concept is a message board with a difference - it’s a huge LCD touchscreen. In the above scenario all you’d have to do is touch the blue light at the bottom right on the screen and record a quick video message, which would be saved in uncle Horace’s personal inbox. If Horace is afraid of moving images (they steal your soul, don’t you know) you can write directly onto the screen with a stylus and store that virtual Post-It instead. MMS and SMS compatible, “In Touch” will alert people when there’s a new message.

Sadly it’s just a concept at the moment, but if we all threaten to hold our breath until our faces go blue then Philips might just agree to manufacture it.

Philips IN Touch Concept Message Board

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