What's the hottest new cellie on the block? Sure to instantly appear in Nicole Richie's newest Hermes bag, it's Onyx!- the first keyless touch-screen mobile phone concept to utilize Synaptics' Clearpad transparent touch-sensitive capacitive sensor that accurately recognizes gesture inputs, bringing mobile product interfaces to the next level. The just-seconds-ago released Onyx phone was developed and designed by Munich and Taipei-based turnkey design firm Pilotfish in conjunction with Synaptics, a leading developer of cutting-edge custom-designed user interface solutions.
The revolutionary screen technology allows for a variety of pioneering interactive experiences. While Onyx features convenient and intuitive new commands such as drag-and-drop, more sophisticated elements come to play, where you can close tasks by swiping an "x" over them and the touchpad can recognize whether finger input is coming from one finger, two fingers, or a finger on its side. The apex of Onyx's impressive tech-specs is its ability to recognize and respond to different body parts. For example, the phone knows to answer an incoming call when the device is held to the user's cheek.
The touch-sensitive sensor panel is mounted directly over the entire display, blessing Onyx with a clean, razor-sharp look. The entire façade acts as a blank canvas (and what a sexy canvas it is), lending itself to flaunting cool graphics and new interactive experiences. Onyx's breakthrough keyless interface is based on the philosophy that buttons and icons be used sparingly, or even better, eliminated because they are counter-intuitive to the way people think about information. Clearpad's sensor is effective through up to 1.6mm of plastic, making for endless possibilities in slim, flexible, durable, and beautiful phone designs. Onyx's unique newness paves the way with for the next generation of mobile phone trends, designing for keyless, highly-interactive curved interface surfaces.
