Probably one of the better Sony Ericsson concepts floating around, this unknown design comes from China's interwebs so unfortunately not much is known. Based on my very basic grasp of Chinese, it's a Walkman phone with a gesture based touchscreen.
The designer seems to have been inspired by the current crop of Sony's dedicated MP3 players borrowing their OED display technology. Look closer and it seems the text floats on the screen, or so that's what Sony claims OED is. Overall, the design is clean, undisturbed by hard creases and seams - perfect for a mobile phone.
The other design feature is the gesture based touchscreen. Menu navigation is achieved by drawing paths with your fingertips right on the screen. For example sliding your finger from left to right takes you to the next screen over. Drawing a right arrow indicates "play". Simple right?
The phone interface looks like your standard numeric keypad. The translation indicates the keypad can switch to alphanumerics for texting. Again, accessing the softkeys or dialing a number takes a series of taps and finger gestures.
Of course carrying the Walkman logo means heavy emphasis on music. This concept lifts most of those features from current SE mobile phones. Playlists, song ratings and workout biometrics have all found their way into this concept.
There's no mention of a camera or video playback. Even so, this concept would make for a great entry level Walkman phone. The design seems feasible and within Sony's language. Regardless of what you think of the design, I do agree with the emphasis on Sony's slick OED technology. Anytime you see an embedded screen that appears to float on the surface, you instantly think Sony. It's something the company should use more often to further set their handsets apart, especially from the upcoming barrage of iPhone and clones.
via JAMPB
Lots more pictures after the jump.
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