The Matrix Phone (a new one!!)

[drewprops]

<a href="http://www.thematrixphone.com/" target="_blank">http://www.thematrixphone.com/</a>

check it out!

[pesi]

i saw pics of that thing on some other site as well.

ugliest piece of crap EVER manufactured.

the basic design isn't too bad, with the slide up top and all, but the styling is absolute crap. looks like some shitty toy walky-talky from the 80s.

[ZO]

<a href="http://www.thematrixphone.com/phone.swf" target="_blank">http://www.thematrixphone.com/phone.swf</a>

[ZO]

crap... is there any way to take a screenshot of the last second when the phone flashes?

[billybobsky]

yes... easiest on a pc with 2 button mouse -- right click near the end, deselect play and forward slide by slide to the phone -- its not worth it

[robMaurizi]

[quote]Originally posted by ZO:
<strong>crap... is there any way to take a screenshot of the last second when the phone flashes?</strong><hr></blockquote>

<a href="http://dln.uvm.edu/~rmaurizi/matrixPhone.jpg" target="_blank">http://dln.uvm.edu/~rmaurizi/matrixPhone.jpg</a>

-Rob

[Slotracer152]

and I thought the mid-90s nokias were ugly

[Michael Grey]

No kidding. What are the unique features of this phone? Aside from people not wanting to steal it.

[Jeremiah Rich]

Eek. I went there thinking "It cannot be THAT ugly" but oohh. Sick.

[torifile]

Wow. That is one ugly phone. I cringed when I saw it.

[ZO]

holy crap thats ugly.

looks like a fake phone used as a prop in a movie.

Yeah, totally looks terminator/robocop 1980's design... ickkk

[ZO]

[quote]Originally posted by billybobsky:
<strong>yes... easiest on a pc with 2 button mouse -- right click near the end, deselect play and forward slide by slide to the phone -- its not worth it</strong><hr></blockquote>

btw, when I took a screenshot Apple+Shift+3 or 4 the screen was blank. DO SWF files act like DVDs or something???

[murbot]

OMG I have to have this phone. Uh... yeah.

http://homepage.mac.com/murbot/.Pictures/AI/matrixphone.jpg

[fireants22]

<a href="http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/104/C1512/" target="_blank">http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/104/C1512/</a>

[DaveGee]

Hmm....

Maybe it's just me... Does anyone else think that the phone looks like it belongs to G.I. Joe?

Dave

[Anders the White]

OMG. What the hell were they thinking?

This isn´t real!?!

Is Samsung trying to die?

Is this a multibiliion dollars version of "The Producers"?

I find nothing even remotely compelling about that. Even the buttons looks like something you find on a toy.

"Transformers" is the first word I thought of when I saw that thing.

"Vogon ship" was the two next.

I wanted to add a lot more but that phone makes me speechless. And sick.

[bradbower]

Some better shots, not that they help much:

http://mobile.burn.com/media/samsung/matrix_phone_narrow.jpg

http://mobile.burn.com/media/samsung/matrix_phone_open.jpg

[DrCreations]

Its Darth Vaders phone!

[Kecksy]

looks like a grenade

[Anders the White]

[quote]Originally posted by DrCreations:
<strong>Its Darth Vaders phone!</strong><hr></blockquote>

That would be why he was killed in the end. Anyone who has a phone like that needs to be dealt with.

Those buttons in the side. Please tell me that they doesn´t extend the upper part of the phone like a compact umbrella. It would be a insult to every engineer on the planet.

[Jonathan]

[quote]Originally posted by Anders the White:
<strong>

That would be why he was killed in the end. Anyone who has a phone like that needs to be dealt with.

Those buttons in the side. Please tell me that they doesn´t extend the upper part of the phone like a compact umbrella. It would be a insult to every engineer on the planet.</strong><hr></blockquote>


IT does.

[frawgz]

I have trouble even stomaching the idea that they would use this as a prop in The Matrix. It's so thoroughly nasty, it would look out of place anywhere.

[murbot]

Is it just me, or are those images bradbower linked to not showing up? Maybe their site no likey the linky.

I'll stick 'em on my iDisk.

http://homepage.mac.com/murbot/.Pictures/AI/matrix_phone_narrow.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/murbot/.Pictures/AI/matrix_phone_open.jpg

[Alpha Mac]

http://www.egri.co.uk/smileys/bigeyes.gifhttp://www.egri.co.uk/smileys/jawdrop.gifhttp://www.egri.co.uk/smileys/shocking.gif

[Slotracer152]

[quote]Originally posted by fireants22:
<strong><a href="http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/104/C1512/" target="_blank">http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/104/C1512/</a></strong><hr></blockquote>


how can they write that short article and keep a straight face?

[trevorM]

[quote]Originally posted by robMaurizi:
<strong>

<a href="http://dln.uvm.edu/~rmaurizi/matrixPhone.jpg" target="_blank">http://dln.uvm.edu/~rmaurizi/matrixPhone.jpg</a>

-Rob</strong><hr></blockquote>

Oh shit thats nasty looking.

[giant]

It looks like some 80's transformer knockoff

[Elric]

I like it! I also have the first 60 something episodes of Robotech on DVD, a 12" figure of the Silver Surfer on my desk next to a cut crystal bowl full of lego :p

[ironchef82]

Hmm... well the ad itself certainly grabbed my attention, made me more pumped about the movie itself...

But as for the phone, yeah it does look pretty ugly. I'd much rather have whatever phone Morpheus used in the original.

[Mac_Man]

[quote]Originally posted by Kecksy:
<strong>looks like a grenade</strong><hr></blockquote>

LOL now that made me laugh, almost as much as the fone <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> that is a real piece of shit. Looks like it weighs a ****in metric ton. I dont believe that is the real fone!

[ 03-08-2003: Message edited by: Mac_Man ]</p>

[low-fi]

Hrm. They are not seriously going to actually manufacturer that thing?!!! <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />

[Mediaman]

I want one!!!!

To beat the designer of it over the head with.
All the tec of todays phones, made to look like a pice of shit 1990 Motorola.
What's the tagline on the add going to be? how about "because nobody steals a shity phone"

I read the article. The point about the Nokia's 8110 mised the entire fact that the phone was not crap.

[ 03-08-2003: Message edited by: Mediaman ]</p>

[Anders the White]

Well they didn´t cut it out, at least not from the game.

See the game trailer and go to 1:24.

[CosmoNut]

It reminds me of some little phaser or communicator the Star Trek people used in #4, the Voyage Home. "Scotty...NOW would be a good time!"

[tmp]

Oh good lord.. (http://www.thelastfreecity.com/comments.cfm?Item_ID=7954&Item_Type=articles)

The phone will have 65K+ color TFT LCD screen, 40 polyphonic ringtone, automatic sliding earpiece utilizing piezoelectric motors (opens and closes with one touch of the button on the side). It's believed this might start out as a US exclusive only.

:err:

I wonder if they hired the same guy who designed this:

http://www.myprops.co.uk/images/props-big/Klingoncomm.jpg

[Amorph]

HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN!

ALL YOUR PHONE ARE BELONG TO US!

[Jonathan]

oh god...


amorph...


i don't know whether to 'LOL' or tell you to 'STFU N00B'


:D :grumble:

[Not Unlike Myself]

Originally posted by Amorph
HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN!

ALL YOUR PHONE ARE BELONG TO US! w00t :lol:

[Amorph]

Originally posted by Jonathan
oh god...


amorph...


i don't know whether to 'LOL' or tell you to 'STFU N00B'


Yeah, it's dated and overused, but that just makes it all the more perfect for this phone.

;)