• CEATEC 2008: KDDI's super-futuristic cell phone protoypes (photo gallery)

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    Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

    KDDI au is not only Japan’s second biggest cell phone carrier but also famous for its KDDI Design Project. And while their exhibition in the KDDI Design Studio in Tokyo was disappointing, the company made a strong showing at this year’s CEATEC.

    See the coolest cell phone designs below. KDDI has been running this design project for years now and actually started mass-producing some models, for example the so-called INFOBAR.

    The pictures below show design prototypes KDDI manufactured in cooperation with Yamaha:

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