Top 30 Mobile Phone Innovations in 2008 H1

Were you just calling me on my ‘watch phone’?  Or was I just daydreaming about the sexy Jawbone headset ads?  This list features the hottest mobile phones innovations in 2008, based on several million views a month.

With a list that spans from religious phones to croc cell phone cases, you know it’s got the variety you need.

This is one of many features in our new FREE Micro Trend Reports section.

Top 30 Mobile Phones

1. Free Phone Calls - Magic Jack USB Phone Gizmo

Want free phone calls? From a landline? Like those long hold times to tech support or your credit card company? Magic Jack is a USB device that allows you to plug a regular phone into your computer and… [More]

2. 77 iPhone Innovations (and iPhone Worship) (SUPER GALLERY)

Whether you like Apple’s iPhone or not, there is no denying it started a revolution that has forever changed phone design. It was an iPod, an Internet device, and a phone without having buttons.

From… [More]

3. Multi-Sensory Remote Communication - Nokia Scentsory Phone (GALLERY)

Finally - a phone that offers a really unique design instead of just more diamonds. This is a concept phone by Nokia called the Scentsory and it is fascinating.

It evokes the human senses of sight, sound,… [More]

4. BlackBerry Bold - New Blackberry Launched Today

Yet another new BlackBerry has hit the market, this time called the BlackBerry Bold. Blackberry says they’re targeting the “business” demographic. Uhh, isn’t that who they’ve always marketed to?

The… [More]

5. New LG Watch Phone Unveiled (CES 2008) (VIDEO)

There have been other watch-phones, but those have been mostly by Chinese companies that nobody has heard of. The exception was LG’s Korean rival Hyundai and it’s W-100 Watch Phone as I previously… [More]

6. iPhone Camera Lens - 6x Optical Zoom

If you’ve decided to rely on your iPhone entirely for snapping photos, you may as well go all out and add the accessories you need, like this 6x optical zoom lens.

It’s attached to a clear case cover… [More]

7. Eco Cell Phone Shell - Bamboo Chute Phone (GALLERY)

In a time where the eco-friendliness of a product or service is a primary concern of consumers, designers need to innovate to answer the same functional demands while incorporating greener ways and not… [More]

8. Digital Religion - Pope Reaches Out With Text Messages

For his age, it’s incredible how modern Pope Benedict XVI is. In his latest approach to expand his global appeal, the Pope is reaching out to youth by sending out thousands of text messages with inspirational… [More]

9. Croc Cell Phone Case - Crocs O-dial Phone Case (GALLERY)

I loathe Croc, but yet again I find myself writing about them. The company behind the beastly plastic shoes has released a branded cell phone holder that looks just like the slip on garden/nurse shoes,… [More]

10. Super Stylish Fashion Phone - The Edge Phone (GALLERY)

The Edge Phone, with its fashion-oriented design and glowing glass keyboard, uses light and touch technology to target the style-conscious fashionistas. To answer an incoming call, simply slide the glass… [More]

11. Anonymous Texts at Bus Stops - Big Brother’s Creepy Bluetooth Campaign (GALLERY)

To promote popular reality show Big Brother 2008 on Channel TEN in Australia, advertising agency Marketforce in Perth came up with a unique bluetooth SMS campaign that really caught people by surprise.… [More]

12. Biodegradable Cell Phone - Bamboo Phone Sprouts Seeds After Composting (GALLERY)

This is a truly incredible cellular phone that has taken modern recycling methods and environmental consciousness into major consideration. The Bamboo phone is not only biodegradable, but when it is thrown… [More]

13. Blackberry 9000 Leaked - iPhone + PSP (VIDEO)

The Blackberry 9000 has been leaked.  The next generation of Blackberry, the elusive 9000 has been spotted in the wild!  While maintaining the brains of a Blackberry, the glorious 9000 has the sleek black… [More]

14. Colour Ownership - T- Mobile Registers Magenta (GALLERY)

Deutsche Telekom, mother company for T-Mobile in Holland, has registered magenta at the European Brandoffice to prevent any other company in Holland from using this colour for their communication devices,… [More]

15. Wrap-Around LED Touch Screen - P-Per Concept Phone (GALLERY)

If your job was to sit a dream of better things with today’s products, could you come up with a cooler phone than the P-per? The Chocolate Agency released a concept for a mobile phone that is composed… [More]

16. Phone, Computer & More Under Your Skin - Digital Tattoo Interface

The Greener Gadgets Conference had some really ‘interesting’ concepts. Take this concept by Jim Mielke for example; a gadget that is ‘tattooed’ under your skin and runs on blood by turning glucose and… [More]

17. Perfume Inspired Phones - Lolita Lempicka Samsung U600 (GALLERY)

When you buy fragrances, you get excited for that extra goody on the side, like a scented lotion to match, right? How about a matching cell phone?

Lolita Lempicka’s beautiful perfume bottles have become… [More]

18. Transforming Self-Cleaning Phone - Nokia Morph Concept (VIDEO)

Super cool! The cutting-edge Nokia Morph concept phone uses nanotechnology based flexible materials, transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces to produce a mobile device that is “… stretchable… [More]

19. Turn Your iPhone Into a Desktop - Mac Funamizu’s Gadget Hacks (GALLERY)

This awesome concept by talented designer Mac Funamizu takes inspiration from Microsoft’s Play Anywhere for a stand system that turns your iPhone into a desktop PC.

The system works by mounting the… [More]

20. High-End Photography in Your Phone - New Cybershot C902 & C702 (VIDEO)

If you love taking pictures anytime on the spot, Sony Ericsson is promising best-in class picture quality beyond just megapixels with the new C702 Cyber-shot™ and C902 Cyber-shot™.  The models, presented… [More]

21. Faster, Cheaper iPhones - $199 3G iPhone is Twice as Fast (VIDEO)

Steve Jobs has finally revealed the much anticipated 3G iPhone at WWDC 2008. The phone will be available on July 11 with the 8GB model being priced at a fantastically low $199, while the 16GB model (available… [More]

22. Religious Phones - Buddhist Nokia N70 (GALLERY)

This first of its kind Buddhism mobile phone is a heavily customized Nokia N70 that is decorated with numerous Buddhist aesthetics that makes for the ultimate religious phone.

The phone features 24 K… [More]

23. Sony Ericsson W350i, W760i and Z555i Leaked Before CES (GALLERY)

Photos of the Sony Ericsson W350i, W760i and Z555i have been leaked to the blogosphere days before the CES 2008 launch. 

About the new phones:

The Sony Ericsson W350i - The W350i, pictured here, incorporates… [More]

24. Apple’s Dual Trackpad Phone - iPhone Flip

iPhone lovers may have a clam in their future. Patents have been filed for an iPhone design that opens like a clamshell to make a “dual sided trackpad.”

That means you can access the interface from… [More]

25. When Sexy Ads Attack Headsets - Jawbone (VIDEO)

It seems most ads nowadays are using a provocative sexual style to grab the attention.  But do ads really need to employ such tactics so often? Jawbone, a stylish military-grade noise eliminating bluetooth… [More]

26. Phones of 2010 - 5 Pantech Mobile Concepts (GALLERY)

Trend Hunter is known as THE place to see both the latest technological advances and the ones that are about to happen. It’s like a magic ball that lets you have a glimpse of what’s coming.

Wanna… [More]

27. WiFi Skype Phone, Net Browser & Messenger - Sony Mylo 2 (CES 2008) (VIDEO)

Let’s start with this, the Sony Mylo 2 is a WiFi dependent device, so if you’re not near a lot of hot spots (college campus, city, etc), this is not for you. On the other hand, if you are, you then… [More]

28. Pre-CES Phone Leak - Slider Nokia N96 (CES 2008) (GALLERY)

Cellphonophiles, and nosy techies rejoice! Another phone, the slider Nokia N96, was leaked ahead of the official opening of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The phone is basically the rebirth… [More]

29. Gesture Based Window Shopping - Orange’s No-Touch Interactive Shop Window (VIDEO)

Orange has launched an amazing new interactive window campaign featuring what at first appears to be a touch-screen interface, but is in fact a NO touch interactive shop window. Instead of requiring touch… [More]

30. Bling Bling Boring (Part I) - 26 Excessively Luxury Gadgets (SUPER GALLERY)

By now just about all of us have grown sick of sparkly gadgets… it’s the now very mainstream trend we at Trend Hunter are now simply referring to as the “Bling Bling Boring” craze.

As a final adieu… [More]