Ready to runcible

摘要

Is it a clock? Is it a rock? It's a Runcible. That is the name of what might be the strangest-looking smartphone ever designed. Styled after an old-fashioned fob-watch, it takes its name from the works of Mward Lear, a 19th-century British poet who invented nonsense words. Its Califomian (where else) creator, Monohm, bills it as an "anti-smartphone" that does not dare to distract its user with alerts and beeps and other forms of information overload. Instead of lots of hyperactive apps, for instance, the Runcible provides only a simple summary of its user's social networking. Runcible is not the only unusual smartphone destined to appear on the market. Google will begin a trial in Puerto Rico later this year of a "modular" device called Ara. Users will be able to update the phone, say with a new battery or a better camera, by replacing one of its~plug-in modules, lg sells smartphones with a curved body and a pair of digital eyes on the back that change expression (supposedly to establish "emotional" contact with the user). And the latest model from Yota, a small Russian maker, has a second black-and-white display on the back, which is meant to allow a user to read for hours without draining the battery.