Written on September 27, 2008 – 3:41 am | by Maria Mihale |


Smartphones are more and more popular nowadays because they offer advanced capabilities beyond a typical mobile phone, often with PC-like functionality. If some people define the smartphone as a phone able to run complete operating system software providing a standardized interface and platform for application developers, others consider it like a simple phone provided with advanced features such as e-mail and Internet capabilities and/or a full keyboard.

But how multi-functional a smartphone can be? Does it cook your breakfast, at dawn, and then politely serves it to you in bed? Is your smartphone capable of making your morning coffee? Because if it’s not, then you should reconsider the choice you’ve made.

The first Android smartphone has lots of features, as does the HTC Touch HD, but I’m sure they can’t make coffee. Designer Francesco Lerro spotted the lack of such a characteristic and make it available on his Mokia 8015 concept phone. I suppose he needed an impressive imagination and he must be addicted to this delicious beverage, in order to come up with such a device. As for us, the rest of the ordinary mortals, we must prove a great sense of humor to imagine that, one day, smartphones will be able to serve espressos.

Francesco Lerro turned out to be a very ingenious guy, as he named his concept “Mokia”, which seems to be a pun intended at mocking Nokia or even all smartphone brands. But who knows? Maybe one day we’ll attend the release of this witty concept phone and it will be possible for smartphones to pour espresso coffees into cups. The Bluetooth headset doubles as a spoon for stirring the coffee.

We have had all sorts of smartphones: multimedia centric, camera-centric and music centric. Therefore, why shouldn’t we have a coffee centric smartphone also?

Even if its designer is the self-proclaimed Italian “espresso junkie", I wonder if such a concept phone will ever make it on market. Moreover, I’m pretty impatient to see what manufacturer will have the guts to fling Mokia 8015 into the mass production! I’m looking forward for something like this to happen! And I bet it won’t be a bargain, whatsoever!

(Source concept-phones)