Ovi Orion concept phone shows Nokia's next gen gaming potential
iPhone meets PSP in Wonderland
This is not a real phone.
Now that's out of the way, follow me to a magical world of silicon, touchscreens, gum drop fairies, and power-pocket gaming. The imagineers over at Recombu have been fantasising about new ways in which Nokia could claim the portable gaming crown, and come up with a concept phone called the Ovi Orion.
The purpose of this exercise is to see how the defunct N-Gage platform could have evolved, and shows a phone that blends together the strongest aspects of the iPhone and PSP into a Nokia powerhouse.
The Ovi Orion offers up some simple yet vital gaming buttons (a D-pad and two 'fire' buttons) along with a big, bright, multi-touch touchscreen. And on the back is a full low-profile QWERTY along with a slim dialogue/text box for typing out text messages and emails.
What's particularly interesting is the Ovi Orion really isn't outside the bounds of possibility. With the powerful system-on-a-chip processors we're promised from the likes of Nvidia and Qualcomm, this phone could easily become a reality.
I'd buy one. Would you?