OpenPeak OpenFrame Touch Screen Home SmartPhone Offering VoiP, Internet & Multimedia Functionality

Whilst certainly not quite as distinctively styled as the previously featured (and insanely desirable) Thompson Symbio featured earlier, this OpenFrame Touch Screen Home Smart Phone from OpenPeak, like the Symbio, serves to push the boundaries and capabilities of home phone setups beyond that of merely being a phone much in the same way as cell phones have long since evolved from serving as mere handsets.

At the time of writing detail is very much on the sparse side on account of the device being a concept but what we can confirm is that OpenPeak’s OpenFrame WVGA touchscreen device serves as both an standard and a VoiP telephone (no mention of Skype compatibly or which service this device actually utilises for VoiP calling) whilst also sporting multimedia hub capabilities (allowing the device to play digital music files and serve as a digital photo frame) and offering internet access for up to the minute news, travel and weather information as well as accessing video and music sites.

And, as if this wasn’t enough, the device will also act as an electronic memo pad (written and voice), an appointments manager/calendar, to-do scheduler and full address book – all of which, we assume, can be synchronised with Outlook, etc (though this is pure speculation on our parts). Interestingly enough, however, there’s no mention on e-mail capabilities.

No word on pricing or availability as, from what we can make out from the site, the device is very much at the concept stage at the time of writing, however, we’ll be keeping a firm eye on developments in the hope that detailed specifications are made available in the short term should the device ever make it off the drawing board – and you can rest assured that, the moment more information becomes available, assuming it does, we’ll offer an update here on TFTS.

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