IBM Info-Portal Concept: Silver, Design Explorations

Contact: Ron Smith, IDSA, IBM, 919.254.9724; designr@us.ibm.com

Designers: IBM Corp. and Richard Sapper, Italy

Client: IBM Corp.

No device has been able to successfully integrate voice communication with a display for rich Web-based information. Cell phones are limited in visual display and PDA's are too unwieldy for voice communications. IBM split the communicator device into two pieces-a handset and a smart-radio-and connects them using a wireless link.