O2 Cocoon Music Phone
Closed, the 114g Cocoon has a set of music playback controls running down its blacked-shaded side ready to set it pumping out tracks through regular earphones or Bluetooth-connected cans. The handset has an RDS-compatible FM radio on board too, and a pair of stereo speakers for the out-loud crowd. The 3G and quad-band GSM phone packs in 2GB of on-board memory which you can effectively double by plugging in a 2GB Micro SD card.
The Cocoon’s lid crams in a two-megapixel auto-focus camera and flash, but our favourite feature is the glow-through LED-like secondary display. The handset comes with a charging cradle – dubbed the Nest – in which it’ll work like a radio alarm clock. Opening the 9.4 x 4.9 x 2.1cm Cocoon reveals a shiny 2.1in, 240 x 320, 262,144-colour display presenting a very stylish user interface. The Cocoon will connect to Windows PCs for songs and personal information synchronisation, and O2 representatives told Register Hardware the handset would also be fully Mac-compatible. O2 claimed the Cocoon will offer up to five hours’ talk time, rising to 15 hours if you’re just using it to play songs.