<![CDATA[io9: mobile]]> http://tags.lifehacker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: mobile]]> http://io9.com/tag/mobile http://io9.com/tag/mobile <![CDATA[Watch the Best Musical Space Western Ever - Cheap, on Your Mobile]]> Cory McAbee's latest weirdo science fiction movie Stingray Sam is available now in mp4 format, so you can watch this glorious tale on your mobile. So what's this flick like? Joss Whedon and Jim Jarmusch on Mars.

Here's a little taste of the first few scenes in the movie, which establish the oddball tone and setting straightaway. Including McAbee's silly musical style. Get the whole feature for 8 bucks via McAbee's website.

]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5368112&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Retro-Futurist Cell Phone Made From Rotary Dialer]]> Industrial designer Jin Le predicts that in five years, people will be sick of ultra-tiny mobile phones and will want to return to the rotary-dial designs of yesteryear. So she cooked up this design, of a cell phone that is nothing but a rotary dial. Yes, you really have to dial numbers — but you can use buttons to turn it on and off. Another designer's take on the circular cell phone after the jump.



Michael Lant designed this pocket-sized mobile phone gem, which looks like a cross between a digital watch and the alethiometer they use in The Golden Compass. radia_phone.jpg

Circle Phone Going Back to Simplicity [via Design Corner]

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