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Project: New Generation Device that Would Play Music

These are old designs, also from year 1. In which we had to design new kinds of mp3s that would come in handy to people so they could not have any trouble while walking or running while listening to music. For instance, being a little smaller so they could fit easily on a pocket, a small bag or purse so the user can carry it easily, connection with wireless ear buds so the user could not get tangled with the cords of normal ear buds or headphones without wifi or bluetooth, just with the turning on of both devices. Which means, they are being connected automatically.

First design is what I called, "Sony Slide MP3/MP4". I have the idea of giving it the possibility of being able to accept memory cards that are up to 128GB. 

-The material I thought I would use in case it will be created in real life would be metal, carbonate so the device could be strong and yet avoid the danger of the device itself being destroyed since.... mp3s that are made out of plastic are being destroyed easily. It's dimensions are 5cm both to the width and height. In colours, it would be black. 

-The top screen (which slides down and up) lets you see the home screen (which has my favorite music note) along with the song name and the bar that goes on as long as the top screen has slid down.

-But when it is up (the slide), it only shows the duration of the song that is playing because as the bar progresses, as you know, the duration is measured and the nice thing about it is that as long as this happens, the colors change due to the emotion which brings out each song and this is recognized by the device itself. So the color change is done on the upper screen exclusively. Purple is an example of colors that the device puts on its own. Because the bottom screen shows the list of songs and buttons that go back and forth and stops or starts playing. 

-In order for the top screen to slide up and down, there are tiny built-in wheels which give it the "smoothness" to slide without any damage to the top screen or the device itself.

-Screen Type: Genuine LCD screen so it doesn't break easily in any possible drop on the ground or spots that are made out of marble.

-The device battery is built-in but can be recharged on its own. (But it is good to charge with its charger when the battery is very low because it may not last long without charging as it is known to happen on mobile phones) It requires a USB cable along with a charger of it's own. While it is being charged, it's screen is showing an hourglass that turns up and down and around it, there are white dots in circle around it giving the feeling as if the device is loading battery while in charging process. In the end, when the device is being charged up to 100%, the hourglass itself stops turning up and down and the white dots while being in a complete circle, they just flash in order to give the user the feeling that the device has charged completely.

Second design is what I called "Sony Flipbook Musicplay" in which it would have 128GB storage/space. I have the idea of giving it the possibility of being able to accept memory cards that are up to 512GB storage/space.

-The material I thought I would use in case it will be created in real life would be metal, polycarbonate so the device could be strong and yet avoid the danger of the device itself being destroyed since.... mp3s that are made out of plastic are being destroyed easily like I already said about the Sony Slide Mp3. It's dimensions are 6cm to the width but 5cm to the height. In colours, it would be white in antithesis with the Sony Slide Mp3 itself.

-The borderless screen allows the user to easily use the device without restrictions as by itself, it gives the feeling that it is small in the user's hand making it easy to operate and hold.

-The cover of the device acts as a magnet so that the screen remains covered but also protected in case of falling to the ground. The screen's type is OLED in which is not being affected by magnetic fields in order to avoid possible dangers of problems that could have been caused to the device. 

-The device battery is built-in but can be recharged on its own. (But it is good to charge with its charger when the battery is very low because it may not last long without charging as it is known to happen on mobile phones) It requires a USB cable along with a charger of it's own. While it is being charged, it's screen is showing an hourglass that turns up and down and around it, there are white dots in circle around it giving the feeling as if the device is loading battery while in charging process. In the end, when the device is being charged up to 100%, the hourglass itself stops turning up and down and the white dots while being in a complete circle, they just flash in order to give the user the feeling that the device has charged completely.

-Device's normal colours are the shades of purple because since it is an aristocratic colour, it gives nostalgia so any person who has memories of listening to certain songs from very specific years such as the 80s, 90s or early 2000s which are no longer playable on the radio but are available to be found on the internet, will be able to download them and transfer them from their personal computer to their handheld device and in conclusion, carry their nostalgia with them everyday. 

Note that the device's colours can change thanks to some colour settings changes just like the Sony Slide Mp3 does.

-Just like the Sony Slide MP3, the Sony FlipBook Musicplay while is set to play songs, the colors of the playlist change due to the emotion that brings out each song an is recognized by the device itself. For instance, if you play songs that bring out anger, the colours will change to red. If you play songs that bring out sadness and despair, the colours will change to blue. If you play songs that bring out happiness, the colours will change to yellow. 

​​​​​​​-Of course you can search for any songs you like just like you already can on the mobile smartphones. The only difference is that you cannot set up alarms like you can do on a smartphone but only set language, time and date through the settings.

-The device's built in keyboard font is a basic one every single smartphone normally has. But you can change them through the keyboard settings. 

-When battery is low, even if songs are playing, the device will notify you about it asking you to connect it to the charger. It would come exactly when the battery is at 20%. So when the device is being charged, it turns a little black showing a gray circle that is being filled with green colour when the device is being charged and under the circle itself, the battery percentage is being measured and when it is finally charged up to 100% the circle is completely green and the screen keeps being black until you unplug the device from the charger.

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Project: New Generation Device that Would Play Music
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