Ever since I saw the movie Predator as a kid,  I’ve always wanted a cool, all in one device that could electronically assist me in my day to day life. Hunting Schwarzenegger aside, the new range of touch screen multifunctionals seem to do everything I need.

Trouble is, since the success of the iphone, it seems that manufacturers are trying to emulate it by producing their own shiny rectangular design, instead of going for something new.

Although the new breed of touch phones seem great, they don’t really excite the designer in me. I would personally hate seeing a store once filled with cool, unusual phones reduced to row after row of shiny rectangles.

Thankfully it seems like that spirit hasn’t died, au Design Project and Yamaha teamed up to design this amazing ‘Band in my pocket’ prototype phone (see above). The phone features clip on Harmonica, Trumpet and other interfaces that turn your run of the mill phone into, well, a band in your pocket! .

Check out the Prototype Website with even more cool phone concepts.