http://www.amiga.de/pics/products/concep...
http://www.amiga.de/pics/products/concep...
Note that these are just the first of many more concept sketches, more than likely intended to gauge public opinion and ease people into the breadth of possibilities the new Amiga will present. The new Amiga is going to be as much of a culture shock to existing Amigans as the non-Amiga world, just as the A1000 was back in 1985.
Turning to the desktop model first, the plinth-like design is nicely styled with the brushed aluminium front plate housing what looks like a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive, some controls and possibly a display panel (no floppy, LS-120 or Zip drive?). It's hard not to see this as a tasteful hybrid of desktop computer, games console and hi-fi - and judging from the estimated width, that's a 17" monitor perched on top. The keyboard matches nicely, just as the iMac did, so you can feel relieved that the new Amiga isn't likely to come with a cheap and generic PC clone keyboard. To me, little details like that hint Amiga isn't entering into cost-cutting on the hardware side of things. But it's just a sketch - things often change from the original design, determined by the traditional enemies of any ambitious project: time and budget.
The Kyoto palmtop is an interesting, if generic, design with a left handed (!) layout - presumably the designer was left-handed and so sketched that way, rather than this being the standard setup. The mockup features a soft grip, unusual amongst PDA designs I've seen, though it does look uncomfortable to hold for too long - particularly if it's as big as it looks. The stylus hints at handwriting recognition, so we're talking an Apple Newton styled device which I usually see clutched like a clipboard. Maybe the grip is
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