Now that broadband Internet access is almost ubiquitous in most top tier nations, the race is on to offer the perfect VOIP phone for those ultra-cheap international Skype sessions. The latest entry into the race is the award winning Tatung VOIP Phone designed by Chinese firm Nova Design.

Aside from a decidedly un-VOIP-phone-like spartan design, the phone also offers touch sensor interface and a faux antenna, a non-functional design decision apparently meant to ease new users into VOIP using an old mobile telephone visual metaphor. Although the phone is currently on display via various design shows, the device hasn't been slated for mass production by a major manufacturer, but if the awards keep piling up it's only a matter of time.

Via Yanko