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The world’s most expensive iPhone 5

British luxury designer Stuart Hughes has created a $15 million, solid-gold bodied, diamond-encrusted iPhone 5. The phone, which underneath its special shell, is no different from any iPhone in terms of hardware components. Called the Black Diamond because it features a 24-ct black diamond where the home key should be. It also has a solid gold chassis. It is decorated with 600 flawless white diamonds set in gold on the back panel, while the Apple logo, now in solid gold takes on a three-dimensional quality and has also been enhanced by the addition of a further 53 diamonds. One other notable difference is the use of sapphire glass rather than the standard Gorilla Glass to cover the iPhone’s display. Sapphire glass is used to create body armor and only a diamond is stronger or more resistant.

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2013: 04/17
CATEGORY: Art
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Nintendo Gameboy Converted to Android Gamepad

Once Nintendo Gameboy was the most favorite gaming consol. Now again you can revive those memories. A geek at Instructables has hijacked the Dot Matrix Gameboy and gutted it to take advantage of an Android Gamepad. The smart-jacking procedure involves a Wii Controller IME and a faulty Dot Matrix Gameboy that has no use nowdays. The Gameboy, after the successful alteration into Gamepad, works for any application or game that involves Android keyboard input and needs only a Bluetooth connection to get connected with android tablet/phone. Currently, it’s only been tested on Galaxy Nexus and as a SNES emulator but may work for any Android based tablet or phone, as said by its creator.

2013: 01/17
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Mobiado and Aston Martin Show Transparent Droid Phone Concept

Mobiado, the luxury phone maker, and Aston Martin, the luxury car maker, are in cahoots, trying to co-create phones. The first prototype they’ve shown is a stunning transparent Android phone. The Mobiado concept phone is called CTP002 is basically one big, transparent sapphire glass with two titanium edges on the left and right. The glass is a color capacitive touchscreen. We know it’s only a concept and from a technical standpoint it seems all but impossible, but the Mobiado CTP002 is a joy to behold. The phone will connect with the car and its display. The car display will show a map with all local venues and your friends from Foursquare. The cameras integrated into the car can be set to snap a photo periodically and post it on Facebook or Twitter and the CTP002′s accelerometer will track the drivers body in case of a collision, giving the car’s airbags better information on how to react. The Mobiado CTP002 concept will be shown off at BaselWorld, the world watch and jewelry show in Switzerland this year.

2013: 01/15
CATEGORY: Automotive
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Electree – Solar Powered Bonsai Tree iPhone Charger

Electree is such a amazing invention, made by combining the wireless charging NFC technology and eco friendly solar powered charger for cell phones and tablets. The Electree contains an internal battery for storing the solar energy and continuously provides juice to your iPhone or any Android phone for the cost of nothing but only the free natural light. The bonsai inspired tree has 27 twistable leaves are the equipped with 3.7″ wide solar panels. Charge your phone with wireless convenience or use the regular USB cable to charge your iPhone 5 or any tablet.

2012: 11/29
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Samsung Proxima Concept from Johan Loekito

This stylish concept isn’t so simple as it looks at the first glance. This is LED wristwatch and phone at the same time. It was created by industrial designer from California Johan Loekito. As it was noticed in description of device it is a collaborative project with Samsung Design America. The slogan of this project – you’ll never lose your phone again. Check out this method.

2012: 06/05
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Window Phone Concept

The Window Phone is still just a concept with extraordinary features. Surely if this could be put into production, it would set a new standard for the term “cool”. From showing you the weather on the screen, being see through, and having a unique call and text mode, this phone concept is going to take technology to the next level.

2012: 05/14
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Visual Sound.

Pratt student Suhyun Kim is quite concerned about the deaf folks and wants them to enjoy technology as much as we do. Her Visual Sound is a mobile phone for the hearing impaired that converts voice input to text and text input to voice. The design features two handy pillars that scroll sideways to expose the roll-out display. To communicate, the impaired person feeds in the text onto the touchscreen display, which gets converted to voice simulation for the person on the other end of the phone and vice versa. The only drawback that I foresee is the time taken to input the text and converting it to sound. It may deter long distance calls, but on the flipside any form of communication is better than being mum.

2012: 02/18
CATEGORY: Design
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YUBZ – USB Skype Phones.

If you’re like me, you sometimes get that nostalgic feeling for picking up the phone your mum had in your kitchen growing up. But in the constant struggle to find a phone small enough so you can’t see it in your pocket when you leave the house, you probably forgot how comforting it was to cradle a phone between your ear and shoulder and talk for hours.

Now YUBZ has designed a USB Skype phone for computers and mobile phones. “YUBZ TALK ONLINE” works with most PC’s and Mac’s ($44.95) because it comes with VOIP plug-and-play technology in black, red, white and yellow. For the same price you can also get the “YUBZ TALK MOBILE” in 10 different colors. It’s designed to attach to most mobile phones.

2012: 01/11
CATEGORY: Design
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The Vertu Signature Dragon Cellphone.

Nokia’s luxury brand Vertu is celebrating the Chinese new year with a luxury dragon-themed mobile phone based on its Signature collection. Each quad-band dragon phone comes in stainless steel with emeralds, black steel with Rubies, or gold with diamonds. The handsets cost about $20,800 ; buyers get a leather case, a charging base, and one year of Vertu Concierge service free. I just love these things.

2012: 01/09
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New Prada Phone By LG 3.0 For 2012.

LG and fashion label Prada are collaborating for the third time to release the first LG Prada smartphone, the Prada phone by LG 3.0. The first LG Prada, also known as LG KE850, was the world’s first mobile phone to use a touchscreen display. The teams behind the design and construction have offered a sneak peek into the handset that will be on offer next fall via an image released by the company. Neither of the two concerned companies has revealed any information on the upcoming LG Prada phone. Dr. Jong-seok Park, CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company, said, “Our working relationship with PRADA is unique in its longevity and success, something no other phone company and luxury brand have been able to replicate.” Designer labels attached to phones is not a novelty these days considering the Hugo Boss Samsung Galaxy Ace or the BlackBerry Porsche Design P’9981 devices.

2011: 11/28
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Calls in 3D?

3D is seems to be the new fad in cellphones, but price point and compatibility issues make them less desirable at the moment. Catering to this genre is the Cobble 3-D concept; it features a 4-inch 3D 16:9 HD screen giving the device more depth sans the awkward 3D glasses. The adaptive camera tracker follows your finger and anticipates your move on the screen, making the touchscreen experience smooth as silk. The Cobble takes stunning pictures thanks to the motion scroll, which adjusts the zoom and takes realistic snaps. The multiple color-back options are sick as well.

2011: 10/07
CATEGORY: Tech
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Your Celly, At A Glance.

I’ve always been a person who could roll into a business meeting in sweat pants and not give a sh*t, but many of my friends love them some snug jeans (especially girls). The only problem is that is that some of them have some rather big phones, and squeezing it out of a pocket just to check texts or the time can be quite a procedure. The slim, minimal Glance phone by designer Alan Farías is tight-jean friendly and features a genius little screen on its bottom side in addition to the larger main screen, so even when your phone is in your pocket you can take a discreet glance down to check the battery, see who’s blowing up your email, texts, twitter, or even to casually check the time. Check the method below.

2011: 09/28
CATEGORY: Design
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Some Tips About Eating Out.

I know at least a quarter of my close friends who saw the title of this post have their minds in a totally different direction than need be. But as much as I hear I should give people my secrets about why I’m so good at it, let me assure you this post has nothing to do with cunnilingus. What I was actually shooting for is the answer to the question: Is it rude to tweet about a luscious treacle tart at dinner? Or take a phone call when your starter is being served? It’s an issue that has London divided in a Zagat London Restaurants survey released Wednesday that asked respondents to weigh on the issue. According to the 5,500 diners answering the survey, 53 percent said it’s “rude and inappropriate” to text, tweet or talk on the phone while dining at the table. A trans-Atlantic comparison reveals that the Brits — who have a historic reputation as the exemplification of etiquette and manners — are more forgiving than their American counterparts. In Los Angeles, for example, more than half of Zagat readers — 67 percent — said it was rude to text and dine, while 64 percent of New Yorkers shared the same opinion. Meanwhile, preserving your Michelin meal or epic triple-decker sandwich on camera was considered acceptable by the majority of diners, with 74 percent of Londoners saying it was “ok.”

2011: 09/22
CATEGORY: Entertainment
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The Grand 350 Aston Martin Cell Phone.

After the Mobiado concept phone for Aston Martin, the Canadian luxe phone-maker is finally out with the first phone off the Aston Martin collection. The Grand 350 Aston Martin body is CNC machined from aircraft specification aluminum, and anodized to produce an elegant hard surface. The frame is then inlayed with sapphire crystal. The infrared window is made from a solid piece of ruby crystal. The screws are stainless steel or gun metal black stainless steel. The buttons of the Grand 350 Aston Martin are a dramatic combination of sapphire crystal and stainless steel. The phone is available in three designer styles; black, black satin, and silver. The Grand 350 Aston Martin is unlocked, with quad-band GSM/EGSM, 3.5G, HSPDA, and WLAN connectivity. The phone works within North America, Europe, Africa, Asia- Pacific, and South America where GSM/EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks are available. It is equipped with a 3.2 megapixel camera and video camera, integrated GPS, 2.36″ display with up to 16 million colors, Bluetooth and micro USB connectivity, as well as a music and video player with a 2.5mm AV connector.

2011: 08/31
CATEGORY: Automotive
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HTC Teams Up With Beats By Dre.

The marriage of these two companies is very, very good. We are very good for each other,” says Jimmy Iovine, the chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records and co-founder of Beats By Dr. Dre with rapper/producer Dr. Dre. “With HTC’s innovation, technology and leadership, we feel we can really compete with anybody in this area.”

2011: 08/13
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Aston Martin for iPhone?

Following on from the success of the free ‘Explore’ App released in December 2010, Aston Martin announces the release of the premium ‘Experience’ App. Apparently developed with the “same ethos” with which Aston Martin designs and engineers its cars, the new app combines some of the functionality of the automaker’s former app, Explore, with some new, premium features. The most useful is a partnership with luxury city guide series “A Hedonist’s Guides” to provide guides to 40 global cities, with images and video for each destination. A database of some of the world’s best driving roads is also included, allowing drivers to ‘check in’ to each one to share their experiences, while the app features a speedometer overlaid onto the camera display, capable of measuring the speed at which the iPhone is traveling. Best of all, the app comes preloaded with Aston Martin sounds, meaning that if you can’t shell out for one of the company’s £80,000 ($116,000) supercars, you can listen to the sound one would make while going about your everyday business. The app itself is rather expensive, costing £3.49 in the UK and $5.99 in the US — but at least it’s cheaper than an Aston Martin. The top-end British brand isn’t the only marque to be found in the App Store — Bentley offers its Pure Bentley app and Rolls-Royce offers a Ghost app that allows users to customize its cars from their iPhone.

2011: 04/19
CATEGORY: Automotive
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Eden is Beautiful.

The HTC New Eden 1 Concept is 1 of 2 designs to come out of the New Eden project, hosted by BriefMobile, that sets out to create the most appealing, feasible, hardware design for mobile devices. It aims to captivate with innovative and attractive hardware, as HTC did with the original Touch Diamond and other products that followed. The New Eden 1 is a device with a durable aluminum shell that combines traditional HTC design language with a fresher, more futuristic look.

I think it’s a good direction but something about the design, and to a larger extent all HTC phones, doesn’t feel effortless. Yes it’s clean and minimal but I think it’s time for designers to look elsewhere for inspiration. Apple has the whole slim aluminum and glass aesthetic down. It’s become a part of their DNA. Any manufacturer playing with those materials fall victim to the “it’s not an iPhone” category. There are other materials out there to play with – wonderful and tactile options that can enhance the mobile experience in a way Apple hasn’t thought of yet. Thinking caps ON. But all that taken into consideration, I do very much like this phone, and I hope to see it, or something like it out on the market soon.

2011: 04/05
CATEGORY: Design
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The Second-Life Mobile Phone.

So I got my fingers on an iPhone 4 on the Verizon network today, and I was pretty excited. But soon afterwards, I began to wonder what AT&T would come out with next that would oppress any Verizon iPhone user. (like the iPhone 5GLTE-S.E.X.-40,000 L or whatever) But what i did find was a very interesting concept phone called the ‘Second Life’. The Second Life Mobile Phone concept works on the premise that we often forget about the battery life of our mobile phones, hence run out of juice, just at the wrong time. As a remedy (rather power-saver-option) the phone incorporates a double display. When in active use the AMOLED screen powers up in all glory and in standby mode the E-ink display gets active. This essentially means that the E-ink uses very little energy and the degree of transparency of the display shows how much battery is remaining. The more transparent the display, the less battery remaining. So besides ultra-low power consumption, the transparent screen offers an intuitive expression: “You’re low on juice so better recharge the phone soon!” Apparently the E-ink uses power to change the degree of transparency and doesn’t add to the battery load. I love the idea behind the concept and its transparent vibe, but I guess its more aimed at a niche set of people who keep forgetting to put their phone on charge.

2011: 02/15
CATEGORY: Design
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The New Age Flip-Phone.

Flip phones were ultra hot at the end of the 90′s and early 2000′s. As long as you weren’t a stuffy “business” person who owned a Blackberry or Palm, you probably had a flip phone. Then, Apple’s iPhone came and changed the world of cell phones completely. Smart phones took over and the flip phone died. It’s back. Kind of. With 3 flexible touchscreens, a triangular design, and custom Android interface, this creative and functional design gives us a glimpse of how smart phones might be flipped themselves. Check the method.

2011: 02/11
CATEGORY: Design
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Laughter Is Contagious.

Its very true that laughter can be contagious. As soon as your in a good mood, and someone else starts cracking up, you always tend to feel a smile start to creep over your face. But in some cases just the way someone laughs can make a situation funny. The new AT&T ads featuring fast phones in a situation full of slow ones (or vice versa) are clever and inventive, but every single time I see this ad in particular, I crack up. Its not just that laughter thats contagious, its homeboy in particular that gets me going. For whatever reason its that particular laugh is extra funny to me, and the cherry on top is his abrupt change in attitude after the rest of the occupants in the car all try to share the moment with him. Its too much, check the method below.

2011: 01/30
CATEGORY: Entertainment
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Bio Phone Concept.

Here’s a flip phone that could put the “cool” back into clamshells. When you receive an incoming call, the corner dog-ears up and if need be, opens up (book-style) using actuators like artificial muscles in its elastomeric cover. Awesome, Motorola StarTAC 2.o maybe? Who knows, but whats for sure is that just imagining someone opening this phone up on the subway would definitely turn heads. The only major concern I would have is that when the phone is my pocket, and the corner leafed out, would that make it easy to open the phone by accident and possibly pick up an unwanted call? Or if the phone was compacted in your pocket by something pressing against it (say a stripper sitting on your lap), would it break the phone if the edge tried to lift up? But with those minor concerns aside, the Bio Phone concept is one of the freshest I’ve seen in quite some time, and if any company picks it up and puts it into production, I’d for sure be one of the first in line to grab it.

2011: 01/10
CATEGORY: Design
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