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Gold Coffin Comes Complete With Mobile Phone

by Jay Garrett on March 2, 2010

If you want to make a big exit then a top, no holds-barred funeral would not be complete without a totally bling coffin.

Gold, of course, can be the only way forward but then what else?

Well, just in case you need to place some pizza orders in the after life, this crass casket comes compete with a mobile phone and GPS just in case someone wants to melt your resting place down.

I was going to comment on how good phone reception’s going to be 6-10 feet below the topsoil and encased in gold – but I’m thinking that there’s not going to be many complaints being texted into the funeral directors.

The price? 280,000 euros.

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Vodafone Compass Squares up to be Next 360 Phone

by Jay Garrett on February 8, 2010

Mobile-Review seems to have a bit of a scoop – this, they say, is the new Vodafone 360 phone.

Dubbed the Vodafone Compass (which may confuse people as Vodafone Compass is also the name of a GPS app), it could well be the third Vodafone 360 social networking phone.

What makes this interesting, apart from the shape, is that the previous phones have been Samsung touchscreen numbers but here we have a square thing rocking a QWERTY board a-la Nokia 7705 Twist.

Vodafone 360 gives you a bunch of social networking niceness such as the geographic coordinates of friends, the address book yanks in Facebook updates and all sorts of contact options like IM and email.

Apparently some of the functions on the Compass 2010 will be gesture controlled using that centralised button on the back.

It should be able to cope with music playing and internet browsing.

So – is it hip to be square?

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Gadgety Girls Must Have 3D Stiletto Police Heels!

February 5, 2010 Click to read more →
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Ok Gadgety girls!
Some of you no doubt like to dress up and perhaps a future-cop may be part of your repertoire.
If that happens to be true then you’ll be hoping these neat heels become reality – almost as much as us guys
The 3D Stiletto Police have been designed by Tim Cooper and whether [...]

Breathing and Shape-Shifting Mobile Phones Shown off

February 1, 2010 Click to read more →
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How do you feel about having a mobile phone that pulses with a heartbeat or rises and falls as if calmly breathing in your pocket?
Nah, me neither – that would just be too freaky.
But Fabian Hemmert does have some less creepy ideas when it comes to shape-shifting blowers.
In the video below he talks through his [...]

Trolley Suitcase Transforms into Scooter – Samsonite Trolley Scooter

December 6, 2009 Click to read more →
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You may remember that I’ve written in the past about cases that can detect Wi-Fi, powered suitcases, baggage that’s secured by a scanning Biolock, circular cases for all-terrain dragging and even luggage that can convert into a two-seater settee.
Now there’s one that you can whizz-away on!
The Trolley Scooter from Samsonite and Micro Mobility is the [...]

Nokia London Flagship Store To Close Before its Second Birthday

December 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Finnish flagship presence on Regent Street is due to close after only opening in February 2008.
A familiar trend in these times of the crunch, the store is closing for the same reason most stores are closed: it’s not paying for itself.
A Nokia spokeswomen declared that it’s “not been as efficient or as profitable” as [...]

Nokia N900 Delayed by Success

November 26, 2009 Click to read more →
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Have you been patiently awaiting the arrival of your Nokia N900 after loyally preordering it earlier this month?
It appears that the new Nokia has been hit by its own success and now you’ll have to add another week to your wait.
If you don’t quite remember what makes this handset so enticing the N900 runs on [...]

Suited Case – Luggage Set That Converts into a Sofa. Laugh at Those Travel Delays!

November 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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If you’ve ever been horribly delayed at the airport and then tried to find somewhere comfy to sit, chill or sleep – or, if you’re the nomadic type that finds themselves kicked out of the house on a regular basis – this may be of distinct interest to you.
This 4 piece luggage set by Dutch [...]

Pixie Lott Fronts Illuvial Range – Feminine Nokias

November 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Illuvial, Nokia 6700 Illuvial and the Nokia 6303 Illuvial are being flung into the Christmas market and I’m guessing that they’re aimed squarely at the lovely ladies
This guess is purely based on the knowledge that there Illuvial editions are coloured in shades of purple and pink, with themed wallpapers, “floral [...]

Come Touch My Wood, Put it Against Your Face Then Make a Call

September 28, 2009 Click to read more →
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Japan is the home of cool tech – that’s pretty much a given.
Japanese network DoCoMo has come up with some rather funky things in its time and its latest range is no exception.
We’ve seen laptops made from bamboo and the such but no-one seems to have tackled the mobile phone.
DoCoMo is getting all green by [...]

Unboxing the Nokia 7705 Twist – Square, Twisty and Groovy

September 18, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’m a sucker for quirky designs and especially over-design.
And, although it’s not as high in the WTF? stakes I still dig the square looks of the Nokia 7705 Twist.
Check out the video below and not at least find it kinda groovy.
Ok, it’s not the smartest smartphone with its 3MP camera and even though it does [...]

What is Sony Ericsson Promising The World?

September 15, 2009 Click to read more →
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You and I both know that when one of the many gadget and tech makers claims “world first”, “thinnest”, “lightest” and such that:

It might well be – but not for long
Someone else has already made that claim
It’s all bluster and marketing

Well – the latest claim from Sony Ericsson is that they’re going to change the [...]

Nokia Booklet 3G Released

August 24, 2009 Click to read more →
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As predicted here back in February Nokia has just dropped a brand new netbook.
The Nokia Booklet 3G has now become official and will be out real soon and, as you’ve probably guessed from the name, it’s got mobile broadband.
The Nokia Booklet 3G is powered by an Atom processor and will be running Windows – [...]

Leather and Felt Phone – The Feutrefon by Matthias Pugin

July 7, 2009 Click to read more →
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This is the rather groovy Feutrefon concept phone designed by Matthias Pugin.
Pugin came up with a stylish phone that removes the ugly joints to present your eyeballs with a sleek mobile phone that’s constructed primarily from leather and felt – hence the name: “Feltphone” or “FeutrePhone”.
I’m not sure if there are any other production devices [...]

Firefly gloPhone and flyPhone – Mobiles for Kids Come to UK

June 24, 2009 Click to read more →
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American company Firefly has plans to sell a mobile phone aimed specifically at kids in the UK by the end of the year.
Apparently more than half of under 10 year olds in the UK already own a moblower anyway, which means that Firefly will be entering an already competitive marketplace.
The gloPhone (pinkish) handset [...]