World’s first 24 carat Gold iPhone 4 bumpers by CrystalRoc provide blinged protection

Gold cases for your precious iPhone 4 are plenty. And in a quest to be different, CrystalRoc has come out with what is known as the 'World’s First 24ct Gold iPhone 4 bumper' that can be hooked on to your iPhone easily. Available in 24-carat Gold, Platinum or Silver, this added attachment doesn't look out of place at all! Along with providing protection, these glitzy cases will add a bit of oomph to your iPhone 4. Prices start at £200 ($325), you can also pick one up at Harrods, London.

World’s first 24 carat Gold iPhone 4 bumpers by CrystalRoc provide blinged protection

HTC Flyer

From the Mobile World Conference, being held right now in Barcelona, Spain, comes a preview of the latest Android tablet, the all-new HTC Flyer. The 7-inch device boasts a 1024 x 600 LCD screen, 1.5GHz processor, HSPA+ connectivity and a 1.3MP camera on the front with another 5MP one mounted on the back. New software features also include SRS Surround Sound, “Scribe technology” that recognizes handwriting, and OnLive, the cloud-based game streaming service. The phone will be available for purchase worldwide sometime in early 2011.

HTC Flyer

Amosu Couture adds bling to the Blackberry Bold 9780 with a 24 carat mirror gold finish

As Blackberry continues to garner more interest in the gadget world with its playbook tablet, Amosu Couture has decided to reintroduce the new Blackberry Bold 9780 with a big serving of opulence. Unlike the older variants of the Blackberry bold which saw Gold, Diamonds and Ostrich skin accents, the Amosu Couture version comes plated in 24 carat gold in mirror finish, and the Midas touch extends to the keypad too! Priced at £1250 ($1,990) for a fresh piece, you can get your existing Blackberry Bold 9780 with the gold mirror sheen for an £550 ($875).

Amosu Couture adds bling to the Blackberry Bold 9780 with a 24 carat mirror gold finish

Envy the Envy 4G - Are you ready?

There was a time when ID “imagineers” would concoct fabulous concepts using new fangled tech that hadn’t been invented yet and I miss those days. Heaven forbid you do that now, you’d get your a** handed to you. I’m fond of the Envy 4G with its SUPER AMOLED screen and MasterMobile OS. So what if it looks like Windows Phone 7 and iOS 4 had a baby? It’s got a Carbon chip! That’s a CPU and GPU on one silicon. It’s the future people, have fun with it.

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Envy the Envy 4G - Are you ready?

Gresso does the iPad in African Blackwood with 18K pure gold logo

Gresso, the luxury mobile phone manufacturer, is all set to entice the rich Apple fanboys on New Year’s Eve with its newest creation – the iPad Gresso. This luxurious version of the iPad comes framed in 200-year-old African Blackwood, which is said to be the world’s most valuable tree. Moreover, the Apple logo on the back is made of 18K pure gold. There is no word on the pricing, but we are sure that it will be out of the budget for many of us.

In case an iPad with wooden casing doesn’t interest you much, you can take a look at some of the best iPad cases money can buy.

Via: SlashGear/PhoneArena/Gresso

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Gresso does the iPad in African Blackwood with 18K pure gold logo

HTC Thunderbolt with LTE for Verizon pictured ahead of CES unveiling?

So, that lovely 4.3-inch LTE smart phone with Android for Verizon we've been calling the Mecha and the Droid Incredible HD? Looks like it might come to market as the Thunderbolt, so says Droid Life -- and we tend to put some weight on the rumor considering that they've just run twelve leaked shots of the thing. As you can see, this is clearly Verizon's head-on answer to the EVO 4G, featuring similar stylings and, in all likelihood, an LTE modem swapped in for the EVO's WiMAX one. Sure looks like that "controlled" leak from a few days back, doesn't it? More on this at Verizon's press conference next week, we presume.

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HTC Thunderbolt with LTE for Verizon pictured ahead of CES unveiling?

Google Nexus S Announced – Features / Specs, Price and Availability

Google today has announced the successor to Nexus One! Its called the Nexus S and its coming to US on December 16th, and to UK on December 20th.

Designed by the folks (Google) in Mountain View, California, and manufactured by Samsung, Nexus S will be the first phone powered by the just released Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

Nexus S will be available after December 16 for purchase as unlocked or with a T-Mobile service plan online, and in-store from all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores in the United States. And after December 20 at Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy retailers in the U.K.

Customers in US will be able to purchase Nexus S for $529 as an unlocked phone without a contract. Nexus S optimized for T-Mobile’s network is available for $199 with a two-year service agreement and qualifying voice and data plan. In UK, at £35 on contract, and £549 for the unlocked version.

Here are the official specs:

Connectivity

• Quad-band GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900
• Tri-band HSPA: 900, 2100, 1700
• HSPA type: HSDPA (7.2Mbps) HSUPA (5.76Mbps)

• Wi-Fi 802.11 n/b/g
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
• Near Field Communication (NFC)
• Assisted GPS (A-GPS)
• microUSB 2.0

Display

• 4.0" WVGA (480×800)
• Contour Display with curved glass screen
• Super AMOLED
• 235 ppi
• Capacitive touch sensor
• Anti-fingerprint display coating

Size and weight

• 63mm x 123.9mm x 10.88mm
• 129g

Hardware

• Haptic feedback vibration
• Three-axis gyroscope
• Accelerometer
• Digital compass
• Proximity sensor
• Light sensor

Processor and memory

• 1GHz Cortex A8 (Hummingbird) processor
• 16GB iNAND flash memory

Cameras and multimedia

• Back-facing: 5 megapixels (2560×1920)
• 720 x 480 video resolution
• H.264, H.263 MPEG4 video recording
• Auto focus
• Flash
• Front-facing: VGA (640×480)

• 3.5mm, 4-conductor headset jack
  (stereo audio plus microphone)
• Earpiece and microphone
• Software noise-cancellation

Battery

• Talk time up to 6.7 hours on 3G
  (14 hours on 2G)
• Standby time up to 17.8 days on 3G
  (29.7 days on 2G)
• 1500 mAH Lithum Ion

Software

• Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
• Android Market
• Calendar
• Gmail
• Google Earth
• Google Maps with Navigation
• Google Search
• Google Talk
• Google Voice
• Voice Actions
• YouTube

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Google Nexus S Announced – Features / Specs, Price and Availability

Giorgio Armani x Samsung Galaxy S Phone

Once again Giorgio Armani teams up with Samsung to release yet another phone. This time they present the Galaxy S Android operated phone.

“The Android-operated Galaxy S features a 5-megapixel camera, multimedia player, push e-mail and 16 gigabytes of memory. The phone will retail at around 700 euros, or about $965 at current exchange, and will be available in Giorgio Armani boutiques and leading mobile retailers in Italy, France, the U.K., Germany, Dubai, China, Hong Kong, Spain, Russia and the Netherlands starting from December.” Via WWD.

The branding is kept to a minimum and this might be in terms of functionality once of the very first interesting fashion phones. At the same time, the question arises, why one would pay the added Armani pricetag, with little to no added value in terms of functionality and design.

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Giorgio Armani x Samsung Galaxy S Phone

Nokia Kinetic Concept Phone - This, is..........DROOL!

Creative Designer Jeremy Innes-Hopkins took cellphones to a new level with his concept design. His phone called Nokia Kinetic converts digital information into kinetic energy and make receiving a call, text message of email more visual. It has an electromagnet at the base which allow to shift the weight and keep it in an upright position. User checks the screen of the phone and if he wants to miss a call he should simply give a phone a tap, causing the phone to fall back down again and return back to standby mode. “Aimed at the business user, Nokia Kinetic is an unique phone that responds to notifications trough movement”.

Jeremy Innes-Hopkins

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Nokia Kinetic Concept Phone - This, is..........DROOL!

iPhone 3GS gets nature inspired with diamonds and LED

For iPhone users, cases give another reason to flaunt their sleeker gadget to make the envy-filled friends even more miserable, but honestly you tend to pay the least attention until you see something like iPhone 3GS Moon Protuberance. Coming from the European jeweler studio Sun&Moon, the iPhone 3GS Moon Protuberance features a luxurious framework in precious Blackwood along with 23 diamonds of the highest quality (0.025 ct) to create an illusion of the night sky with beautiful shining stars. Apart from buying its inspiration from nature itself, the iPhone also features an LED-lit Apple logo. Priced at $6800, this limited edition iPhone beautifully combines the harmony of nature with the high jewelry style.

Via: Bon Cadeau

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iPhone 3GS gets nature inspired with diamonds and LED

Nokia N8

The Nokia N8 introduces a 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash, HD-quality video recording, film editing software and Dolby surround sound, while the rest of the package includes a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, HDMI output, 16GB of internal storage, a microSD slot, free Ovi Maps navigation, and compatibility with upcoming Qt apps. Read more…

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Nokia N8

Motorola Devour

Verizon and Motorola today announced a Android-powered smartphone, the Motorola Devour. It features a 3.1-inch touchscreen, a slide-out full QWERTY keyboard, aGPS and it comes with an 8GB microSD card (it supports up to 32GB). It will be available in March.

MOTOBLUR is the first solution to sync contacts from work and personal e-mail services, including Gmail, with posts, messages, photos and more from popular sites such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. With MOTOBLUR, content is automatically delivered to the home screen and fed into easy-to-manage streams.

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Motorola Devour

Sony Ericsson Aspen - D O P E !

Sony has anncouned a Windows Mobile system smartphone, the Sony Ericsson Aspen. It using Windows Mobile 6.5.3,  the latest Windows Mobile 6.5.3, which brings the Start menu to the bottom along with icons for more finger-friendliness. It features a 2.4 inch QVGA TFT touchscreen display, full QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2 megapixel camera with 4 x digital zoom, built in WiFi, AGPS, Blueooth and 3.5mm audio jack. The Aspen supports Quadband GSM networks, and will work on AT&T's 3G network in the U.S. The Sony Ericsson Aspen will be available in selected markets in Q2 2010 in the colours Iconic Black and White Silver.

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Sony Ericsson Aspen - D O P E !

Dell Mini 5 Android-powered

Dell has unveiled a 5-inch Android-powered tablet PC at CES, which is called Slate for now. The device comes with a SIM slot so you can hook up to 3G service for Internet connectivity, it has a 5-megapixel camera and It’s believed that Dell is prepping similar devices with different screen sizes and form factors.

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Dell Mini 5 Android-powered

Lenovo Lephone Google Android Phone - W O W !

Lenove has also annoucned a Google Android system smartphone - Lenovo Lephone. 

The Lenovo LePhone features include a vibrant 3.7-inch 800x480 touchscreen, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon, a camera on both the front and back (3 megapixels for the latter), A-GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, removable battery and 3.5mm headphone jack. The best part, it has a optional keyboard accessory. the chameshell-style snap-on is very similar to the IdeaPad U1's detachable display. It will launch in China this year at first.

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Lenovo Lephone Google Android Phone - W O W !

Google Nexus One Phone - Not bad

Google has unveiled their brand phone, the Google Nexus One($529 unlocked; $180 with a T-Mobile 2 years contract).

The Nexus one phone made by HTC, using Google's latest version of the Android operating system - Android OS 2.1, sports a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, features a 3.7 inch AMOLED touchscreen(480 x 800), a 5 megapixel camera with a built in LED flash, Wi-Fi connectivity, accelerometer, compass, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, and 3.5mm headphone jack. Other features include a trackball with a multicolor LED that displays different colors for different notifications.

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Google Nexus One Phone - Not bad

Motorola Backflip Google Android Phone

Motorola has announced another Android smartphone, the Motorola Backflip, which has a unique reverse flip design makes it easy to use between touch screen and keyboard(watch the video). Its QWERTY keyboard is on the outside of the phone, not the inside. Instead of the keyboard flipping inwards, and it flips outwards. Motorola Backflip features a reverse-flip QWERTY keyboard with 3.1 inch HVGA screen, a 5 megapixel camera with flash, WiFi, HSDPA 7.2, a Micro USB connector, stereo Bluetooth, 6 hours talk time and 13 days standby. On the back of the touchscreen there is a trackpad, gives u a new way to navigate through the menus and perform functions on the handset.BACKFLIP with MOTOBLUR will be available in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia beginning in Q1 2010. There is no price info now.

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Motorola Backflip Google Android Phone

The $200 Watch-Phone, too DOPE!

If you remembered the LG’s watch phone, a slim watch with a touchscreen phone, camera, 3G and Bluetooth capability. It went to sale in Europe for around $1,500. This W Phonewatch fromKempler & Strauss combines a touchscreen interface with basic phone functionality, and you can use it while biking or hiking. This unlocked GSM phone can work both AT&T and T-Mobile, but it doesn’t have 3G capability or Wi-Fi. It has a  microphone and a speaker, but the company recommend that the phone be paired with a Bluetooth headset. It has a digital clock, but with a single touch, you can see icons for phone, messages, address book and calendar on the watch face. And it also features include a 1.4-megapixel camera for still photos and videos. Watch the video!

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The $200 Watch-Phone, too DOPE!

Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition - DROOL!

Nokia has announced a new version of Nokia 6700 classic with the 18-carat gold finish, the Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition. The Gold Edition is expected to go on sale in selected markets in the first quarter of 2010 with an estimated price of €370 before taxes and subsidies.

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Nokia 6700 classic Gold Edition - DROOL!

The First Else (aka The Monolith) - DROOL!

Check out this new offering from Else, which will debut next year in the second quarter, is offering an intriguing glimpse at a radically different and potentially much more friendly form of user interface. The First Else phone, is a 3.5 inch touch-screen phone built with the latest Access Linux Platform operating system. If you take a look at the video, you see a very polished and intuitive interface that is tailor-made for one-handed use.

There’s no word on where the First Else will make its commercial launch — all we know is that it’ll only operate on HSDPA and EDGE.

Speaking of carriers, Else is also working on a self-branded media store which will require no credit card details, thus enhancing the “out-of-the-box experience”. How will it do that, you say? Well, it’ll work very closely with carriers in full partnership, and let them charge you at the end of the month. Source


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The First Else (aka The Monolith) - DROOL!