Mobiado continues to plunge head first into the world of luxury handsets with the new 105GMT series. The company has released two new handsets, the 105GMT Stealth and the 105GMT Antique. Both units were inspired by military stealth aircraft, featuring aluminum and sapphire crafting. The Stealth unit features aircraft aluminum and anodized black and sapphire crystal buttons, which are hand painted in black. The Antique model is crafted in tue traditional Eurpoean style, featuring rose gold, diamond, sapphire crystal, and Cocobolo hardwood. Yeah, these things look damned cool.
The 105GMT Stealth and Antique also throw a watch into the mix. This watch features a unique dual mechanical movement mechanism, which allows for the user to set two international time zones. Each Swiss gold-plated mechanical watch movement contains 25 jeweled bearings, with a self-winding automatic mechanism. Kind of like having a really expensive, really cool, pocket watch in addition to a phone.
Pricing has yet to be determined although the company did note there would only be 117 combined units manufactured.
Canadian high-end phone manufacturer Mobiado is readying their flagship phone, the 350 Pioneer. This luxury-phone is actually crafted from spacecraft aluminum and features a sapphire crystal inlay. The infrared window is made from a solid piece of ruby crystal, and the buttons are a combination of sapphire crystal and stainless steel. It also comes equipped with the usual bells and whistles: Multimedia capabilities, a 3.2 megapixel camera, a 2.36″ 16 million colors display, integrated GPS, and Bluetooth and micro USB connectivity. It can also make phone calls. They are only making 37 of these beasts, to signify the number of years the Pioneer has been in space. A pricepoint has yet to be established.
Also, in case you havn’t noticed, that is one gorgeous phone. Bring it home to mother level gorgeous
Like exercise? Like outer space? You may be in luck. AlterG has just unveiled it’s M300 line of anti-gravity treadmills. The series features technology that was first pioneered at the venerable NASA. It was originally developed to help with physical training after an injury. However, it is now being released into the consumer sector because the technology allows you to run or walk at a fraction of your body weight, thus limiting possibility of a strain or injury. It’ll set you back $24,500 but that’s a small price to pay for almost, sort of, going to space.
Now if only we can get AlterG to work on a hoverboard. Weren’t we promised that by now?
Sick of sailing the high seas without an iPod dock maximized for use on a boat? Italian nautical company Gallinea has you covered. They have recently unveiled the obviously titled “iBoat.” This ADHP dock station is meant for a pirate’s life, being as how the unit is rigged to turn on automatically when the boat starts up. The station comes equipped with aux inputs and outputs, making it compatible with any audio source. Now you can listen to the SNL song “On a Boat” as you are actually, um, on a boat.
The unit was unveiled at the 49th annual Genoa Boat show. Pricing has yet to be released. More information can be found at Gallinea’s site.
File this under green: San Francisco consumer electronics start-up Regen have tapped into our collective fears of destroying the planet by creating “Reverb,” a solar-powered iPod dock. The unit can provide 12 hours of music with just one charge, which is provided by laying it out in the sun for 20 hours. The dock only lasts 4.5 hours when pumped to maximum volume. Keep that in mind when you are having guests over, or trying to cover up something unseemly.
This aesthetically pleasing 35-inch tower sports a backlit LCD display, and an integrated photovoltaic panel that borrows power from our massive sun. The unit allows for electric usage as well, clocking in at around 60 watts. Reverb will set you back $2,299, which is a lot of electric bills. Interested parties should check Regen’s site.
Reports indicate that a “mysterious British celebrity” has commissioned to have their Fender Stratocaster electric guitar gold-plated. Details on who ordered the gold dipping are scant, but we at Techcraving are gonna go with Patrick Stewart. It’s just like Captain Picard to demand the best in life by dipping a guitar in pure 24K gold.
British luthier Kim Webber fielded the task of disassembling and reassembling the prized music maker.
“This guitar has generated, without doubt, more interest than anything I have created so far” he said.
However, he admits it has one fatal flaw.
“”It’s not the best sounding ever.”
Reps from Guitarist Magazine echo that sentiment but also note that it’s the first time they had seen anything like it.
“It’s certainly a unique look, but we’re not sure we’d trust ourselves to gig it.” They said. Bad news for those expecting Patrick Stewart to form a band.
Via: BBC.
