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EXOvault case wraps your iPhone in cold, hard steel

by Darren Murph posted Jul 14th 2009 @ 1:54PM

Do none of the gazillion iPhone cases currently on the market suit your fancy? Are you still looking for a holster that's really built to take abuse? Look no further, as the handcrafted EXOvault is an all-metal sheath that can be ordered in aluminum, brass or titanium. Beyond that, details are surprisingly scant, leaving us to assume "what you see is what you get." Be sure to make clear what kind of iPhone you have when ordering, and be extra sure to have $95 / $95 / $300 (respectively) in liquidated funds available before pulling the trigger.

[Via Boing Boing]

Haier's shiny Sterling handset gets official

by Darren Murph posted May 20th 2007 @ 5:56PM

Way back in January we were able to get our comparatively large palms around Haier's minuscule Elegance, and now the company's latest mirrored handset has gotten official with a pre-order price and release date. The oh-so-shiny Sterling brings back the bling factor in a serious way, and while it may look like there's no external display on this bad boy, we promise it's just an illusion. Underneath the facade resides a 1.8-inch color LCD, 1.3-megapixel camera, a pair of "music puzzle games," support for MP3, WMA, MP4, and AAC files, USB 2.0 connectivity, Bluetooth, 128MB of internal memory, a microSD card slot, and a battery capable of staying alive through three solid hours of yapping. Interestingly, you can plunk down a "non-refundable" deposit of $199 now in order to secure a position in line when it launches worldwide in July, but considering that there's no word on how much extra you will be billed upon shipment, we'd be mighty hesitant to pull the trigger just yet.

[Via I4U, thanks Luigi]

Hands-on with Samsung's CeBIT "treasure case"

by Sean Cooper posted Mar 15th 2007 @ 10:08PM

Hall 26 is definitely one of the places to be for mobiles at CeBIT and Samsung is there in full force. The booth is taking up a good bit of the available real estate, so there was much to see and a big space to cover. We took some time to look through a PR type's "treasure case" to check out what Samsung had to offer at CeBIT for 2007. The message is definitely the Ultra II devices, easily seen by the signage draped and standing almost everywhere we looked (check the pics for a couple samples). While Samsung didn't have too much new at this year's event, we still got a few sweet pics for your ogling entertainment.