Aluminum mmmm...

[dannychan]

Found this www.mobiado.com (http://www.mobiado.com) this morning.

http://www.mobiado.com/images/index.jpg

Danny

[Ioman]

Whoa, I am liking it. What service does it use?

[dang]

very unique looking phone, but extremely expensive at $1200 US!

The phone is unlocked and Tri-band GSM. It also supports just about everything (bluetooth, video, speaker phone, streaming video & audio, mp3s & AAC.

The thing that makes this phone special is what it's made out of. From the site:
Mobiado Professional is the first and only CNC machined mobile phone. We used aircraft aluminum to build a strong yet light body, silicone carbide polished it, and then anodized it to produce a ceramic surface for the toughest of uses. The buttons are stainless steel and the screens are abrasive resistant cast acrylic.

[ECA]

Video recorder and player
Digital VGA camera
Active TFT color display
Bluetooth wireless technology
Speaker phone
Music player for MP3 and AAC files
Two illumination white LEDs
Every Mobiado Professional comes with a 128MB SD card, stereo headphones, charger, and manual.
EGSM 900, GSM 1800, and GSM 1900 networks in Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, North America, and South America where these networks are supported
Supports up to 65,536 colors within 128 x 128 pixels
Resolution up to 640 x 480
Integrated video recorder: 3GPP spec (H.263 video and AMR audio packed in .3gp format)
Integrated video player: 3GPP spec (H.263 video, MPEG-4, and AMR audio packed in .3gp format)
Stereo FM radio
Max message size: Up to 100 kB per MMS
Power Management
Battery Capacity Talk time Standby time
BL-5C 850 mAh Li-Ion Up to 3-5 h Up to 150-300 h

Variation in operating times will occur depending on SIM card, network and usage settings, usage style and environments.


THIS is a REAL NICE product....

[ECA]

AND its JAVA based...

[znaps]

It's basically a Nokia in a metal casing.

[openbsd-flipp]

It's basically a Nokia in a metal casing.

But it is a nokia that will <hopefully> keep me from breaking my phone every month