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Cellphone bling
Wireless Watch Japan closes out the year with a look at one of the most advanced bit of aftermarket cellphone modding we've seen--LEDs galore in an bewildering range of patterns, fitted under your keypad or (by the look of it) into holes drilled in the outer case. Cell-phone accessories may look like kid stuff to overseas viewers but the fun and games of charms, designer hand straps, custom-painted handsets and key pad jewels is a multimillion dollar spin-off industry that's crossing Japan's borders into Asia and coming to a country near you. [via dottocomu] Related articles: -- English Morning Tea scented cell phone charm - Singaporean mobile accessory specialist StrapYa has some interesting paraphanalia to dangle from your cell phone -- Mobile phone personality - Mobile phones in Japan have become a crucial identity statement, with accessories like straps, antenna rings, photo stickers and fake gems reflecting the owner's personality. -- Cell Phone Charms - This picture was posted by Justin Hal in TheFeature.com in November 2003, related to an article on Mobility in Seoul. It's a display of used phone charms for sale at a train station. Justin Hal wonders whether they were lost or stolen, or simply returned by people who no longer found personal meaning in that particular charm or totem? |
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