Retro looking cell phones

It's a concept and a new cellphone attachment. The Pokia outfits a minuscule mobile phone with a big old-fashioned device for talking and listening. via NY Times.

"The retro accessory, now only a series of prototypes made in London by the British designer Nicolas Roope, was inspired by Mr. Roope's disdain for the trends in cellphones, which seem to have reached a dead end with metallic and miniature becoming moronic and minuscule.

Mr. Roope (whose phone Web site is pokia.com) said it takes about an hour to put each phone together. So far he has sold his phones only on eBay.

emily | 1:59 PM | News, Buzz |
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