8.20.2005
Mobiado shows Megapixel Phone with Wood Cover : List Price $1900
"Over the past few months I have been hearing that the next big thing in mobile devices was going to be, of all things, wood. Most of what I heard was referring to wood detailed headsets, but it seems that Mobiado wants to take it a bit further. Their new Mobiado Profession EM takes the basic design of the original Professional model, stuffs a 1.3 megapixel camera inside, and wraps it in exotic woods.
The Professional EM is going to be available in Black with either Cocobolo or Honduran Rosewood accents. The wood gives an already distinctive looking handset even more of an eye-catching appearance. The wood also seems to have helped Mobiado shave some weight off of the device, since the EM comes in at 14g (.5oz) lighter than the original Mobiado Professional.
The new device has an upgraded 1.3 megapixel camera, as we mentioned, and also gets a boost in the internal storage department. Internal RAM has been boosted to 32MB (from 6MB), and the MMC card slot will allow users to add up to an additional 512MB of storage for photos and music files. If the built-in music player doesn't float your boat, you can make use of the Professional EM's FM radio instead - as long as you attach a wired headset, which serves double duty as the antenna.
As you might expect from such an exotic looking handset, the thrills don't come cheap.The Mobiado Professional EM has a list price of US$1900." [Via mobileburn.com]
Just in case you weren't sure what to blow your money on ;-).
