Infobar

Juniper Foo | Aug 06, 2004

In a melding of form and function, Kofu-born designer Naoto Fukasawa has turned the everyday mobile into a kinetic work of art that looks just as good on a mantle piece. While the dull-sounding name Infobar, by KDDI au, doesn't do the bar-shaped terminal justice, the palette of choices is droolworthy. Ichimatsu features a black-and-white kimono pattern; Nishikigoi emulates a Japanese koi pond with splashes of red; Building comes in silver tiles against a night sky; and the latest addition, Annin, is dressed in the creamy-white of Annin Tofu almond jelly. Too bad it's only for Japan.

Price: N.A.
Availability: Japan only
Device: CDMA 1X WIN handset
Basic specs: Magnesium alloy casing, 87g, claimed talktime of 2.5 hours, standby of 200 hours, 132 x 176-dot LCD screen, 310,000-pixel CCD camera, 40-chord polyphony, email inbox of 500 messages, 3MB data folder capacity, camera and flash capable of video and stills, EZ applications (Brew) and EZ navigations, supports EZ Chaku-uta and Chaku Movies

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