Orb Bluetooth headset redefines the earring

Here's the Bluetooth headset that the Jacob Jensen-designed Jabra should have been. Rather than dazzle you with the bling and glitter, the Orb actually redefines designer chic in a Bluetooth headset. Its ingenuity lies in the way it cleverly morphs from a ring you can actually wear, to a earring you do wear over the ear as an innocuous Bluetooth earpiece.

The marriage of tech and style is the brainchild of Hybra Advance Technology Inc. and AbsolutelyNew Inc. The duo even has the Orb in different ring sizes, as well as a limited-edition version that comes implanted with gemstones for those who fancy more flash and shimmer. There's also a Deluxe edition sporting a flexible organic light emitting device (FOLED) screen to display caller ID, calendar reminders, and voice-to-text information for communication so you don't even have to take the headset in its ring form off your digit.
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Canned Motorola Ivory photographed

Russian site Mobile-review has photos and specs of a never-released Motorola phone dubbed Ivory. This premium handset is a slim slider developed in conjunction with the Aura, another luxury handset (reviewed here), and was supposed to come in steel, gold and platinum versions with its price running as high as tens of thousands of US dollars.

The Ivory seems longer than other slide-out phones and has a two-phase mechanism which first exposes the controls, followed by the numeric keypad upon further extension. According to the report, it was dropped because of lack of interest from operators. Unsurprising given the current economic climate.

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103-inch Bang & Olufsen TV lands in Singapore

Warning! The Bang & Olufsen (B&O) BeoVision 4-103 is a plasma TV not for the faint-hearted. For one, it has a humongous 103-inch panel, which is probably one of the largest in the market today. (The only competitor we can think of is Panasonic's 103-inch plasma TV.)

For a display this size, B&O recommends a minimum viewing distance of 4.5m for the best visual experience. In a nutshell, you'll need to have a pretty big living room to accommodate a TV like this. As a matter of interest, the TV weighs 250kg, the motorized stand another 250kg, which add up to daunting 500kg for the entire system?

The shocker, however, is really its price. According to the Danish firm, the BeoVision 4-103 will retail for S$230,000 (US$165,289.26) in Singapore. That's a six-figure sum that can easily net you a decent small apartment in many parts of Asia. In Singapore where cars are overpriced, that's the sticker price for a BMW Z4 Roadster.
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Aluminum flash drive, only 1,000,000 yen

That's right, count the zeroes. Because that's all you're going to do. But even rounded down to US$10,000, this upcoming thumbdrive ain't got no bling, unlike the Philips/Swarovski Active Crystals drives. It holds a mere 16GB capacity, scarcely a candle to Kingston's 128GB flash media. And you'll still have to fork out shipping charges if you are crazy or rich enough to buy this online.
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Outlet Wall solves all your power needs

The Outlet Wall is a great idea. It actually looks good and is totally an exercise in function meeting fashion. If I ever get around to remodeling my place I do believe one wall will feature this setup.

It's just what it appears to be: An entire wall made of active power outlets. Imagine: No more power strips, tangled cables, or trying to make brick adapters fit where they don't want to.

Even if you don't wire all the outlets up, they still look cool. It's almost some sort of post-tech artistic statement.

Photographer David Friedman came up with this concept and posted it on his site, Ironic Sans, where he often details design and gadget ideas. Sadly, the wall does appear to be just a concept for now, but David, if you're reading this, I'd like to give you an Internet high-five.

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