Eleksen Bluetooth portable fabric keyboard

Personally, with handhelds now sporting QWERTY pull-out trays and subnotebooks getting even tinier, portable keyboards are finding it harder to justify their existence. The last one this writer owned collected dust until it was finally tossed onto the trash heap. For the last of the road Mohicans still relying on PDAs to input their data, Eleksen's Bluetooth fabric keyboard is probably the most practical and portable option out there. It's so flexible, you can roll it up and never know it's in your pocket. Just don't mistakenly blow your nose with it.

More images of the keyboard (courtesy of our US site): Picture 1 | picture 2 | picture 3

Price: US$99
Availability: End Q2, Elecksen
Device: Portable Bluetooth-enabled keyboard
Basic specs: 0.6mm thick, raised and flat keys, water-resistant fabric, Bluetooth, USB and proprietary connections, drivers to support Win Mobile Smartphone, Symbian Series 60 and Palm 5.0 Bluetooth-enabled devices

Samsung E800 special edition

This time, Samsung's gone way over the top for ladies' phones, interpreting chick chic as hot pink with tons of faux bling bling adorning it. Even ditsy Simple Life starlet Paris Hilton will cringe to be seen with the overdone E800. But if flash is your thang, then go for it.

Other girly makeovers: Betsey Johnson Samsung E315, Anna Sui and DVF

Via slashphone.com

Price: N.A.
Availability: N.A.
Device: Designer phone
Basic specs: Soft slider, dualband, onboard camera, 16-bit LCD screen

Panasonic X800 Shu Uemura limited edition

If you loved what Samsung's collaboration with a team of female designers produced, then check out Panasonic's coup with Japanese cosmetics artist Shu Uemura who's turned the X800 into a personal canvas for a limited-edition design confined to just 2,000 pieces, and to just the Taiwan and China markets. We won't be surprised, though, if copycat faceplates turn up anytime soon.

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Via Popgadget

Price: NT$19,800 (US$636)
Availability: Taiwan and China
Device: Fashion phone
Basic specs: Symbian Series 60 platform, Quickoffice, miniSD card, changeable faceplates

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