Guerrilla Mirror Phones – Rogers Video Phone Ads

(TrendHunter.com) Rogers, one of the key mobile phone companies in Canada, used clever “mirror phone” guerrilla ads to promote their new video phone service.

The giant cell phone decals were placed around Toronto bathrooms in restaurants, bars and clubs, with the screen portion cut out so people would have a live v…

Advertising Musicals – Sony Ericsson Walkman Commercial (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) This super corny ad for the new Sony Ericsson Walkman phone tries to connect with potential customers on an emotional level, depicting the way in which one phone can be a common connection for very different people… especially when presented like a musical!

The video spot, created by Saatchi & Sa…

Location Based Gaming – Locomatrix Blends Virtual and Reality (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) LocoMatrix is a UK based game company that has developed a location based game to force our kids into the open.

The games are available for GPS enabled mobile phones. One of the games, called Fruit Farmer, requires the players to run around in a real environment such as a park or beach collecting …

PSP Phone Hacks – PSP Slim Furikup

(TrendHunter.com) Nearly every loyal fan of the PSP would have heard about the rumours and even seen some of the concept photos of the highly anticipated PSP Phone Mobile. However hackers have gone overdrive beforehand and have developed a software which, once installed uses the inbuilt Wifi access of the PSP to allo…

Religious Phones – Buddhist Nokia N70 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) This first of its kind Buddhism mobile phone is a heavily customized Nokia N70 that is decorated with numerous Buddhist aesthetics that makes for the ultimate religious phone.

The phone features 24 K gold plating, a Buddha on the back and intricate carvings and religious symbols all over. It also h…

Hands-Free Toilet Phones – NAJA King iPhone Holder (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) The Thought Out Company has produced a hands-free iPhone holder called the NAJA King (pronounced NAHA). The King has a flexible, 3-foot coil that can be shaped and bent to your liking (or to finagle around toilet-paper holders). They even recommend wrapping it around your neck for a mobile hands-fre…

Super Car Mobiles – The Ferrari Cell Phone (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I don’t know how I feel about this Ferrari cell phone. On the one hand, I love miniatures, on the other hand the phone looks kitschy as hell. But that’s just my opinion. The little Ferrari has 2.2 inch touch-sensitive LCD display, USB connectivity, MP3 and picture and video camera. This little toy w…

Auction-Based Ride-Sharing – DriJo is the eBay of Car Pooling

(TrendHunter.com) DriJo.com is an auction-based website which offers ride-sharing and car-pooling making partial use of Google Maps technology.

In a visually attractive way, the Internet platform offers a simple method to overlay and compare routes of drivers and potential passengers. “Using an auction-based me…

Limited Edition Gadgets – Courvoisier Customized iPhone, Curve, iPod (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Famous Cognac brand Courvoisier has created an intruiging limited edition collection of customized iPhones, Curves, and iPods.

The collection features a surprisingly elegant shade of orange with artistic patterns in black.

I am not so big on the iPhone model, I always considered the iPhone a piec…

Twitter for iPhone – Twinkle with Geo-Action

(TrendHunter.com) All you Twitter fanatics can rejoice. Twinkle, an iPhone Twitter client with “Locate Me” features, has just been released on Installer.app.

Now people can know WHAT you are doing, and WHERE you are doing it!

Twinkle utilizes the iPhone’s location feature to add location data to your entries. How…

3G iPhone Within 60 Days? (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) According to Cnet News, the legendary tech columnist Walt Mossberg, or Uncle Walt, from The Wall Street Journal has predicted that we will see the next generation of iPhones within 60 days. An iPhone with 3G capabilities. He made a very subtle statement while speaking at a conference held by beet.tv…

Emotion-Sensitive Cell Phones – TouchMan Shares Your Feelings Visually (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The TouchMan cellphone concept can become a piece of furniture which allows its user to communicate in a very personal way with relatives, friends, coworkers, etc. The communication becomes extra personal because, apparently, this gadget allows for the visual sharing of emotions.

“They could chang…

DIY Phone Customization – Easy Tiles Phone (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Tzu-Fu Wang Easy Tiles phone design is super fun and flexible with its entire shell made of tiles that you can customize and slide around for a different look whenever you get bored. A perfect phone for kids and teenagers.

You can print custom images on the tiles to create your own unique desi…

Classic Watch Phones – Cool G108

(TrendHunter.com) It’s huge, it combines the latest gadgetry into a wristwatch, and it features a rotary-dial-inspired interface. The Cool G108 is both a phone and a watch. But wait, there’s more – it also has a 1.3-megapixel camera, multimedia player, Bluetooth, 0.5MB of built-in memory and a MMS expansion slot! Wow…

Scented Downloads – Mobile Fragrance Communications

(TrendHunter.com) Imagine if you could download “his” cologne fragrance when you’re engaged in pillow talk with him… or that baby smell when talking about your new granddaughter.

Japanese cell phone users will test a service that will allow cell phone users to download fragrances. From major telecommunications co…

Mobile Music Identifiers – Shazam

(TrendHunter.com) I have addicted to Shazam which is one of those rare text services that works BRILLIANTLY.

Basically you text 2580 and hold the phone to the speakers for 15 seconds. You then get a text saying what the tune it is within one minute.. The service is amazing as it really does work and pick up the most…

Product Teasers – LG Black Label Has Glass, Carbon Fiber and Mystique (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Nothing else is known at this point, but LG is teasing with us with the releasing an image capturing what’s to be the next model in its Black Label line. The details are few, but it appears to be a lithe slider, slim and dark with a case made of nearly indestructible carbon fiber and a glass touchsc…

Sexy Mobile Branding – Playboy Phone: Alcatel OT-V770A (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Alcatel unveiled several during CTIA Wireless 2008 in Las Vegas and one of the more popular with the men (really?) were its Playboy-branded handset ‘OT-V770A’

It comes in Gold, Pink, or Silver metallic trim, and really plays up its Playboy affiliation. The Playboy phone supports a 1.3 megapixe…

Cell Phone-Shaped Coffins

(TrendHunter.com) Sadie Jones was buried in her most precious possession. Well, not quite. When Mrs, Jones passed away 5 years ago, she was buried in a cell-phone shaped coffin. Apparently, she loved her cell phone that much.

Now Mr. Jones is claiming she is spooking him by sending him and the rest of the family te…

Eco-Friendly Smart Phones – Greener Grass LINC (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) With new phone models and fads popping up each few months, people do not hold onto their phones as long as they used to. And let’s be honest, not everyone is motivated enough to recycle their old phone. That is why this innovative plan by The Greener Grass is so impressive.

Inspired by their recent…