Monday, May 26, 2008

Mobile's the Star

In the Hong Kong film The Detective (currently showing on Virgin Atlantic to the US), a Nokia N-series phone features so often it is almost one of the characters.

The phone is used by actor Aaron Kwok - who plays Detective Tam - to store and take pictures in a murder investigation. The film is edgy and well directed by Oxide Pang Chun. The action begins when Tam searches for an elusive woman, with just a photo to go on...

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(c) Joia Shillingford 2008


Mobiles good enough to eat

Almost anything can be the inspiration for a new mobile phone, it seems.

At the China Design Now exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Lenovo - which was sold to the Chinese - is showing a phone inspired by a traditional Chinese dish - the hotpot. It's the second on the left.

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