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Danglin' it Old School: Handsets on Mobiles
Posted by: gareth

This apparently is not a joke. According to a piece on Phonedaily, a Taiwanese phone site (via Akihabara), it looks as though young phone users in Japan are trying to achieve that sexy phone lineman look by attaching landline phone handsets to their cellies and then dangling the sets from their belt loops. The site also shows the handsets being customized with paint, glitter, decals, and the like. Personally, we're waiting for those gigantic first-gen cellphones to make a comeback.

<font color="red">Update: Mark blogged this on Boing Boing and a reader wrote:

Just the other day i came across a website that happens to sell these very items. They can be found at Fred Flare." $20.

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Re: Danglin' it Old School: Handsets on Mobiles (Score: 1)
by vonslatt on Dec 12, 2005 - 06:18 PM
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They've almost got it - but mine is wireless!

Re: Danglin' it Old School: Handsets on Mobiles (Score: 1)
by gareth on Dec 12, 2005 - 06:25 PM
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Schweet. But you need some decals or flames or somethin' on that hand piece.

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Re: Danglin' it Old School: Handsets on Mobiles (Score: 1)
by gareth on Dec 12, 2005 - 06:36 PM
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Personally, I want this one hangin' off my ass. Very steampunk.

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