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Robbie Williams' Walkman Phone

Following on from Bon Jovi's foray into er, Bakelite radios, Robbie has decided to be somewhat more modern (or "with it", as my nan would say) by designing a mobile phone on which you can buy and listen to his music (how handy! But you do get one live recording and a video for free). The phone is the Sony Ericsson W300i Walkman phone, the latest in the Walkman phone family.

While listening to the crooner himself, you can marvel at his logo-design skills, play with the included extra Robbie 'skins', and watch him 'live' on his new tour through a direct link to his new WAP site. Ooh also, the startup and shutdown screens show clips of the man himself performing, the default ringtone is one of his tracks, and the SMS sound is a voice clip. And of course it has all the increasingly standard features like MP3 playback, digital camera and FM radio.

This phone is available soon on T-Mobile, but just make sure you really really like the boy, otherwise within 18 months or so you might find you're gritting your teeth every time the thing rings at you.   [Sara Wallen]

Roberto Cavalli's U880 LG Phones

Remember those Cavalli handsets from LG that we popped up on here a while ago? We said there wasn't much likelihood of them reaching these shores, and we weren't wrong. However, these Cavalli LG phones are heading UK-wards. As well as featuring exclusive Cavalli designs, the LG U880 is apparently the thinnest of its type in the UK, weighing in at only 100g. It features a 1.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, an MP3 player and a 80MB of memory for storing up your music.

Oh, and to find out about 3's new WePay tariff that earns you money when people call you, check out this story on Tech Digest.

More Designer Phones:
Dolce & Gabbana Motorola RAZR V3i
Siemens SL75 Gold Escada Phone

T3 Hairdryer - great apparently

The hours of my life spent drying my hair - really, I don't like to think about it. But, unless this is some sort of cruel joke, I'm soon to be released from the tyranny of 4-day hairdrying sessions thanks to this T3 hairdryer. Apparently, it will cut your drying time in half, eliminate frizzy hair and will leave you with a glorious mane of shiny smoothness. And now for the science! It's made from 100% crushed Tourmaline jewels (by all accounts a semi-precious stone) which generate a healthy dose of negative ions when heated. It'll cost you $200, but what's good enough for Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Britney and Tyra Banks is good enough for me. Having said that, probably best to scratch Britney from the list - her hair always looks like something my cat coughed up.

Read [via Techie Diva]

Dolce & Gabbana Motorola RAZR V3i

All thoughts of the Magenta RAZR are already long forgotten now we know that this Dolce & Gabbana RAZR V3i exists in the world. Suddenly, that pink version doesn't seem quite so unique. It helps that there are only 1000 of these beauties on the planet, and so long as I don't discover there's some vulgar designer branding smattered across the casing, I'm going to spend the rest of my day feeling mild pangs for that "liquid gold finish". It's also got: "a personalised background with screensaver, a tailored sound for power up and down, an exclusive polyphonic ring tone and a video clip illustrating 20 years of Dolce & Gabbana brand history". You can only get it in Dolce & Gabbana boutiques in Italy, Spain, UK, France and Germany - although keep an eye on eBay in the coming weeks.

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Roberto Cavalli's LG Phones

Yet another designer has got involved in the world of mobile phone design. As usual, however, it's not so much the phone that's been specially designed, as just an opportunity for the designer to slap a couple of patterns across the front. LG's latest 3G phone comes with Roberto Cavalli prints in place of the usual black/silver colour schemes. Only 1,089 Roberto Cavalli Fashion Phones are going to be made, and it's doubtful that any of them will be going on sale over in the US or UK. As well as a Roberto Cavalli Fashion Phone with hand-printed animal pattern, each box set will come with a new Roberto Cavalli Serpentine EDP perfume.

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More Fashion Phones:
Siemens SL75 Escada Phone
Donatella Versace Nokia 7270
Betsey Johnson Samsung E315

Wayne Hemingway's Livebox design

Good old Wayne Hemingway's turned his trendy specs to the attention of the Wanadoo Livebox design. The man really can't get enough of technology, and he seems to fill a good portion of his day conceiving designs for the latest gizmo. This time, it's a wireless modem that provides wireless broadband for the whole house along with a second phone line that uses VoIP, (so your phone connects over the internet and provides free or very cheap calls). He's splashed his designs along the front, but if you prefer to keep it simple, you can always just opt for the plain version. The Livebox comes with the Wanadoo Wireless & talk package which costs £14.99 a month. (Btw, check out those string and pin pics in the background. I'm having flashbacks to my old maths classroom).

Wanadoo

More Wayne:
Wayne Hemingway's Bug Radio
Wayne Hemingway's Sky+ Boxes (Tech Digest)
More info on making free calls using VoIP

Helena Christensen's Sony Ericsson K750i

Helena Christensen has teamed up with Sony Ericsson to promote its phones before, and now she's at it again, this time with the K750i 2MP cameraphone. Although she can be seen here doing her model bit, she'll actually be doing a spot of snapping herself, putting on her "photographer" hat to show everyone what the camera on the K750i is capable of. Apparently, SE will also be giving away trips to Helena's New York photo studio as well.

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Gwen's HP Camera available

Looks like Gwen Stefani's modded HP Photosmart R607 Harajuku Lovers Digital Camera I posted up a while ago is available to purchase. The camera, inspired by those crazy kids from Harajuku, has 4.1-megapixels and comes with extra features like a special case designed by Gwen, jangly dangly bits such as charms and straps, and a DVD of Gwen doing her day job.

Product Page [via Gizmodo]

Paris Hilton's PSP

Paris has been doing an admirable job of advertising the Sidekick II (soon to hit the UK as the Danger Hiptop), although not always for the right reasons. Now she's turned her hand to Sony's PSP, carrying the gaming console around along with a teeny puppy. Since it was her other rat pooch that got her into trouble with the Sidekick (Tinkerbell was the answer to her password secret question) maybe she's binned it in favour of a new canine companion.

Pics [Boomspeed via Gizmodo]

Paris's customised sidekick

They've been having a field day with this Paris kerfuffle over on Gizmodo, most recently running an interview with NYC Peach - the company responsible for customising Paris's Sidekick II handsets (including this one). Apparently the Sidekicks are by far the most popular phone for celebs at the moment and Lindsay from NYC Peach doesn't see that changing just yet - despite the fact that countless celebs, including Vin Diesel, Pamela Anderson, Eminem, Christina Aguilera, Avril Levigne, and the well known Dike-ass, have had their phone numbers scattered about the web.

Meanwhile, Laura Barton over at the Guardian has been doing a bit of top notch broadsheet journalism, ringing the celebs up in the hope of speaking to one of them. The best she manages is a girl called Sonya and the T-Mobile customer support desk. Still, at least we know that Vin Diesel's voicemail now says "Hey, it's Vin Diesel. I'm a really bad actor. And a total douche-bag. Leave a message" and Lindsay Lohan's proudly annouces "I'm a whore". Sounds like some impish hackers have been at it again.

NYC Peach Interview - Gizmodo
Laura Barton gets dialling - Guardian