5. Major Xbox 360 news –the Halo Reach bundle is $399, new slim console with 4Gb storage $199, and Kinect with console package for $299. More »

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From Microsoft’s beaming quarterly revenue reports is a nasty line that will have many executives within the Redmond company cringing for years: the discontinuation of the KIN cell phones has cost $240 million, a figure that does not take research and development into consideration. More »

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Unimpressed by mass-produced, cookie cutter cell phones from Apple, Motorola, HTC, RIM, etc.? Then be blown away by Bellperre’s collection of hand-built and highly customizable cell phones with over 100 kinds of luxurious leathers and different types of metals - steel and gold - to choose from. More »

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Manufactured by Toshiba for Japanese carrier giant KDDI, the Light Pool is a cell phone that is fittingly covered with LED lights and has incredible specifications. More »

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It is, in fact, the world’s lightest cell phone thanks to its modular design. The diminutive modu can be outfitted in various “jackets” and is only 72.1 x 37.6 x 7.8mm by itself. More »

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From Wirebot:

In an interview with the Studio Ghibli owned magazine, Neppuu, renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki discussed his distaste towards, well, just about everything tech related. His newest device to hate on is the iPad, or as he call it, the “game machine-like thing.” More »

When Microsoft retired the KIN quasi-smartphones after they had been on sale for barely a few months, everyone recognized the project as a monumental failure. Just how big of a catastrophe the KIN has been can be summed up in one number: 503, the alleged sales figure of both the KIN One and Two. More »

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Mobiado, from my own backyard of Vancouver, is not the one asking the question about its beautiful Classic 712EM cell phone –I am. Although technologically unremarkable, the 712EM’s charm is in its aesthetics and attention to detail, the finer qualities of life. The iPhone 4 looks shabby beside the Mobiado, which probably has few antenna issues too since Canadians, Americans, and everyone else can safely use it with a good GSM/WCDMA carrier. More »

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Barely having time to settle itself into Verizon’s strong roster, the Microsoft KIN, which was supposed to smarten up cell phones (but instead dumbed down smartphones), has been canceled, although current stock will (probably) be liquidated. European launch of the KIN has obviously been canned. More »

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Jung Dae Hoon’s cell phone/projector on a fashionable bracelet is red dot’s 2009 winner for best “design concept.” More »

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If Batman had a cell phone, it would look something like Vertu’s newly unveiled Signature Pure Black in Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD), a process of melting titanium carbid by heating it to extreme temperatures using a plasma beam. Some high-end watches use hardened PVD coating, which makes surfaces almost immune to scratches or marks. You want your $15,000 cell phone to remain pristine forever, even when it becomes obsolete. More »

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Gresso’s Grand Monaco Ceramic Red Cayman cell phone is lined in endangered alligator leather and is high in fashion but low in specs. The phone’s slick yet cramped laser-cut number-pad might break some dainty fingernails. More »

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From Rekuru: They’re not so much watching you as making sure you’re keeping busy. New technology developed by the fun people over at KDDI have found a way to make your cell phone tell them if you’re goofing off at work. Which clearly can’t be good for those of us who do love our goofing time. More »

I’ve always been wary about transparent cell phone covers. Naturally, I was a little scared to put the BodyGuardz cover on my phone, too. Read on to find out what I thought about the covers… More »

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Smartphones are making most of the headlines, but regular cell phones still fit the bill for most buyers. LG’s Pop GD510 has sold over 1 million units in just 100 days after its launch. Nexus what? More »

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