Crystal Cellphones: Smothered in Swarovski Crystals

July 2008 - Nokia and Verizon Wireless have joined dark forces and have released the Nokia 6205 - Dark Knight Limited Edition cellphone. The phone itself isn’t as flashy as the latest units available in the market today, but it does come loaded with a trailer and the movie logo at the back. Loyal Batman fans might be enticed to get one as a collector’s item. It does come with a 1.3-megpaixel camera, external music controls on the cover, and 58MB internal memory. The promotional packaging is quite a treat as well with loads of goodies fan boys will surely appreciate. We think this is the first time a cellphone was attached as a promotional item to a Hollywood film.

October 2008 - Olympus teams up with Swarovski to dress up its camera. Olympus’s limited edition Stylus 1040 Crystal digicam to features a diagonal stripe of 98 Swarovski crystals on the sliding lens barrier. The jeweled camera features face-detection autofocus and autoexposure to provide Intelligent Auto mode detecting the five most commonly used scenes and adjusts settings, which is really handy because fashionistas don't generally have time to focus on such details when taking pictures at a party for their myspace page! Filed under: Crystal Covered Camera

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December 2008 - The Swarovski company is all over NYC for Christmas -- it's a very Swarovski Christmas in Manhattan. For one thing, there is the Swarovski crystal star right on top of the Rockefeller Christmas tree. The tree is unveiled during the first week of December each year right in the middle of the city. Thousands of people watch the ceremony live and hundreds of thousands more watch it on local NYC TV.
Not to be undone -- ever -- are the Radio City Rockettes whose uniforms are bejeweled with even more thousands of pure Swarovski crystals! Ah, but Swarovski does not have one of the city's winter crown jewels -- the famous Times Square New Year's Eve 'Ball' is manufactured by NYC's favorite Irish crystal manufacturer -- Waterford Crystal!

November 2008 - - San Francisco based designer Yves Behar designed a beautiful chandelier using Swarovski crystals. Shown to the left in the peridot color offered by the Austrian crystal company, the chandelier sculpture is called the "Nest".

The 12" Nest weighs 600 pounds and used high tech Flatlites and 7500 crystals and costs $88.000. Originally unveiled at the Salon del Mobile in Milan, Italy. Smaller Nests are also available from Swarovski: A 220-pound version for $13,000 and a Mini Nest that weighs 66 pounds for $5.500. How many do you want?

October 2008 - A one of a kind Swarovski-encrusted Scrabble game board and tiles appeared in October 2008 on ebay as part of a worldwide auction for charity. The crystal-covered Scrabble board was commissioned to celebrate the Diamond Anniversary (60th Anniversary) of the Hasbro board game. Earlier in the month celebrities such as Jimmy Kimmel played a game of Scrabble on the board, which features 30,000 Swarovski crystals.

Swarovski encrusted Scrabble board auctioned on ebay


October 2008 - SkinJam is coming to the United States. SkinJam is a custom made film especially made to cover ordinary electronic gadgets such as cellphones, radios and laptops with a beautiful and durable decorative film. The company is based in Asia and is rolling out its business throughout Asia, the United Arab Emerites, South America and North America. The company claims the thin films will last up to 5 years and removes easily without damage to the device. A wide range of designs are available including some crystallized cellphone skins that feature Swarovski crystals.
October 2008 - Olympus teams up with Swarovski to dress up its camera. Olympus’s limited edition Stylus 1040 Crystal digicam to features a diagonal stripe of 98 Swarovski crystals on the sliding lens barrier. The jeweled camera features face-detection autofocus and autoexposure to provide Intelligent Auto mode detecting the five most commonly used scenes and adjusts settings, which is really handy because fashionistas don't generally have time to focus on such details when taking pictures at a party for their myspace page! Filed under: Crystal Covered Camera

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