…And sometimes there is not much to say except just the facts.

Who: Lux label Boucheron in collaboration with Vertu, an independently run fully owned subsidiary of Nokia.

What: The Signature Cobra Cell Phone; - priced reasonably at $310,000.00 
- a Vertu phone encrusted with one pear-cut diamond, one round white diamond, two emerald eyes and 439 rubies. Complete with cobras up the side.

When: Now - word on the street is there is only a limited edition of 8-26 (depending where you read)

Where: Vertu.com

Why: Because why buy a house, when you can buy a diamond and ruby cell phone?

Via: Crave Blog 

Other options: check out oodles of cell phone recommendations on ThisNext 

XzanderX picked this up and coming Sony Ericsson W950i. Before we gush over how much we might want this phone - lets just get the big question out of the way. MYSTIC PURPLE? as the only color it comes in? Perhaps i have less of a problem with the color, more with the name… “hey have you seen my mystic purple new phone?  it has 4 gigs built in…” Just seems a bit odd sounding. I feel like it should tell my fortune and predict the future with a color name like that. But ok ok, enough about that - he stickered the phone h0tt and i can’t disagree with him - between the 4 gigs internal, the “advanced digital music player”, touch screen, and the flushed keypad (no bumps) - what’s not to drool over? It’s not out yet, but coming soon to select markets.
 

Exactly how bad is talking on your cell phone while driving? A new study from the University of Utah found that chatty motorists are just as dangerous as drunk drivers, according to Ergonomics in the News. The blog, which shows readers how to get ergonomically healthier in the workplace and beyond, reports that drunk drivers and cell talkers have a comparable risk of ending up in an accident. So even though it may be tempting as all get-out to start dialing when you’re stuck in gridlock, best to keep the talk to whatever’s on talk radio or coming from those oh-so-charmingly loquacious DJs babbling away between songs.

Limited edition couture fashion phones are all the rage it seems. From the D&G gold plated Razr, those Roberto Cavalli Leopard Print phones, and now —- the Siemens Limited Edition SL75 ESCADA hot pink slider. GizmoDiva is an impressive little tech blog slanted towards the colorful and more enticing tech… much to shopcast here.

Because it’s easier to find your lipgloss if it’s attached to your celly.

Because everyone has a Razr now.

Because

Beautynomics knows her lipgloss junkie sister will love it.

In the handheld phone/pda gizmo world, theres a new toy out so frequently its hard to know what’s worth waiting for, so we’re always fans of honest hands on reviews! Like this Torq N100 Unbox.it post by Benjamin Nied over at Digital Lifestyle Magazine. Will you give your Treo for this? Your Blackberry? Upgrade your standard pda? Read it and see if its for you.

Sprint users can now subscribe to a $10-a-month service that delivers personalized dieting advice straight to their camera phones, Medgadget reports. Through MyFoodPhone, you can snap pictures of your meals, send the photos in, and post your diet and health info online. Then, every two weeks, the service will e-mail you a personalized 90-second video with nutritionist advice on your dieting progress and tips on achieving healthy weight loss.

Here’s a great ad to show you why you shouldn’t talk on the cellphone while driving. Not quite traditional - he IS driving a RC car, but the impact is strong regardless. So shop on, but don’t forget to use your cellphones for good and not evil? via Cellphone9

What’s more fun than shopping? Anticipating what’s coming up next perhaps? Like in the cell phone genre, what features, what new toys, what colors will you hope to find next? Here’s a design concept i found over at the Mobile Fanatic:  

“The Triple Watch Cell Phone can slide out of the wristwatch band and triple-flip into a normal cell phone. When it is in wrist watch mode, it has a speaker phone button that allows the user to answer the phone and hang up while driving. Another feature is the ability to hook up tBluetoothth headset to talk without taking the phone out of the watch.”

So, your purse just too heavy, or too small for carrying BOTH the digicam and cell phone? Well you’re in luck, since Samsung and Verizon have officially teamed up to provide the first cell phone with a 3.2 megapixel camera in America. A more usable camera on the phone, whether you’re a social picture taker, a voyeur, or you just want to have the latest tech in your hand… ThisNext knows this will somehow end up on someone’s list here. Found this newsbyte over at Gazotto.

We’re all a little delicate on Mondays…

…So here are a couple products ready to give you lots of love:

Hug salt & pepper shakers by Mint [via destination design]

Johnny cell phone holders [via Gizmodo]

Is your cellphone so cool its on ice? Ok that was bad, I know, but that’s what it looked like to me when I first saw that picture. Ok, but seriously, here is the Gigabyte g-Smart i120 Phone - with 2.0 megapixel camera, 64 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM, with bluetooth and IR. Best part? It has a 2.4” QVGA display, TV tuner, and FM tuner… and this is only one of many fab finds over at the British consumer oriented blog, GizmoGuy.