The $10 displosable & recyclable Hop1800 is being hailed as the “anti iPhone”. It takes everything back to basics with an eco emphasis.

Features

* Size: 96.6mm(D)x41.6mm(W)x14mm(H)
* Weight: 77g
* Bands: Dual-band 850/1900MHz or 900/1800MHz

The Japanese concept design community known as Cuusoo has produced a concept device so practical and tantalizingly well designed that it’s a wonder it doesn’t already exist.

This ingenious mobile concept allows the user to detach the screen portion of the phone. This mechanism would allow you to conveniently engage in video phone calls on the go.

Sparks by Stella decorates personal items such as mobile phones, pens, flasks and business card holders with Swarovski crystals. An adorned mobile phone costs approximately Ft 150,000 (€600).

At Sparks by Stella, they are adding bling to cell phones, face plates, iPods, laptops, and celebrity jewelry. Stella Komlósi, the gorgeous lady behind the brand, boasts of her goal to make functional things sparkle with Swarovski crystals.

The S-series concept mobile phone designed by Simon Enever is really attractive and ever so sleek.

S-series mobile concept is not based on today’s range of phones which leaves a lot to be desired in terms of design, the aim of the game being to cram as many functions as possible into a lumpy box of endless buttons.

DECT 6.0 GHz Digital cordless phone with caller ID and handset speakerphone.

VTech Communications announced several new trendy cordless phones, including one model with customizable graphics.

Inspired by skateboard and snowboard designs, the DECT 6.0 LS6117 ($44.95) lets you change the look of the phone with one of five design inserts provided. Or, if you’re artistically inclined, you can go to vtechphones.com to create and print your own design. In addition, the LS6117 has a large LCD display with white backlighting, selectable ring tones, and is Wi-Fi friendly.

The Lucky Dragon phone was inspired by elements of Chinese design traditionally believed to bring about financial abundance.

As a mobile phone, this one’s pretty standard. The interface is simple, but effective. The screen isn’t all that fantastic, given its 176 x 220 resolution, and the camera’s laggy. It has 6MB of built-in user memory, but that can be augmented thanks to its microSD card slot. Overall, we’d have to say it gets things done without hassle and should be sufficient for ordinary use.

It was designed by best-selling author Lillian Too who writes about Feng Shui and is also an avid follower of the ancient Chinese practice.

This first of its kind Buddhism mobile phone is a heavily customized Nokia N70 that is decorated with numerous Buddhist aesthetics that makes for the ultimate religious phone.

The phone features 24 K gold plating, a Buddha on the back and intricate carvings and religious symbols all over. It also has custom Buddhist wallpapers and prayer ringtones that carry on with the theme.

Sure, there’s plenty of far fetched concept devices from big players like Nokia, but it’s nice to see that folks without millions of dollars in research funding can also come up with equally unrealistic devices, as evidenced by this so-called “Scroll” contraption created by 13 Tech Design

Inspired by the ancient Egyptian and Greek scrolls, the Scroll packs some powerful punches. It is a touchscreen mobile phone with a 10 megapixel camera and 1080p camcorder, built-in WiFi and Bluetooth, advanced multimedia features. Oh, and a full-fledged computer that runs Windows Vista or XP.

There is no need for personal coach any more. your mobile coach you!

Samsung created a phone for the fitness buff called the FIT. This cellphone comes outfitted with a tracking devise for your heartbeat. But that is just the beginning. The FIT offers a computerized trainer or program which, based on the users specifications, designs fitness plans, tells you how many calories you have burned, gives you diets lists and professional trainers’ techniques.

Ferrari model? Car toy? No, no, it just is a cell phone! ! Before getting it who would have thought the phone with car appearance? So before you go spend $400,000 on a Ferrari, consider copping the car-shaped F1 Phone instead.

The F1 Phone, designed to resemble the Ferrari, even has some moderately impressive specs for a novelty cellphone. Offering dual-band support (900/1800 MHz), a 2.2-inch touch-sensitive LCD display with 260k colors, a music player with equalizer, a video player, a camera for maximum picture size of 1280 x 1024 pixels and even a video recorder, along with an assortment of other goodies. You can get yours for around $190.