Kris Kumar
12-04-2005, 08:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/03/business/03pursuits.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5090&en=bd65ed00557406e0&ex=1291266000&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1133668830-qJnoxWMAhEiSCRtpK5NfAg' target='_blank'>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/03/business/03pursuits.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5090&en=bd65ed00557406e0&ex=1291266000&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1133668830-qJnoxWMAhEiSCRtpK5NfAg</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Even so, I held my breath as I watched Denise back up the Boxster. I heard a soft crunch as the right rear tire rolled over the Liquidmetal casing of the Vertu. I dug the phone out of the Styrofoam pad. The crystal display panel lighted up immediately. Denise insisted on running over it again. Once again, the Vertu made it through without a scratch. "Let's try it out on the street," she said, grinning. We ran over the Vertu twice more out on the street with the Styrofoam pad underneath the casing. Reveling in the existential absurdity of our testing procedure but not wanting to press our luck, I declared our experiment a Sisyphean success. Denise refused to quit. She demanded that I replace the Styrofoam pad with a piece of notebook paper. Then she ran over the Vertu for a fifth time, and for a fifth time, it emerged unscathed. "Can we throw it against the pavement?" Denise asked."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Kris-Dec05-Vertu.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />Folks, stop cribbing about the lack of Wi-Fi, MSFP, A2DP and GPS. When will we get a $5,700 designer Smartphone, made with petroleum-resistant automotive leather inlaid with carbon fiber and Liquidmetal? And not to forget the international concierge service reachable by merely pressing a button. Smartphones have a long way to go. :( Check out this New York Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/03/business/03pursuits.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5090&en=bd65ed00557406e0&ex=1291266000&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1133668830-qJnoxWMAhEiSCRtpK5NfAg">article</a> [free registration required]. The reviewer of the designer <a href="http://www.vertu.com/">Vertu</a> cell phone, confirms the durability of the cell phone by... :rotfl: