Phones

This leviathan of Microsoft’s lastest handsets also boasts 16GB of internal storage, a 5-megapixel camera with auto focus, a dual LED flash, and 720p video recording, 576MB of RAM, a 3.5mm headphone port, a standard micro-USB port for charging, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, and service from T-Mobile. Luckily, it also features a built-in kickstand, which is good since your hand will no doubt tire from holding such a beast all day.

Violight UV Cellphone Sanitizer ($50). This health-saving device uses germicidal UV light to destroy up to 99.9% of all surface bacteria hanging out on your handset, without any warranty-voiding solutions, sprays, or wipes. As for getting rid of software-based bugs, you’re on your own. Get it here

The iida X-Ray Phone ($TBA). Designed by the renowned Tokujin Yoshioka, this CDMA flip phone is made from transparent polycarbonate infused with a glass fiber which allows you to see the components within, and also sports an exterior 7×102 dot-matrix LED sub-display that shows you who’s calling, the current time, and notifies you of incoming e-mail alerts, while the eight megapixel camera reminds you that you’re not really back in the days of see-through pagers.

It packs all the high-end design features that set a Vertu apart from more common mobile phones, but packs a full QWERTY keyboard and a wider screen to keep its user connected and in the loop.

For the Quest, Vertu has also introduced new features like Vertu Remote Assist that allows the tech support team on call ’round the clock to go into the phone and fix whatever’s not working. There’s also Vertu City Brief, providing users with fingertip access to information on whatever location they’re traveling to. All that and more, packed into a choice of stainless steel (matte or polished) or 18-karat gold case with a leather back and sapphire crystal screen.

When Verizon announced the new Motorola DROID 2 (which is available today!), they mentioned that there would be a special R2-D2 version of the DROID 2 hitting some time in September.  While we’ll have to wait to actually purchase the device, a photo of the DROID in the wild has leaked out for all to see.  Sure, it’s only the back of the device, but it’s better than nothing.  Besides, that’s likely the part that will most  closely resemble everyone’s favorite Artoo unit, anyway.  The R2-D2 DROID 2 will be previewed at Star Wars Celebration V, which starts today, so I’m sure we’ll be seeing much more of this little DROID very soon.

Although it may not be big with the mainstream, Star Wars fans are a fervent bunch, and I’m sure the R2-D2 DROID 2 (that’s a mouthful) will fly off the virtual shelves when it hits next month.  The device will have the look of R2-D2 on the outside and will come packed with all kinds of exclusive Star Wars content preloaded onto the handset.