Crystal Canadian Treo 650 up for Auction
palmOne Canada today announced an online auction for the Ultimate Canada Smartphone, a one-of-a-kind Treo 650
smartphone bejeweled with over 2,000 Swarovski crystals illustrating a wrap-around Canadian flag. Proceeds from the auction will benefit the Canadian Autism Society.
Interested parties can bid for the Ultimate Canada Smartphone at canadasmartphone.com from today until 12 p.m. EST on Thursday, April 14. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to Autism Society Canada.
The Treo 650 smartphone was just launched in Canada on the Rogers network. In addition to its inspiring design, the Ultimate Canada Smartphone sings, reads, and plays red and white through a collection of pre-loaded Canadian applications and downloads, including:
- Music by Arcade Fire, k-os, Oscar Peterson and Neil Young
- e-book "The Oryx and Crake" by Margaret Atwood
- Audio books "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel and "A History of Ice Hockey" by Greg Proops
- Ringtone "Summer of '69" by Bryan Adams
- Mobile game Air Hockey
- Text to "O Canada"
- Canadian Donuts, an application that locates the nearest donut shop for road-weary warriors.
"This all-in-one device packs and shines Canadiana cool," said
Michael Moskowitz, president and CEO, palmOne Canada. "In addition to its
winning design, incredible Canadian applications and the standard all-world
capabilities of the Treo 650 smartphone, the Ultimate Canada Smartphone will
also be a terrific vehicle for raising funds and awareness for Autism Society
Canada."
Artist Debi Kisluk of Eclectics ArtWare (www.electicsartware.com) implemented the design of the Ultimate Canada Smartphone through her customization service Glitz2Go.
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RE: This would be a fun thing to have in a GOP convention
I'd love to see this one at:
1. a Phish concert
2. a Democratic party convention
3. Harvard square
4. the Berkeley campus
Diff. strokes for diff. folks!
RE: This would be a fun thing to have in a GOP convention
Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com
RE: This would be a fun thing to have in a GOP convention
Stars & Bars being labeled as racist is a perfect example of "Artificial Prejudice" where minority racial leaders only keep political power by feigning victim for sympathy and influence.
However, a Stars & Bars phone is not for me. Great great granddaddy fought for the North. ;)
RE: This would be a fun thing to have in a GOP convention
Nah, a Canadian would just smile politely and say "Nice phone you got there, eh?".
RE: This would be a fun thing to have in a GOP convention
RE: This would be a fun thing to have in a GOP convention
Back on topic, this thing is one fugly palm. I can't see anybody in their right mind using it as a daily driver.
RE: Unique!
RE: Unique!
RE: Unique!
Ha, Paris Hilton should pay P1 to make a Treo 650 with nothing but diamonds. That can replace her hacked Sidekick.
The world will end in 2006. Just as it was predicted in the bible along with the release of Microsoft Longhorn.... :p
RE: Unique!
It's been a while so the memories are a bit fuzzy :)
Unique but worthless
I thought we had seen the last of this gimmicky sh!!!!t with the red and blue m505s. Guess I was wrong. Remember, folks, style over substance only goes *SO* far.
I mean, a black Anthracite-colored Tungsten with a metal body would be oh-so cool and cost next to nothing to produce (in the big picture). Heck, I'd wager the $ put into this one-off Treo would been a nice upfront licensing fee towards getting Graffiti 1 back onto the platform. That's called a USEFUL expenditure!
RE: Unique but worthless
hkklife:
I guess this where the remaining R&D budget has gone.
I thought we had seen the last of this gimmicky sh!!!!t with the red and blue m505s. Guess I was wrong.
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It's not like Palm made this, It is a One-off made by a lady that does this kind of decorating things.
PalmOne is just taking advantage of an opportunity for good press and PR.
-Chris
Tungsten C, Palm IIIxe, Wizard OZ-9520
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
RE: Unique!
WHAT are you smoking?????.....and where can I get some?
It MUST be good if you think that Pa1m would actually produce this in the factory, quantity 1, rather than job it out to somebody else. Or that Pa1m would even be involved in this outside of the most tangential manner marketing-wise.
You guys crack me up!
Target Practice
These things would be good for target practice - along with a bunch of Celine Dione CDs and anything else Canadian.
Canada lives off of the goodwill of the American people.
RE: Target Practice
I love it when you build bridges for us.
Pat Horne; www.churchoflivingfaith.com
RE: Target Practice
Hey - I've seen 24. Jack Bauer gets shot at all the time defending the rights of America. Isn't Jack Canadian, eh?
~ "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed." - DV ~
RE: Target Practice
RE: Target Practice
RE: Target Practice
Draft Dodger 1:'God Save the Queen!'
Draft Dodger 2:"Yeah, we love her! She kept our boys our of Chile!"
---Old Doonesbury cartoon
RE: Target Practice
That's it, we're cutting off your oil. You *do* realize we're your number 2 provider of it (occasionally your number 1 provider).
Plus all of your net natural gas imports come from us, and almost all of your electricity imports.
We even buy your crappy cars. Now *there's* goodwill.
RE: Target Practice
RE: Target Practice
As opposed to those great Canadian cars?
Just remember - we can invade at anytime.
RE: Target Practice
well, GM's largest facility is in Oshawa Ontario, making the truly awful Impala among others.
Does anyone here know that Ontario manufactured more vehicles than Michigan for the first time in 2004?
it's just too bad that Canadian economic growth comes at the expense of us plebs, fattening the governments' pockets. Why do you think we run such a huge surplus? **sigh**
RE: Target Practice
Oui!
Eclectics ArtWare
it should be:
http://www.eclecticsartware.com
-Chris
Tungsten C, Palm IIIxe, Wizard OZ-9520
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
Nice!
Globally shared intellectual value comes in many forms.
E-T
e-tellurian
completing the e-com circle with a people driven we-com solution
Does it have a customized "buzz" too?
... Do you hear a buzzing noise?
$1.3 Billion!?!
$1,337,000,000.00
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All proceeds from the auction will be donated to Autism Society Canada[/quote]
I'm happy to see that bidders are taking this auction seriously!
/Now palmified for over 6 years.
RE: $666,000,000,000.00
$666,000,000,000.00
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All proceeds from the auction will be donated to Autism Society Canada
Yeah, but I think that's in Canadian dollars. That's like $1.75 in real money, right?
RE: $1.3 Billion!?!
RE: $1.3 Billion!?!
Sword cuts both ways, Bubba. Careful you don't get nicked...
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RE: $1.3 Billion!?!
$1,010.00
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All proceeds from the auction will be donated to Autism Society Canada
-- hey, that's probably what an "iBook mini" (plus tax) will cost!
RE: $1.3 Billion!?!
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This would be a fun thing to have in a GOP convention
1. a gun show
2. GOP convention
3. In Texas
4. In Mississippi
with a Canadian Treo 650 :p
This is going to be put into South Park.
The world will end in 2006. Just as it was predicted in the bible along with the release of Microsoft Longhorn.... :p