Jenny Oz

Finally… something for the girls. Jenny Oz makes bedazzled (studded as she prefers to call them) cell phone covers. She bedazzles other things, but the bling factor of the cell phone covers is so high it overshadows the rest of the product line. They're available on her web site for $200 a pop. Get one before her bedazzling fingers fall off. via gizmodo

Sony Ericsson S710a

Sony Ericsson announced the S710a which is a North American version of the hot little swivel phone, the S700. It will be available by the end of this year, but probably not supported by any wireless carriers until early next year. But if you're a GSM user (T-mobile, AT&T or Cingular) you can buy one of these retail and just put your SIM card in …

Fluidtime

Fluidtime is another project from the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea. The goal of Fluidtime is to use text messaging for negotiating the use of shared resources. For the Ivrea students, this means getting to class on time and keeping their clothes clean. The prototype system explores how the real value in location based services is when they are connected to people and information, instead of …