Mobiado Luminoso - The First Luxury 3G Phone on the World

Mobiado's name might sound less familiar than Nokia's or Motorola's but it's mostly because of the fact that the canadian company makes phones that are a bit less common than the low-cost mass products of these giants. Mobiado, who originally made its name making wooden cell phones, now announces to launch the wirld's first 3G phone in the luxury segment, the Mobiado Luminoso.

As the name suggests, the design of the Luminoso is based heavily on light itself. The phone utilizes a dual illumination technique, that lights the keypad area both from beneath and from above through the buttons, resulting in a radically innovative look (not to mention that it also optimizes the illumination of the keypad).

The Mobiado Luminoso's frame is made of aircraft aluminium, to produce an extra strong, yet incredibly light body, the phone's annodized, ceramic coating makes it even scrach proof too.

The buttons are sapphire crystal and stainless steel, the camera window is sapphire crystal (come on, what else?!) and the front screen is coated with DiamondShield, that is told to be one of the most advanced coating available, with diamond like properties.

The phone has a WCDMA 2100 support and three band GSM coverage (900/1800/1900), and it is not locked to any particular network, so can be used with any GSM network operator. The two-megapixel digital camera also boasts a video camera feature, the phone supports microSD cards up to 2GBytes. It has built in stereo speakers, Bluetooth and infrared port, obviously, and a music player supporting MP3, MP4, eAAC+ and AAC file formats.

Although the phone was unveiled in Canada, it is currently available only in Australia, directly from the company. The price is a shy 1800 USD.