913SH Zaku
Not usually a fan of gimmicky phones but this is quite awesome.
Zaku's head opens up for you to recharge the 913SH that comes in the package. The screen of the phone then switches to Mono-eye mode and moves left n right randomly.
If you get bored watching the eye, just flick a switch to watch TV as it has digital one-seg TV built in.
Apart from the usual camera, internet browsers, 1GB of internal memory and wot not, the phone also comes with pre-recorded Char phrases.
The official site mentions that its going to be another 21 days before this goodie goes up for pre-order. No idea what the price will be but will vary depending on how long one has been a subscriber to the Softbank service.
I can only get one if I decide to change carriers...
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student
kewl, but i'm nokia user, and i don't think this merchandise will hit this part of the world
こうこう生
w0w... that's nice
But that charger is one of a kind no?
it will be hard to replace it if we lost it...
銀河帝国五〇一軍团 TK/TD 8316 M.E.P.D. Police Sergeant
http://gordonator.com/
this looks freaking cool! ^^
security/3d graphic artist
http://www.kennethleishman.com/
hmm.. i phone or an eye phone..that is the question.. and since they won't be selling that here in the states.. leaves only one option..to cry myself to sleep this mornign:(
IT Manager
http://thumbnail-of-life.blogspot.com/
wicked cool !! depends on the price, I might buy it.
Service desk support
http://lookingglass.kokidokom.net
so basially the cool part of the phone is the display/charge base!
Not sure if I would want one of those, besides, the Kaempfer is my preferred model. Or the Gouf. But then you wouldn't get char phrases. Maybe a ramba ral?
"this is no zaku boy, no zaku!"
Mandalorian in training + Otaku...
Worth getting for the recharge base alone. Of course if you hate Char...
wow cool, i love char :3
Otaku
It there any site or anything where I could buy this phone!?!? I DON'T CARE HOW MUCH I NEED TO PAY!!! I NEED IT!!! or maybe not as much as I think I do...but still
student
even if 1 of us did buyed it in japan. ever thinking how to brought back that bulky charger? not that i don't know.
any info how big is the charger size, danny?
http://www.marvinryan.com
bolt, lol on the eye phone. ^o^
I'd probably get one if it worked on countries other than Japan. ^^ you getting one Danny?
Techie
http://squeejunkyard.blogspot.com/
If this could work without using a Japanese SIM Card I'll definetly get one.
writing mini thesises
http://kazenomise.net/
can it work in indonesia?it's just too awesome cool...
uni student
http://reggie21.wordpress.com
if i remember correctly, japan cellphone can't work in indonesia and vice versa
Student
http://arudesu.animeblogger.net
The phone looks bland. I just want that Char's Zaku head stand ^^;;
Software Support
This is funny, feels like they rush out this phone just for you after you say phone in Japan in boring.
Student
Weird can somebody explain why danny puts down the phones in Japan overall? Just curious since there are some Jp mobile phone games I want to play so bad,
student
http://animesugoi.animeblogger.net/
Thats pretty neat, though I'm not really a Char fan. Zaku's are pretty cool though, I prefer the green version ^^. Pretty neat that its a slider phone that has all those functions plus the sensor moves left and right, awesome.
TV Watcher
http://appleotaku.com
Interesting concept. How does Softbank service compare with Docomo and AU?
Design Consultant
They did a good job on the detail of the Zaku head. See, just when you think the iPhone rocks...
.NET/Web Developer
http://scrumptious.animeblogger.net
Cool...the phone's pretty thin as well. I bet this would cost quite a hefty amount of moolah. ~_~
Programmer
http://www.epyon-1.com/blog
...
My wife would kill me, but I'd Soooo Get one!!!
;)
Self-Proclaimed Procrastinator
http://makanator.deviantart.com
We need someone to import it here desperately!
D:
Won't mind wearing it on my head though.
Custom Pc Builder, Muppet, Pyromaniac, Demolitions Expert, Guitar Slinger,
http://myspace.com/dyingoblivion
OMG!!!!! I NEED TO GET THIS FONE!!!!!!
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
http://funkyblueame.tumblr.com/
Ooh My fiancee would give me that look, but this is such a cool phone. Not sure if I would switch to Softbank for it though... Don't you think AU have a little better service?
Aeronautical Engineer
http://www.deranged-minds.com/blog/
I so need to get this phone!
Student
I'd so get that phone.
3d Modeller/Time Lord
So my Iphone is cool and all.... but damn this is straight up awesome! It by far has the sweetest charging base ever.
Student/Part-timer
Wow, this phone looks like it would be for someone who loves Gundam a little too much...
IT monkey/consultant
Does the red paint mean it transfers data three times faster than a normal 913SH? :D
Oh, yes. I want it. If only it would operate in my location.
Art Student
that is so cool. the awesomeness excites me. unfortunately, it's not available here. i just hope to have one. i just hope so. will you get that kind of phone danny?
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
http://xspblog.com
Great idea... though you'd be paying more for the charger than for the phone, isn't that right? XD
I mean, people could buy the charger only, it's be pretty simple to do the red moving eye thinguie with lots of other cellphones. An animated wallpaper would do the trick.
Also, I liked the Wii Gundam game. But I guess nothing (yet) beats the Gundam Pods Arcade Akihabara News posted up few days ago...
CEO MIrai Inc
http://www.dannychoo.com/profile/eng/
XSportSeeker,
Not sure - production of plastic is pretty cheap I guess.
Uru, Marvin,
Probably not - I need the iPhone to come out over here.
Edward, Apple Otaku,
The AU phone designs kinda suck but the Softbank service has terrible reception apparently.
zer0kage,
You will understand when you start to use them ^^
Hendrik,
No info sorry ToT
Trent,
I guess we have to wait until it goes u for pre-order first.
Web Design & Development
http://www.nerdculture.org
My brand new phone has 128 MB of onboard memory, a 0.3 MP camera and can play MP3s, but not as ringtones.
Damn you Canada and your crap cell phones!
anime/cosplay events organizer
http://www.cosplay.ph
Softbank has released a Char mobile phone with a Zaku charger.
Is this awesome? [Y/N]
as a gundam fan, that phone is pretty and a must have ^__^
Animator/ graphic designer
http://www.collateralds.com/
wow. that IS awesome.
Business Student
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/jyy1984
WOW that is one Awesome charger and phone! I wonder if it comes in Green Zaku too? or other colours? Such as Gouf or etc. lol
Student
http://ordinarybot.wordpress.com/
If only my gundam slide decals didn't rub off so easily I would stick them on my motorola ^^; The poor man's gundam phone.
medicine student & otaku
OMG!! that's really cool I WANT IT!! I WANT IT!! I WANT IT!!
Student
http://basement.halfarenaissance.net
That is one sweet phone. Hoshii na~~
student
No question, that phone and charger/case it comes with totally kicks ass. However, seeing as how I live in the states, I'll never get my hands on one. Oh well. The eye thing is cool.
student
Oh my God, that is one sugoi phone.
student
umm i live in the states sadly so umm me getting this phone would kinda be pointless :( though i would love to have it if i lived in japan (one of the many reasons i wont to go to japan well atleast to try it out lol)
Design Consultant
Damnit you guys get all the good stuff there! ... maybe in ..10years? .. yes, ten years we will see something like this out here. Thats about how long it takes us to catch up.. we havent even aired Gundam 0083 yet.. sigh.
student
http://www.fatestaynight.org
is that a GSM phone?? therefore can be unlocked and used almost everywhere? because i've looked at a lot of places and it seems to me that it can't be unlocked... i cant even find if the normal 913SH can be unlocked. if someone knows plz tell!! i'd get it for sure!!!!
Visual Communications and Web 2.0
http://www.imagineboris.com
this is very cool, i don't think i would want one, but still a fun concept of Gundam been added into more and more areas.
=.=!
http://hihi123.wordpress.com
it looks quite cool.. though i personally think it will look funny with the shape it has..
student
So this phone can't be used in countries outside japan?T_T
Hikikomori in the making
http://supermariabros.deviantart.com/
Pretty creepy if you left it in the dark...
Student, Help Desk Worker
http://aaronsblog-godpir.blogspot.com/
That's Freakin Sweet!!! One of the coolest phone charges and phones I've ever seen...
Student
Want... to bad it probably won't work here in Australia =.="
illustration student
http://kylefewell.blogspot.com/
it would be cool if they made this for the iphone ... and was also sold in america D:
Student, Saxophonist, Future ruler of the World...
Thats what i call Char's customsized !!! (Is it 3 times faster than an usual cellphone?)
broke GUNPLA, FSN, and K-ON! enthusiast
http://blu-107.blogspot.com/
Cool stuff! Certainly the cell phone for gundam otaku... even the markings are all Zeon... Can't imagine how much this would cost. But I guess it won't be sold around here in Indonesia...
Student
ooooo I want that phone >< anyone know how to get one other than going to Japan. i don't care that i can't use it here in the US
cooollll......i want that