UPDATE: The phone has seen over two years in the making, the longest development for any Mobiado phone, after an early prototype, the CPT001 released back in 2010. The Grand Touch uses a hybrid stone material (exotic wood or stone hybrid material). The body is CNC machined from solid materials and bonded into an aircraft aluminum composite (patent pending). The back center panel and buttons are crafted from sapphire crystal, combining for a total 50 Carats.

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The Grand Touch Executive is available in 5 styles: Burl, Cocobolo, Ebony, Granite, and Marble.

Another highlight is its SIM card Mobiado key. The SIM card movement is precision assembled from complicated stainless steel components and is accessed with the specialized Mobiado Key.

Mobiado SIM Key

The technical specs reads: 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, 4.65″ display, 720 x 1280 pixels, S-AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, with 16M colors.

The luxury phone maker Mobiado is back with yet another striking creation, the CPT001 concept phone. Highlighting the creativity of Mobiado, the CPT001 is made from one piece of solid marble with gold-filled engraved letters and details. The touchscreen of the phone is fashioned from a single large piece of sapphire. The buttons and watch crown are made from solid gold, and there is a brilliant gold skeleton mechanical watch movement positioned between the “Call” and “End” buttons. Mobiado says that the concept of a marble phone may sound a bit unusual, but that’s what they call “out-of-the-box’ thinking in design. To me, it sounds kinda weird to have a phone made of marble.

mobiao cpt001 phone

Check out the gallery here:

Picture Gallery

Mobiado CPT001

Mobiado CPT001

Thanks, Mobiado

The hot bath is one of the ancient spa traditions, which is still as popular as it was in the old times. Interestingly, marriages also used to take place in hot tubs in Roman culture. Though the perfect hot tub varied in every culture, square in Romans, round in Japanese, including the placement of the hot tubs; for example Romans preferred the hot tub setting in a garden or park, the new generation hot tub doesn’t have to be immobile. Enter Hot Tug, the wood-fired hot tub-cum-tugboat for a dip in the water like never before. Created by Frank de Bruijn, of Rotterdam, Netherlands, the little Hot Tug boat is constructed from wood and fitted with glass fiber reinforced polyester. The vessel uses a stainless steel stove with a single wall pipe so you can enjoy warm baths, out under the open sky, much like the Dutch tub, but with a difference. This staple boat comes with a drive system in place, and can be powered by either an electric motor of 2.4 KW or outboard motor.

Hot tub boat 1

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