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AU by KDDI Infobar
Quick ViewINFOBAR is the first terminal of the au design project . The base model is Sanyo Multimedia Tottori’s A5306ST , and there is almost no difference in performance except for the presence or absence of a sub-display (A5306ST has it, but INFOBAR does not). The prototype model “info.bar”, which was exhibited as a reference at the “Business Show 2002 TOKYO” held from May 17th to 19th, 2002 , is the basis of the design. Designed by product designer Naoto Fukasawa . The software also has a unified feel, with the image of a terminal design.
The housing is a straight type made of magnesium . External memory is not supported. The camera is a 310,000 pixel CCD . There are three color variations: NISHIKIGOI (red and beige. Light blue on the button), ICHIMATSU (black and white), and BUILDING (indigo and silver). From April 2004 , ANNIN (white) was released as a new color. This color naming uses the name that engineers naturally started to call at the time of development. The response of INFOBAR was very large, and many stores were sold out after the release date.
This model is the last model made by Tottori Sanyo Electric, and the symbol at the end of the model number is “ST”. Subsequent terminals made by Tottori Sanyo Electric are the same as the terminals made by Sanyo Electric in Osaka, and the end of the model number. The symbol of is “SA”.
Selected for the 2003 Good Design Award , and received the “iF Product Design Award” from the German iF Design Award in 2005 . In 2007, the same model was selected as a collection in the Museum of Modern Art, New York , USA , and in 2013, in the Indianapolis Museum of Art, USA .
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Fujitsu F505i
Quick ViewIt’s the year 2003 . In the Western world today, people know Fujitsu for air conditioners, laptops and other electronics, but not so much for mobile phones.
As a matter of fact, Fujitsu has a long-standing history of producing quality mobile phones for the three major telecom networks of Japan – NTT Docomo, Softbank and ‘au by KDDI’.
Let’s start with the Fujitsu F505i. It is known to be the world’s first commercially available mobile phone with an integrated fingerprint scanner. Now, we know fingerprint scanners well because of iPhone, the Samsung Galaxy range and other Androids, but a decade before the iPhone 5S debuted and made Touch ID a success (and still 8 years before the Motorola Atrix), Fujitsu equipped its range of mobile terminals with biometric support of this kind.
Why have many people never heard of it then? Well, it’s complicated. Japan’s exclusive 2G network technology – Personal Digital Cellular (PDC) – was, well exactly that? Yes, exclusive to Japan. But things didn’t become much better once the globally standardised W-CDMA services launched, and Fujitsu remained loyal to its local networks. Perhaps that’s the reason their efforts to introduce biometric security were largely ignored in the GSM and CDMA worlds.
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Motorola A780
Quick ViewThe Motorola A780 is a cellular PDA running the Linux operating system. It was introduced in 2003 and sold in eur;ope and Asia.Some models include GPS and navigation software. The phone is supplied with a number of applications including a POP and IMAP email client, Opera web browser, calendar and a viewer for PDF and Microsoft Office files. Calendar and address book can be synchronized with a Microsoft Exchange or SyncML server. The phone has a 1.3 megapixel camera recording still and video images. RealPlayer is included to play sound audio files and streamed audio and video. The phone has 48 megabytes of internal flash memory for storing user data and a slot for a microSD card. Both Bluetooth and USB are provided for communication with another computer. Character entry is via an on-screen QWERTY keyboard and hand writing recognition. Models including a GPS receiver are supplied with ALK Technologies’ CoPilot Live navigation software with street level maps of eur;ope.
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Motorola iDEN NASCAR: Dale Earnhardt Jr. – Driver Number 8
Quick View“This series brings together a rare and visually striking set of Motorola iDEN NASCAR edition phones, each one finished in the exact colors and markings of some of the most iconic drivers of the era. The front housings carry the bold driver numbers and printed signatures that fans once saw streaking around American tracks: the famous 8 used by Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Other major NASCAR stars tied to number-based fan merchandising from the same period include Jimmie Johnson (48), Matt Kenseth (17), Kevin Harvick (29), Mark Martin (6), Rusty Wallace (2), Michael Waltrip (15), and others whose liveries became instantly recognizable in early 2000s motorsport culture. Mentioning them highlights the broader context in which these promotional Motorola phones were released.
Instead of simple decals, these editions feature full factory-printed graphics applied directly to the flip shell, giving them a premium, high-gloss look that stands far above ordinary Motorola releases. Built on Motorola’s rugged iDEN flip-phone platform, these devices were originally tied to the push-to-talk culture that defined the Nextel era. With their tall antennas, external displays, loud front speakers, and the classic M-logo medallions, they capture the unmistakable flavor of early 2000s telecom design.
Today, iDEN handsets with licensed NASCAR artwork are almost never found in mint or BNIB condition, making surviving units especially rare. Together, these themed phones stand as a vivid motorsport showcase, capturing the crossover between mobile technology and racing, and preserving a bold piece of American fan history that has long since disappeared from the mar
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Motorola iDEN NASCAR: Dale Jarrett – Driver Number 88
Quick View“This series brings together a rare and visually striking set of Motorola iDEN NASCAR edition phones, each one finished in the exact colors and markings of some of the most iconic drivers of the era. The front housings carry the bold driver numbers and printed signatures that fans once saw streaking around American tracks: 88 associated with Dale Jarrett and, in later seasons, Dale Earnhardt Jr. as well.
Other major NASCAR stars tied to number-based fan merchandising from the same period include Jimmie Johnson (48), Matt Kenseth (17), Kevin Harvick (29), Mark Martin (6), Rusty Wallace (2), Michael Waltrip (15), and others whose liveries became instantly recognizable in early 2000s motorsport culture. Mentioning them highlights the broader context in which these promotional Motorola phones were released.
Instead of simple decals, these editions feature full factory-printed graphics applied directly to the flip shell, giving them a premium, high-gloss look that stands far above ordinary Motorola releases. Built on Motorola’s rugged iDEN flip-phone platform, these devices were originally tied to the push-to-talk culture that defined the Nextel era. With their tall antennas, external displays, loud front speakers, and the classic M-logo medallions, they capture the unmistakable flavor of early 2000s telecom design.
Today, iDEN handsets with licensed NASCAR artwork are almost never found in mint or BNIB condition, making surviving units especially rare. Together, these themed phones stand as a vivid motorsport showcase, capturing the crossover between mobile technology and racing, and preserving a bold piece of American fan history that has long since disappeared from the mar
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Motorola iDEN NASCAR: Jeff Gordon – Driver Number 24
Quick View“This series brings together a rare and visually striking set of Motorola iDEN NASCAR edition phones, each one finished in the exact colors and markings of some of the most iconic drivers of the era. The front housings carry the bold driver numbers and printed signatures that fans once saw streaking around American tracks: 24 in blue and yellow for Jeff Gordon.
Other major NASCAR stars tied to number-based fan merchandising from the same period include Jimmie Johnson (48), Matt Kenseth (17), Kevin Harvick (29), Mark Martin (6), Rusty Wallace (2), Michael Waltrip (15), and others whose liveries became instantly recognizable in early 2000s motorsport culture. Mentioning them highlights the broader context in which these promotional Motorola phones were released.
Instead of simple decals, these editions feature full factory-printed graphics applied directly to the flip shell, giving them a premium, high-gloss look that stands far above ordinary Motorola releases. Built on Motorola’s rugged iDEN flip-phone platform, these devices were originally tied to the push-to-talk culture that defined the Nextel era. With their tall antennas, external displays, loud front speakers, and the classic M-logo medallions, they capture the unmistakable flavor of early 2000s telecom design.
Today, iDEN handsets with licensed NASCAR artwork are almost never found in mint or BNIB condition, making surviving units especially rare. Together, these themed phones stand as a vivid motorsport showcase, capturing the crossover between mobile technology and racing, and preserving a bold piece of American fan history that has long since disappeared from the mar
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Motorola iDEN NASCAR: Kurt Busch – Driver Number 97
Quick View“This series brings together a rare and visually striking set of Motorola iDEN NASCAR edition phones, each one finished in the exact colors and markings of some of the most iconic drivers of the era. The front housings carry the bold driver numbers and printed signatures that fans once saw streaking around American tracks: 97 in deep blue with yellow for Kurt Busch
Other major NASCAR stars tied to number-based fan merchandising from the same period include Jimmie Johnson (48), Matt Kenseth (17), Kevin Harvick (29), Mark Martin (6), Rusty Wallace (2), Michael Waltrip (15), and others whose liveries became instantly recognizable in early 2000s motorsport culture. Mentioning them highlights the broader context in which these promotional Motorola phones were released.
Instead of simple decals, these editions feature full factory-printed graphics applied directly to the flip shell, giving them a premium, high-gloss look that stands far above ordinary Motorola releases. Built on Motorola’s rugged iDEN flip-phone platform, these devices were originally tied to the push-to-talk culture that defined the Nextel era. With their tall antennas, external displays, loud front speakers, and the classic M-logo medallions, they capture the unmistakable flavor of early 2000s telecom design.
Today, iDEN handsets with licensed NASCAR artwork are almost never found in mint or BNIB condition, making surviving units especially rare. Together, these themed phones stand as a vivid motorsport showcase, capturing the crossover between mobile technology and racing, and preserving a bold piece of American fan history that has long since disappeared from the mar
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Motorola iDEN NASCAR: Tony Stewart – Driver Number 20
Quick View“This series brings together a rare and visually striking set of Motorola iDEN NASCAR edition phones, each one finished in the exact colors and markings of some of the most iconic drivers of the era. The front housings carry the bold driver numbers and printed signatures that fans once saw streaking around American tracks: 20 in bright orange and black for Tony Stewart.
Other major NASCAR stars tied to number-based fan merchandising from the same period include Jimmie Johnson (48), Matt Kenseth (17), Kevin Harvick (29), Mark Martin (6), Rusty Wallace (2), Michael Waltrip (15), and others whose liveries became instantly recognizable in early 2000s motorsport culture. Mentioning them highlights the broader context in which these promotional Motorola phones were released.
Instead of simple decals, these editions feature full factory-printed graphics applied directly to the flip shell, giving them a premium, high-gloss look that stands far above ordinary Motorola releases. Built on Motorola’s rugged iDEN flip-phone platform, these devices were originally tied to the push-to-talk culture that defined the Nextel era. With their tall antennas, external displays, loud front speakers, and the classic M-logo medallions, they capture the unmistakable flavor of early 2000s telecom design.
Today, iDEN handsets with licensed NASCAR artwork are almost never found in mint or BNIB condition, making surviving units especially rare. Together, these themed phones stand as a vivid motorsport showcase, capturing the crossover between mobile technology and racing, and preserving a bold piece of American fan history that has long since disappeared from the mar
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Nokia 2260 AT&T
Quick ViewA basic phone for the American Market and AT&T, back in 2003. It has a very nice dark blue light and looks similar to 3x series
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Nokia 3128 Prototype “ID SAMPLE”: BenQ Hybrid | Unreleased Colour Light Blue
Quick ViewThis device is one of the strangest, most intriguing Nokia 3128 variants ever uncovered. Externally it follows the familiar engineering path of the 3128 platform, but once powered on, everything breaks the pattern. There is no Nokia branding in the software, no Nokia splash screen, no Series 40 heritage, instead it boots into a BenQ-style interface, complete with custom icons, Chinese menu structures, and UI elements never found on any released Nokia product.
The label inside reads “ID SAMPLE”, marking it as a pre-production identity unit used for internal validation during Nokia’s ODM sourcing phase. These ID Samples were not mass-produced, not distributed to carriers, and not meant to survive outside the labs. The combination of Nokia hardware and a BenQ firmware stack indicates that this device comes from the period when Nokia briefly explored outsourcing complete handset UI development to third-party Asian manufacturers before ultimately abandoning the idea. The handwriting is a timestamp from the engineering team: “August 16, 2004.” It marks when this specific prototype was logged, flashed, or validated.
The software screens match early prototypes from unreleased BenQ flip designs, particularly those associated with the never-released BenQ A-Series Asian clamshells, hinting that this firmware was being evaluated on Nokia shells for cost and speed benchmarking. The UI animations, iconography, and color palettes align far more with BenQ’s internal 2004-2005 development than with anything Nokia ever shipped.
A detail that further confirms how early this unit is, the SIM card lock mechanism is completely missing, leaving the slot open and unfinished exactly as seen on raw factory evaluation samples. Even more telling, the device reports an IMEI of 0000000, a clear sign of a pre-IMEI-burning engineering stage where the radio stack and identity fields had not yet been finalized.
The mysterious “cmg” sticker seen on the display is consistent with internal testing labels used during configuration management, marking the unit for firmware staging or UI evaluation. These stickers usually identify a branch, a module, or a build handler inside the engineering workflow and marks it as a monitored experimental build – exactly the kind of anomaly this prototype represents.
All the elements together, the missing SIM lock, the IMEI 0000000, the absent Nokia splash, the BenQ interface, the “ID SAMPLE” marking, the prototype hardware architecture, and the inconsistencies between software and chassis, place this device among the rarest 3128 developmental anomalies, far more unusual than standard prototypes or early F-series units. It is a tangible piece of the abandoned Nokia-BenQ convergence experiments, where Nokia evaluated whether foreign UI stacks could run on their hardware to accelerate low-cost market entry.
A true one-off laboratory hybrid, and one of the most unusual pre-production Nokia 3128 derivatives ever documented.
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Nokia 3128 Prototype F5.0 : Codename Kirin| Unreleased Colour (Orange)
Quick ViewA remarkably rare piece of Nokia’s China-market CDMA history, the Nokia 3128 (Type RH-72) stands apart from the brand’s mainstream lineup. Developed during Nokia’s short-lived collaboration with BenQ/Qisda for ODM CDMA devices, the 3128 blends Nokia’s software customisation with a hardware platform originating from BenQ’s Kirin F5.0 design family – a handset architecture that BenQ itself never released commercially.
This prototype unit, finished in an unreleased Orange colourway, represents a pre-production stage never intended for the public market. The colour scheme follows BenQ’s design language rather than Nokia’s, making it instantly identifiable among collectors familiar with early-2000s ODM manufacturing. Hardware elements – including the casing geometry, battery interface and Qualcomm-based CDMA internals – further underline its BenQ lineage while still carrying official Nokia branding, labels and firmware.
The device offered compact CDMA 1X connectivity, a lightweight clamshell form factor and the simplified user interface typical of Nokia’s China-exclusive CDMA portfolio of the era.
This example is preserved brand new, never used in the collection – a highly desirable state for a model whose production numbers were already extremely small.
A rare convergence of two major manufacturers’ design philosophies, the Nokia 3128 prototype in Orange stands as one of the most distinctive and least-known ODM Nokia variants ever created.