6/27/2006

Ha, timing.

After Jon from PingMag posted about his love and unending quest for au’s Neon phone, Jean Snow writes that au KDDI seem to have stopped production.

This Neon was really the epitomy of all things shiny and glittery. Designed by Naoto Fukasawa, it’s been sold out throughout Japan for a few months now. There was a “hidden” LED display on the phone’s cover. It could display the time, a message, or some light patterns. Despite the fact that it didn’t have some of the latest features available to mobiles in Japan today, the beauty of the phone won out.

I remember once watching a girl on the train transfixed with her Neon’s light display. Thinking back now, I reckon she must have just bought it. She’s one of the lucky few, it seems.