I suppose it is only a matter of time before cell phone producers really do "run amok" with convergence. Already, of course, we have phones that double as mp3 players, email stations, gps trackers, and video cameras. And, if I'm honest, I probably use mine to check the time far more often than I actually make a call. Fusion with cigarettes was bound to happen sooner or later. Nothing sells quite like vice. I'm wondering how many other vices might be open to cell-phone fusion. I suppose pornography is already accessible through cell phone internet connections. And one could argue that the drug trade was one of the most important influences on the rise of the cell phone market in the first place. A cell phone made entirely of chocolate would probably be too disposable to really work. Personally I'm holding out for the phone that doubles as a hip flask.

The best thing about this phone is that it uses a unique physical design. Land line phones, over the past 20 years, have become more and more daring in terms of design. From the standard black phones that were introduced in the 50s, the market evolved to include products of every sort of shape - I've seen phones that look like '57 Chevys, phones that look like Luke Skywalker's land speeder, and more sculpted phones that involve M&M figures. Certainly cell phones are beginning to turn that corner, with new offerings such as the Helio that allows a user to morph phones into somewhat different looking forms depending on the particular function being accessed and the new Iphone which seems to offer a much larger screen and an easier interface. But this, it seems to me, is only scratching the surface. When flash drives first began to appear I suggested that the next stage in their evolution should be the creation of a more appealing package, something that could be worn as jewelry, for instance, since users naturally need an easy way to carry and keep track of them. It seems to me that the cell phone market is ripe for something similar, particularly given the fact that cells are generally regarded as a highly personalized accessory.

Does this phone really have cigarette case behind its battery? I'm thinking that perhaps it's just a free space which is capable of housing anything other than cigarette. My friends and I used to keep our money inside our mobile phone. There's no casing or internal wallet inside our phone but there's extra space that can be used for this purpose.

Actually this reminds me of that cigarette case for an iPod - the Narita iPod for instance. I look forward to seeing a mobile phone with locking cigarette case. I think that's healthier.