Hulger is most recognized for it’s boutique mobile phone adaptations, the most notable of which is the PIP*Phone. They have recently collaborated with renowned designer Bill Amberg to release the Ponderosa Park special edition phones. The wired version are ideally used as internet phones, while there is also and edition with bluetooth capabilities for use with mobile phones. The water snake skin covering is characteristic of Bill Amberg’s studio collection. These do not come with out the price of luxury leather telephones, they run about $1,000 USD for the wired phone and $1,200 for the bluetooth.

Leave it to Tobias Wong to come up with this. His new ccPhone is constructed from an iPhone which is given an elusive matte black surface. Content added to the phone includes screen artwork, video, music and CITIZEN:Citizen’s address book in v-card format, to be updated semi-annually. The you can pick it up here for $2000.

Steve Jobs finally gave a sneak peak at the iPhone at Mac World Expo today. History seems to be repeating itself as Apple reinvents the hand held wireless device in much the same way it did personal computing by leveraging it’s Graphic User Interface. In fact the name iPhone is almost misleading because the phone is the least exciting thing about it.

The most dramatic change is that the user interface on the iPhone is touch screen operated, allowing Apple to design custom interfaces that can change fluidly with each application. You can synch iTunes of course, as well as Apple Mail, iCal, iPhoto, The iPhone also includes all the features standard in the latest iPods (music and video downloads, games) but has a bigger screen. It also has a 2 megapixel camera. If you’re one of those people that has a cell phone, and iPod, and a PDA, the iPhone combines the functionality of all of these into a package which is supposedly slightly larger yet slimmer than a video iPod.

Unfortunately you’ll have to wait. The iPhone is not scheduled to be released until June and it’s only going to work with Cingular. For more detailed info about the release check out our friends at Engadget.

These sleek phones connect wirelessly to your cell or computer for cell phone calls or VoIP (voice over IP). Finally you can catch up with your friends overseas without shouting at your computer screen. The phone has a 30 ft range, and the battery will give you 5 hours talk time or 180 hours standby. As an added bonus, the phone delivers 95% less radiation to your head. Base sold separately. Available in yellow, white or black for $168 at the Hulger website.