The Philips Aurea Remote Dreams To Be A Mobile Phone One Day
The glowing Philips Aurea has been out for a few years (in Europe), but the luminescent display (worthy of Jesus’ teeth) is finally receiving a remote worthy of its famed eccentricity.
Each new Aurea will be bundled with this pod-style slider that we’re only telling you about because it’s a bit different than most. When closed, it’s reminiscent of a first-gen iPod. When open, it feels like a mobile phone aimed at tweens. And that ball at the top? No, that’s not a speaker intended for your ear. It’s the power button.
So we’re gonna need a modder to dig into this thing with some Skype hardware or at least our MP3 collection from 2001—shouldn’t be hard, it’s basically a 4-hour loop of Lady Marmalade. [Philips]
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Crazy Phillips and your putting lights on the back of TVs. We actually got on of those ambilight TVs a few years back; thought they discontinued them till I saw the link here. They actually are pretty nice.
It kinda needs a screen if it ever wants to be a phone. Unless it has text to speech like the iPod shuffle has.
KTK1990
@Luke Michael Timothy: Agreed.
ddmeightball
Ugliest. Remote. Ever.
Luke Michael Timothy
I'm assuming the bottom half has a curved bottom like an egg to make it fit in the hand. I think it actually looks pretty comfortable, though easy to lose.
ubermex
That looks very uncomfortable, and because it's white it's probably going to get nasty very quickly. Does someone actually think these things out? Or do they just use any idea that pops into their head?
maybe if it wishes hard enough and doesn't lie it can become a real boy one day.
@IndustrialJones: Is that what you use to watch the boob tube?
Looks like you could dial up some Stargate coordinates with that thing...
I'd like an Areola remote.
IndustrialJones
Well, it'd keep the teens from driving and texting...
Spotz
@KTK1990: Back in my day, all phones didn't have a screen. You dial the number and it rings if it went through. Didn't ring if it didn't. And also, you had to remember your numbers because the phone didn't store any.
@KTK1990: Nah. It only needs a screen if it wants to be more than just a phone.
taodude
@KTK1990: iPhone for the blind?
It's time they give up or actually make something competitive with Logitech's remotes.