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After the Baselworld 2012 successful premiere of the ‘Son of a Gun’ – Black and Steel edition, ArtyA has now launched a full ‘Son of a Gun’ Collection, containing real bullets and now available with the following case treatments: Black, Steel, Bronze, and Coup de Foudre – cases sculpted using the patented ‘lightning process’.

‘Werewolf’ is the most mystical piece of the Son of a Gun Collection. It contains a cut-up silver bullet, hand forged during a full moon night and engraved by a world famous engraver. Finally they rubbed some garlic all over the projectile to make it ruthlessly efficient against werewolves and vampires of modern times. Features real silver bullets, hand forged during a full moon night. Truly and ruthlessly efficient against all vampires and werewolves of modern times.

Many people don’t know that Vertu cell phones are made by Nokia. Now, Nokia just announce that it is selling its Vertu luxury handset business to EQT VI (EQT VI is part of the leading private equity group in Northern Europe).
for growth in the luxury category.

Having delivered double digit sales growth over the past few years, Vertu continues to lead its class with a portfolio of high end mobile phones.

“This is a logical next step in the evolution of Vertu as the world leader in luxury mobile products,” said Perry Oosting, President of Vertu. “Since Vertu began in 1998, our business has grown every year, due to the efforts of our talented workforce and the unique products and services we offer to our customers. We believe that EQT VI will position Vertu to continue to grow and lead in our marketplace.”

Vertu prides itself on being a pioneer in delivering relevant, tailored luxury information and services direct to mobile handsets through Vertu Concierge, and continues to expand this proposition to deliver unparalleled customer service.

Vertu is headquartered in Church Crookham, UK and employs approximately 1,000 people worldwide.

The transaction, the terms of which are confidential, is expected to close during the second half of 2012, subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions. Nokia will retain a 10% minority shareholding in Vertu.

For all old school cell phone fans, Lamborghini announce in Russia TL688 Spyder. This luxury cell phone with gold plated case, feature a two inches display (240 × 320 pixel resolution), 3 mega camera and 4 GB of internal memory.
nothing spectacular beside the price of $2,164USD. Also, it was announced TL820 Spyder 2 for those who want more …

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Lamborghini unveil for Russia a smartphone like no other…

The luxury smartphone Lamborghini TL700 has a price tag of  $2,783USD and feature 3.7 inches capacitive touchscreen (sapphire crystal display with 480 x 800 pixels resolution), 4 GB of internal memory, 5 mega pixel camera.

As the technical details are nothing for target people of luxury gadgets, Lamborghini TL700 is made out both gold and crocodile skin…

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