• Yubz Talk Mobile: Possibly the biggest telephone receiver for cell phones ever

    Serkan Toto

    Dr. Serkan Toto is an independent consultant and advisor focusing on Japan’s web, mobile and social gaming industries. Based in Tokyo, he works together with financial institutions and startups worldwide. Serkan has been the Japan contributor for TechCrunch.com since 2008. He is sept-lingual, holds an MBA and is a PhD in economics. → Learn More

    Monday, November 24th, 2008

    I am not really sure if anyone needs this but Tokyo-based design company Powershovel is selling a very special kind of telephone receiver [JP], you know, the ones you can only see in old movies. The devices, probably last used in the free world in the 1980s, are called Yubz and can be connected to most Japanese handsets.

    In fact, in the online shop [JP], Powershovel even claims the earpieces can be used with all existing cell phones except for Nokia and Motorola models.

    The receivers cost $65 each and are available in black, yellow, pink, red, white and orange ($380 for the whole set). And they are Japan-only, which might not be too bad in this case.

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