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1 Love It or Leave It? Retro Red and Pink Telephones
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2 Geeksugar's Retro Gadgets Round-Up
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3 Retro Cell Phone Handsets: Totally Geeky or Geek Chic?
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4 The 'Call Me, Betsey' Phone Satchel
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5 Gimme the "Give Me Number 9" Telephone Purse
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6 Telephone Card Holder: Love It or Leave It?
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7 Retro-Inspired Gadgets: Love It or Leave It?
Phones, TVs, and anything from Apple keep getting smaller, but many of us have a place in our hearts for those boxy tech goods of yesteryear. I've rounded up some products that are masquerading as vintage but are purely modern. Take a look through the gallery and let us know if you'd love it or leave it! Read more
Maybe all your corded phones are gone, but the telephone motif itself is hot (seriously, I was just saying this!). Even this Telephone Memo Holder ($12), which doesn't do anything gadgety — it's just a wooden memo holder — is totally cute. But what would you use it for now? Its ideal role is holding cards that have messages of who called on them, but that kind of task is obsolete for many of Read more
This vintage-looking velvet handbag sports a name as cute as its print: it's the "Give Me Number 9" bag. The perfect purse for the vintage geek — and vintage fashion — fan, the bag goes from shoulder bag to clutch with the removal of its strap. And don't worry — it's also good for the modern girl: it features an interior cell phone pocket (so it's not that retro). Read more
The free-spirited Betsey Johnson has done it again with this wristlet phone satchel, which is large enough to hold a cell phone, small wallet and lipstick. Dubbed the "Call, Me Betsey" bag, you are certainly going to get your retro telephone fix with this kitschy novelty purse! I actually liked her eccentric laptop sleeves, but this Springtime accessory has got to go. As a cell phone charm? Cute. Read more
Imagine the kind of stares you would get while walking down the street, using this handset to chat to a friend?! OK, so maybe for general public use this Please Hold Cell Phone Handset is a no-go, but what about at home when you don't really feel like holding your cell to your head? So they may look a bit goofy, but they are also so retro-chic — it's time to mix the old with the new! The Read more
After asking you readers to geek out and share your favorite retro gadgets, I have compiled a list of all the great submissions. They include everything from vintage gadgets to telephones and alarm clocks, which all appear retro but also boast many modern-day features. When I asked readers how much they would spend on a retro phone, I was surprised to learn that a majority of you would not spend Read more
I don't think my BlackBerry 'classic phone' ringtone can compete with these shiny and new retroesque red and pink telephones. So they might not have call display or touch tone dialing, but what they lack in features, they totally make up for in style. And hey, we should all jog our memory once in awhile when it comes to remembering telephone numbers! For all those old school divas this might just Read more
In the days of cell phones and video chat, there's not much of a reason to keep a rotary telephone around other than its vintage good looks. A new project called the Rotobooth is repurposing those antique devices of yore in a way that is so 2012: a text message-sending photo booth. Rotobooth users dial their mobile numbers the old-school way with long winds around the rotary phone located below Read more
