Waterproof Phones with Golden Shellback

July 25, 2008 in Accessories

Urinals and other types of toilets and potties have been mobile phone nemesis’ for years… but not any longer. In fact, it might not be long before you’re prancing around IN the pool while you’re talking or even dialing 911 from underwater, gargling about how you’re drowning courtesy of the undertoe.

Golden Shellback uses patent pending technology that heats up a special liquid concoction until it becomes a gas which is then evenly applied to the gadget in a vacuum, waterproofing the device for beach lovers and clumsy goofs everywhere.

As you can see in the video (from Gizmodo) below, you can dial a phone number, press send, drop the phone in a glass of water and it continues to function and make the call let alone works perfectly when the phone is taken OUT of the water:

We can definitely see a mainstream manufacturer working out a deal with Golden Shellback to produce a mainstream phone that has the waterproofing technology included on purchase. How about a Sony Ericsson Cybershot that takes underwater photos? How about a Summer Inspired Nokia that promises to function at the beach and pool, whether or not it gets wet.

It might take awhile for something like this to catch on but the company is still exploring distribution channels, whether through manufacturers, carriers, retailers or other parties.

[Via Gizmodo, Golden-Shellback.com]

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  1. For $1,000 a can...... I'll buy one..      by tprouty
  2. Of course, the replacement device would be only 1/4 of that...but it would be way less cool.      by EChid
  3. of course, cause now i can really walk into the water while unloading my jetski and have nothing happen to it or I can act all pissed and throw my phone into the ocean and it will be alright. just gotta go find it      by tprouty
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