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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6169308" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>I think here's where you're missing my thought train.</p><p></p><p>the existing Trek -> phone products on market are cases for smart phones that look silly (like the trek uniform color skins I posted FROM thinkgeek.com) or only do the back side with something trek-like.</p><p></p><p>Abrams made the front face of his Communicator have the knobbly bits of the TOS communicator, presumably as an homage to the original. 21st century tech has dispensed with such nonsense and we have touch screens on that surface and tiny microphone/speaker ports.</p><p></p><p>The market doesn't need or want Nokia to be making cell phones themed like Trek.</p><p></p><p>the market (Trekkies) does want CASES that look like Trek*. Given the added bulk smart phone owners are accustomed to putting on their precious iPhones to protect them, it is a trivial matter to make a case that has a flip open cover that is reminiscent of the JJA Communicator (or even the TOS grill flip cover Communicator, albeit with some differences.</p><p></p><p>*Do a GIS on Into Darkness iPhone case and you'll see all the crazy designs out there, and nobody's done anything more than a painted simple case.</p><p></p><p>The key here is people are happy with CASES that are Trek like, but they don't have to be exact replicas of Trek equipment.</p><p></p><p>And even in the exact replica, as this is where the Think Geek TOS Communicator toy missed the boat, embed the hardware for bluetooth ear piece in there. This means your TOS Communicator is BlueTooth paired to your cell phone. You flip it open, it answers a call or activates SIRI just like pressing the Answer button would on an ear piece. Other buttons on the communicator do whatever the other buttons do on an ear piece (volume, speakerphone/private mode).</p><p></p><p>Trekkies would did that for conventions because they can hide the iPhone in their pocket, and whip out their TOS Communicator to answer the phone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6169308, member: 8835"] I think here's where you're missing my thought train. the existing Trek -> phone products on market are cases for smart phones that look silly (like the trek uniform color skins I posted FROM thinkgeek.com) or only do the back side with something trek-like. Abrams made the front face of his Communicator have the knobbly bits of the TOS communicator, presumably as an homage to the original. 21st century tech has dispensed with such nonsense and we have touch screens on that surface and tiny microphone/speaker ports. The market doesn't need or want Nokia to be making cell phones themed like Trek. the market (Trekkies) does want CASES that look like Trek*. Given the added bulk smart phone owners are accustomed to putting on their precious iPhones to protect them, it is a trivial matter to make a case that has a flip open cover that is reminiscent of the JJA Communicator (or even the TOS grill flip cover Communicator, albeit with some differences. *Do a GIS on Into Darkness iPhone case and you'll see all the crazy designs out there, and nobody's done anything more than a painted simple case. The key here is people are happy with CASES that are Trek like, but they don't have to be exact replicas of Trek equipment. And even in the exact replica, as this is where the Think Geek TOS Communicator toy missed the boat, embed the hardware for bluetooth ear piece in there. This means your TOS Communicator is BlueTooth paired to your cell phone. You flip it open, it answers a call or activates SIRI just like pressing the Answer button would on an ear piece. Other buttons on the communicator do whatever the other buttons do on an ear piece (volume, speakerphone/private mode). Trekkies would did that for conventions because they can hide the iPhone in their pocket, and whip out their TOS Communicator to answer the phone. [/QUOTE]
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