Toys - Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:59 - 0 Comments

Spyker iPhone clone spotted

In case you didn’t know, Spyker lends its name to a number of consumer electronics, including mobile phones, digital audio players and pocket video devices. You can visit www.connect4spyker.com to view the entire product line, where Spyker reminds you in tongue-in-cheek fashion that a matching car is available for each one.

The gadget guys over at CNET, however, were excited to find what looks like an Apple iPhone clone badged with Spyker’s name at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain this week. It looks exactly like an iPhone, but has a numerical keypad squished at the bottom of its face around what would be the Home button. According to CNET, the editors of which didn’t get a chance to try out the phone since it was locked inside a glass case, tell us that Spyker’s clone appears to be a solid attempt at capturing the magic and pixie dust that went into the design of the original.

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Toys - Tuesday, February 19, 2008 8:57 - 0 Comments

The Next Best Thing: Ferrari FXX pedal-car

Not everyone can afford a Ferrari FXX. Mind you, not everyone would want one if they could. But for those who do and don’t have the seven figures to drop on the real deal, Berg Toys has created the Ferrari FXX of pedal cars. You know, for the kids.

Like the real deal, the FXX Racer pedal car comes equipped with a seven-speed transmission, an on-board computer, disc brakes, semi-slick racing tires and styling, which, as you can see, is modeled on Maranello’s developmental track-car. For those to whom cost is no object, the FXX Exclusive (pictured above) upgrades with a premium racing bucket and four-point harness, leather steering wheel and even an aero kit. Berg, whose website is currently under construction, will be offering both models (€499 and €1499 respectively) through its own dealer network and through Ferrari dealerships starting next month. We don’t know about you, but we’d love to see a drag race between this, the Bugatti and the Alfa Romeo pedal cars that we’ve reported on previously.

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