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Taito Transceiver turns your mobile to a CB

Written by: Michael Keferl on November 5, 2007 at 3:22 am | In DIGITAL LIFE |

In one of my pathetically frequent trips to Akihabara, I stumbled up this little gem. The Transceiver from Taito turns your boring old mobile phone into a Convoy-worthy CB radio phone (dark sunglasses sold separately).

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Possible uses:

* Election time phone campaigns
* Uyoku for calling their moms
* Calling in sick to your Teamster-related job

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The trend aspect of this? Well, we’ve seen numerous gadgets like this that connect to mobiles to give an alternative talking method, but we’re yet to see ANYONE ever use them. You’d think that in the geek-heaven of Akihabara, where goods like this are sold a-plenty, you’d find at least one bold otaku willing to 10-4 his good buddy on one of these.

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Category: DIGITAL LIFE
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cb handset for mobile phones: 10-4 good buddy…

Breaker, breaker, any of you got your ears on out there? This wacky invention out of Japan lets you use your cell phone like an old CB radio.

The Taito Transceiver hooks up to your mobile phone’s headset jack and lets you communicate with all th…

Trackback by technabob — November 5, 2007 #
Breaker! Breaker! Taito offers CB radio add-on for your mobile phone…

Good new if you happen to have a truck obsession and live in Japan - Taito has a CB radio add-on for your mobile handset….

Trackback by Tech Digest — November 6, 2007 #