Trekkie Tech

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People love their movie paraphenalia. By people, of course, I mean geeks. And by paraphenalia, I mean things that are replicas of, or closely resemble, props from their favourite shows and movies. Companies like Master Replicas do a fair trade in fantastic replica products at exorbitant prices. So it's only natural that periodically, this trend will eventually spill over from the collectors' circles into the real world.

Sona Mobile, a mobile software company, is partnering with Viacom Consumer Products to bring you the Star Trek Communicator phone. Featuring a black body and face plate, the Star Trek Communicator Phones will strongly resemble the devices featured on the show. Once you flip it open you are greeted with the typical cell phone layout, dripping with Star Trek features.

Trekkies fans will have to shell out an extra $10 per month on top of their cellphone plans to own the special Star Trek phones but will get access to trekkie specific features. These will include instant Star Trek community message boards and a computer game called Fleetwars that phone users will be able to play with other phone users around the country. A Trekkie will even be able to download any Star Trek episode in streaming video on demand.

The only thing they forgot to add is a speakerphone option so you can actually hold it a distance away and give it your best Captain Kirk scowl as you bark your orders for pizza into it with....great.....emphasis.

It won't be long now folks. As soon as they invent the tractor beam I'm getting one installed on my couch. That way when I need a beer I can just activate it and have the beer come to me.

Yeah, there's a good idea. They'd have to invent the transporter then just to beam my bloated corpse out of the house since the doors would all be too small.