July 2008 - Nokia and Verizon Wireless have joined dark forces and have released the Nokia 6205 - Dark Knight Limited Edition cellphone. The phone itself isn’t as flashy as the latest units available in the market today, but it does come loaded with a trailer and the movie logo at the back. Loyal Batman fans might be enticed to get one as a collector’s item. It does come with a 1.3-megpaixel camera, external music controls on the cover, and 58MB internal memory. The promotional packaging is quite a treat as well with loads of goodies fan boys will surely appreciate. We think this is the first time a cellphone was attached as a promotional item to a Hollywood film.

October 2008 - Olympus teams up with Swarovski to dress up its camera. Olympus’s limited edition Stylus 1040 Crystal digicam to features a diagonal stripe of 98 Swarovski crystals on the sliding lens barrier. The jeweled camera features face-detection autofocus and autoexposure to provide Intelligent Auto mode detecting the five most commonly used scenes and adjusts settings, which is really handy because fashionistas don't generally have time to focus on such details when taking pictures at a party for their myspace page! Filed under: Crystal Covered Camera