Gizmodo: maria sharapova

Maria Sharapova's Flashing Dress Is Less Exciting Than It Sounds

John Herrman — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:00:00 EDT

The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.Maria Sharapova recently ~~shilled for~~ teamed up with Sony Ericsson and the London College of Fashion to show off students' techno-fashion ideas. The winning concept, i.e. the future? A Bluetooth dress that blinks whenever your phone rings.

Well, it's intended to use Bluetooth, if someone ever makes it—for now, it's just a concept. A strange one. From the designer:

When you're in a pub or a bar, you can never, ever hear your phone!

So if you wear this dress, which has light-up scales on one shoulder, onlookers can warn you that your phone is probably ringing if your surrounding are too noisy. Sort of like...a vibrate mode?

Yes, but with fashion, and Maria Sharapova. Besides, I'm guessing her PR handlers almost certainly wouldn't have allowed her to promote any kind of vibrating product, just to be safe. [Reuters—Photo by Getty]

New Shots of the White Limited Edition PEBL

Jason Chen — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:45:00 EDT

In case you were wondering what the limited edition white Maria Sharapova PEBL looked like, here you go. Only one of 50 available to special contest winners. Or if your name is Maria Sharapova.

We wish we were famous enough for people to make limited editions of stuff with our name on it. The limited edition Jason Chen Four-Port USB Hub/Toothbrush sounds pretty good. – Jason Chen

PEBL Gallery [Mobile Burn]

Maria Sharapova-Branded Motorola PEBL

Gizloco — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 09:55:16 EDT

According to Wikipedia, Maira Sharapova is a tennis player; according to me, she's hot. That aside, fans of the Russian tennis star can look forwar to getting their hands on a special white Sharapova-branded Motorola PEBL. Her signature (laser-etched, natch) is all over 50 of the special PEBLs. There's no way to actually buy this Sharapova-blessed cellphone, so fans will have to settle for winning a contest that started on August 28.

Here's hoping to future, celebrity-branded gadgets, like the Tom Cruise insane-o-meter and the Kate Moss bathroom scale. – Nicholas Deleon

Contest Page [Motorola via SlashGear]