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The Philips Aurea Remote Dreams to Be a Cellphone One Day

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The glowing Philips Aurea has been out for a few years (in Europe), but the luminescent display (worthy of Jesus’ teeth) is finally receiving a remote worthy of its famed eccentricity.

https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-the-philips-aurea-verdict-one-for-the-b-295922

Each new Aurea will be bundled with this pod-style slider that we’re only telling you about because it’s a bit different than most. When closed, it’s reminiscent of a first-gen iPod. When open, it feels like a cellphone aimed at tweens. And that ball at the top? No, that’s not a speaker intended for your ear. It’s the power button.

So we’re gonna need a modder to dig into this thing with some Skype hardware or at least our MP3 collection from 2001—shouldn’t be hard, it’s basically a 4-hour loop of Lady Marmalade. [Philips]

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