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I don't have a wooden heart: I have a wooden phone.

If it came from anybody else, I'd suspect the calendar had slipped back to April: a "top of range" phone made of wood.

The thing appears real, according to Mobile Burn's Michael Oryl. It's the  Mobiado "Professional Executive Model" range. And it's expensive - according to Peter Rojas at Engadget, $1,900 will buy you one.

No shortage of hyperbole from Mobiado: "The Professional EM combines hardwood, aluminium, acrylic, and stainless steel to perfection to truly create the ultimate in luxury. Characterised by its high durability, strength, scarcity, high value, and rare beauty, the Cocobolo and Honduras Rosewood hardwoods exemplify everything you would expect from new levels in luxury design. Every Professional EM is as different and unique as every rare exotic tree is. No two phones are alike."

The Canadian based maker apparently builds them around Nokia hardware.  But even the aluminium is special, they say: "The aluminium midsection of the phone is created from aircraft aluminium to build a strong/stiff yet light body, filtered glass bead blasted, and then anodised to produce a ceramic surface for the toughest of uses. The buttons are stainless steel and the screens are abrasive resistant acrylic. This material combination has produced a case not matched by anyone in quality and design."

And if you want details of the wood: "The Mobiado Professional EM is available in Black/Cocobolo and Silver/Honduras Rosewood."

Mobile Burn review: by Oryl

Mobiado's press release

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