fosfor gadgets has a list of the Top 10 most beautiful cellphones. These phones are not too shabby, and include the Hitachi W42H, Samsung SGH-E900, KDDI Talby, the O2 Ice, Samsung SGH-E870, KDDI Neon, Black Diamond, Helio Kickflip, the LG KG-800 Chocolate, and the KDDI Penck. It’s an interesting list, though some of the phones are either not yet available or not available in the US.

Tastes of course vary, and here at GearChimp the following (US available) phones would have made the list.

Sony Ericsson W600 Walkman – Our phone of choice, the W600 is a gorgeous swivel-style phone with a superb external display with tons of great features, including a slew of messenging and internet capabilities (RSS, web, email, EMS, MMS, MMS Video, SMS long), picture phonebook, a 1.3 megapixel camera with video recording, Walkman music (mp3, ogg, AAC, MIDI, etc.), MIDI composer, FM radio with RDS support, voice recording, voice control, USB/Bluetooth/infrared, animated wallpapers, Java, modem, and more. It’s 3.6 x 1.8 x .9″, 4.2 oz, and available with several faceplate colors, including Universe Blue, Orchid White, and Vibrant Orange.

Another nice-looking and available Sony Ericsson phone is the W810.

Motorola PEBL – This phone makes our list because of its modern and simplistic look. It’s 1.9 x 3.4 x 0.8 inches and 3.88 oz, supports GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Java, Bluetooth, Voice menus, instant messenging, email, web browsing, SMS, MMS, has a VGA camera, MP3/AAC/MIDI, picture caller ID, and has a mini-USB port. The phone is small and has a nice feel to it.

Samsung D807 is a 4.0 x 2.0 x 0.6 inch 3.3 oz. slider phone that supports GSM 850/900/1800/1900, has a 1.3 megapixel camera and 176 x 220 pixel screen with 262,000 colors. It supports WAP, Java, SMS/MMS, instant messenging, has support for MP3 and MIDI ringtones, Bluetooth, voice memos, voice-driven menus, voice dialing, picture caller id, MicroSD memory cards, and comes in black and chrome.

A 17KHz ringtone that adults supposedly can’t hear. Developed as a teenager-repellent sound to rid areas of loitering little hooligans, an annoying, screeching tone marginally above the normal range of adult hearing was developed by a security firm in the UK, Compound Security, to repel teenagers. And, of course, the little punks heisted it and started using it as an adult-proof ringtone.

Well, nuts. I’m pushing middle-age and I can hear it. Bad. I mean, it hurts my ears.

Either way, it’s a clever use of sound.

Metro.uk story (via)

NPR Story (via)

The NY Times article (via)

Here’s one that pulses: PulseRing.mp3 (and PulseRing.ogg). Just a smidge easier to hear too.