The manufacturer believes that some of the device's imagined features could appear in high-end devices by 2015.

The front panel is Gorilla Glass, a strengthened glass often used for high-end devices such as this.

The service is aimed at "young, passionate consumers who like high-end devices," he said.

They specialize in offering high-end electronic devices such as computers, digital cameras, mp3 players and cellular phones.

Due to the heavy graphics, the game is usually fluid only on high-end devices.

But smart phones, high-end devices that have access to the Internet and send e-mail, run on operating systems created by other companies.

Basic PDAs start at less than $100 and move up to nearly a grand for the high-end devices.

"This sets a high bar for the high-end device, but on the low end it has no impact," Mr. Entner said.

It released a second line of high-end devices in 1979, and a final line with already declining quality in 1980.

Its hospitals are considered an extremely attractive market by suppliers, because they tend to perform unusual procedures and buy more high-end devices.