OK, so a media release just landed in my inbox, spruiking Prada’s new smartphone. But all I can think about is how much the promotional shot makes Ukrainian-Canadian model Daria Werbowy look like an alien. More »
Want in on the smartphone revolution but you’re too tres chic to get something that actually looks like hardware? Peep this Android handset from Prada and LG. If you’re a fashionista, you’d probably let Meryl Streep humiliate you for one. More »
LG’s long-running partnership with fashion people Prada will continue in 2012, with both companies announcing a renewed friendship — and revealing the above sketch of a future Prada-branded smartphone. More »
It would be amazing if LG could make an iPhone competitor, an Android device and a Prada III that’s one single device, but somehow I don’t think that’s what LG’s president means. More »
The Prada Transformer is a huge four-sided open-air building whose floor can be any one of its radically different sides. Massive cranes rotate it into place, leaving the other three to compose its ever-changing ceiling.
Apparently it was optimistic to expect Prada to understand the difference between a fashion accessory and a phone accessory, because now look what’s happened: Prada and LG have announced the Prada Link, a Bluetooth watch that pulls text messages and your call information from the Prada II phone. To be honest though, it doesn’t look so bad. The stylish Link has a tiny little OLED screen that displays the content of text messages, call history data, a call rejection option and, of course, the time. The only downsides are the 48-hour battery life, which leaves you latching your watch to the phone for charging every couple of days, and the lack of a US release date. It’s not yet clear if the watch will come with the phone for free, but considering that similar watches have retailed for around $US400, I’d guess not. [Prada via Akihabara]
LG and Prada have just sent out a pre-announcement for the upcoming Prada II, sequel to the companies’ first touchscreen lovechild that was released well over a year ago. Stand-out features include a 5MP camera, FM radio, 7.2Mbps HSDPA 850/2100 (hey, North American importers) and Wi-Fi. The rest of the tech specifications pretty much match the leaked list, but offer little to distinguish the phone from the growing crowd of pop-out QWERTY touchscreen phones.
