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.
Thanks Prada for once again completely befuddling me when it comes to high fashion. Because while I certainly love the designs of classic US automobiles, I would never have thought to apply their iconic spoilers and tail-lights to high-heeled shoes.
This is pathetic. Motorola and HTC, with their circus vixen’s arsenal of makeup slathered over Google’s native UI, ought to be ashamed. This idiotic LG/Prada luxury phone that nobody will buy has one thing going for it: it looks nice.
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.
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.
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.
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.
