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LG Making IPhone Competitor, Android Phone And Prada III
8:30AM Jason Chen | 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 »
Design
Prada Transformer Is Four Buildings In One, Thanks to Massive Cranes
12:00PM Wilson Rothman | 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. More »
Gadgets
Prada II Phone Comes With a Swanky Little Bluetooth Watch
7:37PM John Herrman | 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] More »
Phones
LG Prada II Officially Decent, Expensive and Faaaabulous
8:11PM John Herrman | 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. More »
Phones
Prada II Full Specs Leak Online
8:01PM Kit Eaton | The last we heard of the upgrade to LG’s Prada phone, the Prada II, was a grainy photo and some speculative specifications. Now over at Boy Genius Report they’ve been given a run-down on the full specs of the phone from a source they trust. The rumoured 5-megapixel camera is indeed there, with flash and VGA video capability. 850MHz/2100MHz HSDPA’s there too, as is the 3-inch screen. Read on for more. More »
Phones
Possible LG Prada II Photo Leaked
4:48AM Sean Fallon | A few months ago a rumour floated around that LG was planning a second coming of the Prada phone with features like a 3-inch touchscreen, 5MP camera, a front mounted camera for video calling, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, a full HTML browser, microSDHC, and a slide-out QWERTY. Obviously, we can’t confirm any of that information by this grainy photo—but it does back up the QWERTY keyboard, which keeps the rumours on track at least. It also doesn’t do anything to discredit a possible 4Q release date. [BGR] More »
Phones
Samsung D980 Dual-SIM Touchscreen Phone Hits Intertubes
8:56PM Kit Eaton | Samsung has kept developing its LG Prada knock-off F480 full-touchscreen phone and turned it into the D980. This is a dual-SIM version of the phone, hitting China first in a D988 version and then apparently the rest of the world as the D980 DuoS. It’s a tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE device, with 2.6-inch QVGA screen and 5-megapixel auto-focus cam with a flash. There’s no pricing or timing info yet, but since Blam had some bad things to say about the F480 mobile phone back in February, let’s hope they’ve improved the touchscreen too. [Unwiredview] More »
Phones
LG Prada II Mobile Phone Details Leaked
12:00AM Haroon Malik | According to a leaked specifications list, LG has a Prada II handset in the works, and it sounds like it will be packing quite a punch. The details that have been leaked suggest the mobile phone will have a 3-inch (400×240) WQVGA touchscreen, 5MP camera, front mounted camera for video calling, Wi-Fi connectivity, 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, USB 2.0, Full HTML browser, FM radio, TV-out, microSDHC support and—we just can’t believe it until we see it— a full, slide-out QWERTY keyboard. More »
Phones
LG Prada Phone Now Comes in Silver with New, Matching UI
8:07PM Addy Dugdale | It’s hard to believe that, just a year ago, the name of the phone on everyone’s lips was LG’s collaboration with Prada, the sexy touchscreen number that let its users believe that their fingers were fashion (or something). And now, post iPhone, what of the Prada phone? Well, a silver version is now available in Europe, complete with new UI (also silver, apparently) and matching silver accessories. It’s available in most of Europe, but don’t expect to see it Stateside anytime soon. A couple more pics after the jump. More »
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