For the style-conscious geek


Giorgio Armani has announced a mobile phone.


It’s not often a mobile phone is a hot story in Women’s Wear Daily, but at the Milan Fashion Week, Italian designer Giorgio Armani has announced a mobile phone and other devices produced by South Korea’s Samsung.

It’s a tiny credit card-sized device with a touch-sensitive 2.6inch QVGA screen, 3 megapixel camera and Bluetooth.

“By adapting a haptical UI, users can feel an immediate mild vibration when they touch icons on the display. Being the size of a credit card and a mere 10.5 mm in thickness, the Giorgio Armani-Samsung Phone fits sensuously into a user’s palm.”

So says the press release.

It sounds like an interesting phone but the cross-industry deal is not really surprising. Samsun’s main rival, LG Electronics, has already combined with Prada, another Italian luxury goods designer, for a mobile phone.

Posted: Tue - September 25, 2007 at 06:53 AM