Fashion Mobile Phone

Currently, iPhone is probably the hottest mobile phone. Apple have sold more than a million units in just 74 days. What does that mean? Everyone is using it. If you don't want to carry a phone and to be labeled "me-too", there are a few other fashion mobile phones that might be just for you.

Fashion designer involvement in mobile phone design became popular when Dolce & Gabbana collaborated with Motorola for its Motorazr V3i. Now Prada, Armani, Paul Smith and even Levi's have designed mobile phone to match their fashion philosophy. However, most of these phone are only available in either Europe or Asia. But if you are a hardcore fashionista, you know how to find these phones (*cough*eBay).

1. Prada Phone by LG

Price: $780
Network:GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900, WIFI
Size:98.8 x 54 x 12 mm
Weight: 85g
Display: 240 x 400 pixels, 3 inches Touch Screen
Camera: 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, video(30fps), flash
Battery life: Standby up to 300 hours, Talk time up to 3 hours
Features: an audio player with support for MP3/ACC/ACC+/WMA/RA formats and a music multitasking function for messaging

2. Giorgio Armani Samsung Luxury Mobile Phone

Price: $950
Network: GPRS/ EDGE Tri-Band (900/1800/1900)
Size: 87.5 x 54.5 x 10.5 mm
Weight: 85g
Display: 2.6” QVGA TFT LCD (262K Colors) Touch Screen
Camera: 3 MP
Battery life: 880mAh

Features: Full internet access and 'uGo' - an adaptive interface that automatically responds to the user's environments. Displaying a landmark picture of the owner's local city, the picture adjusts to display depending on whether it is day or night.


3) Paul Smith designed LG Crystal Edition LG-SV300S / LV3000S

Price: Not known

Network: Not known
Size: 99 x 49.5 x 16.2 mm
Weight: 93g
Display: 2.2 inch screen QVGA TFT LCD and 1.3 inch secondary screen QQVGA TFT LCD
Camera: Not known
Battery life: Standby up to 200 hours, Talk time up to 3 hours

Features: Fabric pattern decorated with crystals on the outside.

4) Levi's Mobile Phone

Price: Not known
Network: Most like GSM (900/1800/1900)
Size: Not known
Weight: Not known
Display: Not known
Camera: Not known
Battery life: Not known

Features: The Levi's phone embraces mobile technology and enables young people to connect, enjoy music, exchange images and videos whilst on the go. The Levi's phone is offered in metallic silver, black and brown copper. Stylish feminine "shiny silver" and "shiny sand" editions, featuring a 'mirror' screen have also been created for the fashion forward.

JBL Spyro Speaker System

If you are looking for a set of 2.1 channel speaker (2 satellites plus a subwoofer) for your iPod or computer and you want both functionality and aesthetic form; JBL Spyro Speaker System($129.95) has both of these requirements. Don't let this pair of daisy shape satellites and its innocent looking curvaceous subwoofer fool you; they deliver a total of 36 watts of power. This set of speaker not only puts out great music, it is also very easy to control. Its minimalism design has only one touch to increase or lower the volume, one touch to mute and unmute, and a single control for subwoofer's bass. It comes with 5 different colors. All in all, this is a nice set of speaker to decorate your desk.

Glamorous USB Drive!

Dear geeky beauty, there is a fashionable way to store your valuable files in a USB flash drive! You no longer need to carry a dorky USB flash drive. Philips has teamed with Swarovski to launch the Philips-Swarovski Active Crystals Collection this August in the US. The collection consists of two categories : USB keys and stereo headphones.

All the USB drives are embedded with Swarovski crystals in different cuts, and the earphones are encrusted with one crystal for each ear. Integrating high fashion and functional technology, the Philips-Swarovski Active Crystals is a fashionable accessory for women. It is so glamorous and elegant! Nowadays more and more women are catching up with technology, there is really a trend that more electronic gadgets are designed with a sense of feminine!

The USB drives in the collection can store up to 1GB of data with password protection. They come in four types: Heart Ware, Heart Beat, Lock In and Lock Out. The first two are heart-shaped necklace pendants. You have to open the heart to reveal the USB connector. The latter two can be attached to a key chain, a bracelet, or as a cell phone charm. Each of them is going to cost you $129

The other deluxe series is Active Crystals, which comes in 4 models of headphones: Amazone (retail $149), Icon (retail $79), Space (retail $99), and Mirage (retail $129). Among all, the Amazone model is noise-isolating with a necklace. On one side, the clasp can hold a small MP3 player. The other side features two headphones set with bling bling.

The Philips and Swarovski Active Crystals collection is arriving in department stores, electronics retail stores and Swarovski stores in August 2007.