Gizmodo: samsung, armani

Samsung's Armani 2 Night Effect Cellphone Forgets to Include Stylishness

Kit Eaton — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:24:00 EDT

Samsung's original Armani phone was a tiny, touchscreen, haptic-feedback gizmo, and actually not bad looking at all: so I'm confused about the upcoming Armani 2 Night Effect. It's a plain candybar cellphone, emblazoned with large Emporio Armani emblems and it seems to have totally forgone attempts at simple stylishness. Get this—around the edge of the phone there's a red, green or blue-LED glowing strip, presumably the "night effect" part. Maybe it's my impression of what style is, but that's just tacky. The specs of the phone aren't too amazing either.

• Quadband GSM, HSDPA connectivity
• 2.2-inch reinforced glass AMOLED display
• 3.2 megapixel camera, without flash
• Built-in FM Radio
• Dedicated music player control buttons
• 120 MB of User Memory
• microSD memory card slot
• USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.0

Yup...120 megabytes of on-board memory, and we don't know what sort of UI it's got: is the haptic feedback still there?

It does look like it's got a front-facing camera for 3G video calling at least, and I suppose the black metallic finish is quite interesting. The OLED screen should be good-looking too, but all in all the phone itself is a bit plain. It's due in Europe for around $430 (€300) in November with Asian and Middle East releases shortly after, but there's no word on pricing or timing for a North American version. [OLED-info, Unwiredview and Gizmos.es]

Samsung and Armani Launch HDTVs That Look... Like Every Other HDTV

matt buchanan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:34:56 EDT

The Samsung/Armani design train keeps rolling, now from cellphones to HDTVs. Today in Milan, Sammy and Giorgio showed off the first Armani LCD TVs—a 46-incher and a 52-inch model. Both are 100Hz "Full HD" sets (hopefully that means 1080p, not 1080i), and will strut their stuff in Europe, Korea and Russia this summer. The fashionable part is apparently the customizable the Samsung and Armani logos. Ooooo... Oh, and it's got two remotes, a mini-pebble for basic functions, and a swankier one that does everything, but we don't have any pics of 'em yet. No price, but it's probably stupid ~~expensive~~. [Samsung]

Samsung Armani Phone Hands On Video

Jason Chen — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:30:41 EDT

Susi from Shiny Shiny has a hands-on demo of the Samsung Armani phone we showed you earlier. Not to spoil anything, but the phone has part of a UI that's Cover Flow-esque. Oh, and Susi dies at the end. [Shiny Shiny]

Official Launch of Samsung's ArmaniPhone in Milan

AddyDugdale — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:25:20 EDT

It's not the first time we've seen Samsung's Armani phone, but its official unveiling happened in Milan yesterday, following Giorgio's runway show. The credit-card-sized phone is 10.5 mm wide, has haptic feedback and will be on sale in Europe from November. An Armani-Samsung Casa LCD TV is to follow in January. Stats, pricing and more pics and pricing of the cell are below.

2.6-inch QVGA TFT LCD
3-Megapixel camera
microSD memory slot
Haptical UI (means you get a bit of vibrating action when you touch icons on the screen)
Bluetooth stereo headset
Music player supporting H.263, AAC+/MP3/WMA, MPEG4, AAC, e-AAC+ formats
Full internet browser.
Leather carrying case designed by the man himself.
And the price? 650 , or 900 bucks. Sheesh. No amount of vibrating in my general direction, GiorgioPhone, is going to make me want to shell out that much for you. [Via Press Release and Born Rich and Infosync World]

Armani and Samsung Team Up to Create a New Touchscreen Fashion Phone

Adam Frucci — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:15:38 EDT

Samsung and Armani have teamed up to create this fashion-y phone, the P520, Armani's answer to the Prada Phone. It's a relatively sleek touchscreen phone with a 2.6-inch screen, a 3MP camera, a microSD slot, 50MB of onboard memory, a pokey GMS/EDGE connection, and Wi-Fi. Cool? This neutered iPhone is set to drop in Europe for a far-from-reasonable $550. No word on it coming from the States, but I will say that it's nice to see an Armani product that isn't in an advertisement with a dude with abs that make me feel completely inadequate. Not all of us have time for 5,000 crunches a day, Armani! [Unwired View via CrunchGear]

Samsung and Armani are teaming up to fight...

Brian Lam — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 15:15:11 EDT

Samsung and Armani are teaming up to fight LG Prada. Maybe that P520 is the first? [Textually]