Orange County Register

Designer phones are always fun even if they are impractical or expensive. The second version of the Prada phone, developed by LG Electronics, was on display at LG’s booth at the Consumer Electronics Show. According to the woman staffing the Prada exhibit, the phone will be available in Europe “soon.” There is no launch date for the sales in the U.S.

The first Prada phone made a big spash with gadget freaks mostly because it was a touchscreen phone that launched right before the first iPhone. It even got some good reviews. Back then, the unlocked Prada was $849.

A major difference between the first Prada phone and the second one is that the new one comes with a matching Bluetooth watch. The two devices are linked together not for chatting a la James Bond, but to quickly view instant messages, calendar items and contacts. Do fashionable people prefer to chat on a watch? Hmm… It also includes a 5-megapixel camera, 3G compatibility with video calling, Wi-Fi and a full HTML browser. 

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Earlier reports from CES 2009:

• LG shows off the fastest TV on the CES floor
• Dish welcomes digital TV transition with $9.99 deal
• Palm gets back into the phone game with the Prē
• How tech can help you have the perfect garden
• Tech toys, crowds and other early scenes from CES
• Samsung slims down Blu-ray player
• Panasonic’s 0.3-inch skinny TV
• The best TV Toshiba has to offer
• Wireless TVs without the lag
• Powermat: Charging up without cables — or electricity!
• What we all need: A Minoru (3D webcam)
• How green can Fuji’s EnvironMax batteries be?
• Meade’s no muss, no fuss automated telescope
• CES gadgets: D-Link’s nifty photo router, USB monitor
• A smaller, cheaper CES: Will it be better?

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