The Devil Talks Prada

LG just up the ante by introducing its own touch screen cellphone a week after Apple made the iPhone announcement. The PRADA phone is a collaboration between The South Korean technology company LG and the Italian fashion powerhouse PRADA. Unlike the iPhone, the LG model is almost readily available in Europe and in Asia. There is no date for an America launch yet.

Now the devil not only can wear Prada, she can talk Prada as well.

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Apple usually makes its new products readily available right after their announcements, iPhone was a glaring exception. Perhaps the Apple tv wasn't big enough to carry the whole MacWorld show, or perhaps Apple wanted the launch before LG so the iPhone doesn't look like a copycat. Or perhaps Apple wanted iPhone's announcement to somehow deflect some of the bad press involving the options backdating scandal. The official explanation was because of the FCC filing will give it out anyway. In any event, the six-month gap between the launch and announcement cannot be such a good thing. Six months is long enough to cool off some impulsive hysterical buying. I am not sure if iPhone is 5 years ahead of the competition but I am quite sure America is pretty backward in terms of integrating cell use with daily life when compared against Japan or other European countries.