If the phones you handle define your attitude, your style and you are passionate about some utility as well, then an Armani made smartphone may attract you. Now here is a Samsung-Giorgio Armani venture into the Windows Mobile World: a $1030(700 euro) smartphone with all new Windows Mobile 6.5. 

With the classic brown finish, the phone will don both touchscreen and mechanical QWERTY keyboard. Other specs include- 5MP camera, GPS, MicroSD and 3.5 inch screen.

Steve Ballmer said the device was "a statement of style" and the partnership as "a unique thing” though declined such associations of MS with any fashion house.

Via Engadgetmobile via Reuters

Whether you like it or not, ASUS made the linux immensely popular with their netbooks. Now, after netbooks, ASUS is now planning to use linux in one of their two upcoming smartphones. This is TOTALLY contrary to what we have been thinking!

We all thought the ASUS has been committed to windows mobile. Asustek’s Chief Operating Officer H. C. Hung told Reuters that both Windows and Linux will be used in the phones being co-developed with Garmin, a leading specialist in global positioning devices.

Right now, it is not known when the company will unveil its first linux based Smartphone, but rumor has it that would be released in early summer.

ASUS has proved that it is not a company that can be taken lightly. ASUS is the company that finally made the netbooks popular and their windows mobile phones are also selling pretty well. Moving to the linux side will help them to reduce the costs as linux is free. On the other hand, Microsoft chargers the vendors and OEMs some money for the license.

[via geekwithlaptop]