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Giorgio Armani and Samsung copy the Nokia N97 Mini, throw on Windows Mobile 6.5

Categories: Samsung, Windows Phone
By: , IntoMobile
Friday, October 9th, 2009 at 7:50 AM

I had to do a double take when I saw this photo up on Engadget. What you’re looking at is a device with no formal name, I’m serious, it doesn’t have a name, but with specs that are pretty impressive: 3.5 inch OLED display, Windows Mobile 6.5, 5 megapixel camera, QWERTY keyboard, 8 GB storage built in, WiFi, GPS, all yours for only €700 ($1035). This … thing (how the hell could it not have a name?!) was announced today in Milan, Italy, with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer himself up on stage calling this device “a statement of style”. Anyway, now take a look at the Nokia N97 Mini:

Which do you think is more attractive?

And am I completely nuts for seeing the resemblance here?

Update: Phone Arena has a preview of the device, with lots and lots of live photos!

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • Titanas

    This is the copy cat moment of the day!!!

  • Miguel M.

    You are NOT nuts, the resemblance is obvious!

  • Carl

    It does have a name: B7620. It’s the Armani branded version of the B7610 Omnia Pro.

    I don’t know why they changed the type of keys used on the keyboard from the Omnia Pro.