Mobile phones with built-in cameras are no longer a novelty; and so are mobile phones with Internet, radio receiver, television, and refrigerators (OK, the last one would still make our jaws drop, halfway).
IT vendors are finding ways to up the ante further. Some have forged partnerships with famous brands from other industries, such as the automobile and fashion segments. It has become commonplace too to see computers sporting brands of supercars; and mobile phones bandying about fashionable brands.
For consumers willing and able to pay extra dollars (or pesos, or stones), there is no shortage of Ferrari phones and laptops, or Prada mobile phones.
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| The Lamborghini Eee PC VX6 netbook from Asus |
Asus, the Taiwanese IT vendor that virtually brought us the netbook, recently introduced the Asus-Lamborghini Eee PC VX6 netbook. Not your usual, humble netbook, the VX6 comes with features and capabilities that make it worthy of carrying that Lamborghini badge. Not to mention that it has a supercar-inspired design itself.
