Philips 588 music phone drops in Taiwan

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jul 12th 2006 at 9:44AM

Sorry, fellas, this one's for the ladies. Philips has officially launched its 588 model in Taiwan this week, a featherweight (78g) clamshell targeted at the fairer sex. Available only in purple and white, the feminine 588 sports triband GSM, a 1.3 megapixel camera, and -- as you may have guessed from the external controls -- a music player feeding off a little over 100MB of internal storage with no expansion slot. No word on pricing for the Asia-only flip, but with its lack of Bluetooth and external display, we're guessing the 588 is designed to be a fashion phone for the masses. At least the female masses, that is.

[Via Slashphone]

Filed under: Handsets, Multimedia, Others, GSM

Tags: 588, asia, clamshell, fashion, flip, music, musicphone, philips, taiwan

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John @ Jul 12th 2006 10:56AM

Their actually both quite nice looking handsets and will definately appeal to ladies, as designed for.
They stand out for sure and without looking ridiculous, any fashion aware ladies are definately going to be attracted to these two.

http://www.ringtonesbase.com/tw/

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