Back in October 2009 PUMA and Sagem Wireless signed a license agreement to launch a mobile phone called simply PUMA by Q2 2010, before the Football World Cup (sorry, but it is football and not soccer all around the planet but here in the US). Fast forward to Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona Spain and here it is, the PUMA Phone with its pouncing cat logo.
Now, we are talking about the same Puma company that makes the shoes, sportswear, and other sport accessories so I understand if you are a little bit wary. But the PUMA phone is real, and it comes with a built-in solar charger on the back so you’ll never suffer for a dead battery. The handset also comes with a 2.8-inch 240×320 capacitive touch screen, Bluetooth, 3G, aGPS, Quad-band GSM and a 3.2-megapixel camera with LED flash.
The PUMA also sports (no pun intended) a built-in radio, social networking integration, video calling, a sarcastic calculator and a scratching turntable. And it wouldn’t be a Puma with out a host of sports features, so there’s a stopwatch, GPS speedo, GPS run tracker, pedometer and a yachting compass. The user interface makes heavy use of PUMA’s corporate color scheme (red, white and black) with flat looking white-on-red icons throughout. According to the phone’s webpage, it will arrive in 45 days (first week of April) and did I mention it even comes with a on-demand digital cat (a puma) named Dylan?
