The Iridium phone is neither. It is a phone Arnold Schwarzenegger would use to call his butcher from his Hummer and order half a steer for lunch. It's a manly man phone because there are about 8,000 accessories you can get for it, many of which can be assembled in all kinds of cool combinations. The effect is somewhere between Transformer action toys and a complete set of Snap-On Tools. By the way, the phone actually works, which is kind of a bonus.
Iridium is the grandest satellite communication system yet completed.
Motorola was the key driver, but it has partners from all over the world. The service was officially launched late last year and is only beginning to be widely offered. The most compelling concept for Iridium is that it allows you to make a phone call from absolutely any spot on Earth. And that adds another manly man aspect to the phone. I tried it out on the sidelines of a soccer field.