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Ulysse Nardin reveals $129K Chairman Diamond Edition

Chris Ziegler — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:01:00 +0000

Pretty much anything can be made unfathomably expensive by encrusting it with diamonds -- so when you start with an object that's already rather pricey, you're bound to start brushing up against "only for Russian billionaires" territory. Indeed, we'd argue that Ulysse Nardin's new Chairman Diamond Edition fits that bill nicely, coming in at $129,000 for a combination of 18-carat white gold and over 2,000 diamonds with ceramic trim. You might recall that the plain-vanilla Chairman is already an interesting phone, featuring 32GB of storage, a 3.2-inch touchscreen, Android, biometric scanner, and most notably, a watch-like self-winding mechanism around back that supplements the phone's battery power. Of course, when your phone runs into the six figures, we doubt that paying the electric bill to get this thing charged on a nightly basis will be much of an issue.

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Hands on with the Ulysse Nardin Chairman Android phone

John Biggs — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 07:41:39 +0000

How much would you pay for an Android phone? $99? $199? Maybe $299 with contract? How about $50,000. As you recall, the Ulysse Nardin Chairman is a freaking $50,000 phone. It’s only in beta right now, but it will run Android 2.1 and come in multiple styles including a model covered with diamonds. The box, [...]

The $20,000 iPad has diamonds all over it. That’s one way to tell everyone you’re a jerk.

Nicholas Deleon — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:00:42 +0000

It's going to take $40,000 worth of diamonds to get me to buy an iPad. So nice try, Mervis Diamond Importers. They've taken an ordinary iPad—not sure which model, I'm afraid—and added 11.43 karats worth of diamonds. Yup.

iPhone 3GS Supreme is diamond encrusted, spectacularly expensive

Vladislav Savov — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:53:00 +0000

Seeing as how the iPhone's exclusivity status has been slipping, it was inevitable that the bourgeoisie would invent a new way to distinguish themselves from the lowly masses. Enter a designer by the name of Stuart Hughes, already expertly familiar with slapping precious metals onto slightly less precious mobile phones. He classes up a 3GS handset with a 22 carat solid gold body, which he then sprinkles with no less than 190 diamonds. And just to make sure none of the riff raff can get their hands on it, this creation is priced at £1.92 million ($3.2 million), which places it precisely £1.92 million outside our budget. Completing the, erm, value proposition is a storage chest cut from a single block of granite, which you may peep after the break.

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Court sides with Apple, those dudes at Psystar are hosed

John Biggs — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:02:58 +0000

Apple's charges of copyright infringement and DMCA violation against Psystar have stuck and, friends, things ain't pretty for the two brothers in Miami. The problem with Psystar's approach wasn't that they were crazy for trying it. It's that the were selling a counterfeit unit.

Apple contends that Psystar has violated its distribution right by offering and selling Mac OS X on Psystar computers to the public. Psystar admits that it has distributed Mac OS X (Chung Exh. 17 at 4). But Psystar responds that its conduct is protected by the Section 109 first-sale doctrine. Section 109 provides that "the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord lawfully made under this title, or any person authorized by such owner, is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or otherwise dispose of the possession of that copy or phonorecord." 17 U.S.C. 109. This provision is a limitation on the distribution right. It applies only to an owner of a copy.

Paul Wall shoots an entire music video on an iPhone 3GS

Greg Kumparak — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:37:32 +0000

While this certainly isn't the first time -- we've seen a music video shot on an iPhone (or even the first time one has been shot with the 3GS), it is the first time we've seen it done by someone with.. you know, money.

Presenting the airplane of the future! Better make friends with your fellow passengers

Nicholas Deleon — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:00:58 +0000

This is what the Airplane of the Future may look like. Well, this is what coach may look like; first class passengers will still have seats made out of diamonds and sporks made out of solid gold. The new layout resembles a subway car or military aircraft, with rows facing each other in order to pack more people inside a cabin.

Gaiser High End computers start at $7k

Matt Burns — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:29:46 +0000

Think Apple has a luxury tax? psst. These computers from Gaiser High End are the epitome of luxury and are taxed as such. Prices start out at $7,820 and can climb to $26,400. Not only is the computer built to your spec, the cases can be gilded with gold, adorned with diamonds or cubic zirconia, [...]

Good Times (get it?): Clocks made from Atari cartridges

Doug Aamoth — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:00:15 +0000

Combine your longing for the good old days of early video gaming with your obsessive need to be on time, and you've got yourself a series of clocks made from old Atari cartridges selling for $20 apiece.