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<title><![CDATA[Brookstone's WiFi cufflinks let you discreetly share data, internet connections]]></title>
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<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/20/brookstones-wifi-cufflinks-let-you-discreetly-share-data-inter/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/01/wificuffs93737736.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px;" /></a></div>If you somehow aren't satisfied with your growing collection of <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/20/nes-cartridge-cufflinks-help-you-keep-your-promise-of-celibacy/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Nintendo</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/23/playstation-controller-cuff-links-impress-sony-interviewers/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">PlayStation</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/01/game-boy-color-cuff-links/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Game Boy Color</a> and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/18/steampunk-usb-cufflinks-are-as-awesome-as-they-are-pricey/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">steampunk</a> styled cufflinks, Brookstone just might be the Q to your Bond. In addition to rocking the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/07/usb-cuff-links/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">USB-storage trick</a> we've seen in other technological shirt links, this sleeve fastener also promises to act as a WiFi hotspot when paired with a hard-wired PC. Rounding out your technologically augmented <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/01/cutecircuits-kiss-me-interactive-wedding-attire/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">wedding attire</a> with these 'cuffs will set you back $250 -- unless you're working with Her Majesty's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/JamesBond/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Secret Service</a>, of course, then they're probably just standard issue.

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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:27:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vertu rings in the Year of the Dragon by welcoming a trio of Signature luxury phones]]></title>
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The Year of the Dragon is quickly approaching, and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/vertu/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Vertu</a> is in a celebrating mood. So much so, in fact, that it's added three new luxury Dragon handsets to its <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/21/vertu-signature-precious-is-awash-in-sea-of-sapphire-and-regre/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Signature collection</a>. You can choose between stainless steel with emeralds, yellow gold with diamonds or ruby with black stainless steel. Each is, appropriately, adorned with a four-claw dragon on the battery cover, and the engraving process is rather lengthy: it involves 20 stages and takes four highly-skilled master craftsmen 36 hours, eight of which are dedicated just to the dragon's scales. But that's not all, folks -- each one gets shipped to Switzerland, where it's given the official stamp of authenticity, and returned to the workshop where precious stones are added for the final touch. That may sound like a steal at a mere $20,800, but Vertu even adds a charging cradle, a leather case and one year of free concierge service to the package. Tech specs? We haven't heard much about them, but they're rumored to run Symbian OS. We're sure you're now looking down at your new Samsung Galaxy Nexus with disdain, but we bet you could hire a few master craftsmen to make your own hand-engraved dragon for around the same price to help alleviate the regret.
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 11:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gresso's Grand Premiere: an Avantgarde phone with a behind-the-times OS and a $50,000 price tag]]></title>
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Whenever Gresso's not crafting <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/15/gresso-flaunts-30-000-white-iphone-4-holds-more-ice-than-a-ska/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">expensive new threads</a> for <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/29/gresso-classies-up-the-ipad-with-18k-gold-logo-and-ancient-wood/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">iDevices</a>, the company makes its own featurephones from the finest materials mother nature has to offer. The new Grand Premiere is the latest from the company's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/08/gresso-unveils-avantgarde-collection-pricing/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Avantgarde collection</a> and carries on this incongruous tradition. Its frame and keys are made from more than five ounces of 18-carat gold, with numbers and letters laser-etched on its sapphire crystal skin. We don't know the internals of the 12mm-thin candybar, but we do know it's running Symbian S40 and is probably packing <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/26/gresso-skeleton-gold-phone-is-oddly-beautiful-very-transparent/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">anemic hardware</a> like other Gressos we've seen -- you're paying for exclusivity and the shiny stuff, not benchmarking abilities, after all. Only 30 Grand Premiere's will be made at $50,000 pop, so all you conspicuous consumers with money to burn better move fast. Wouldn't want to be the only luddite at the yacht club without luxury handset, would you?
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:42:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Nokia reportedly looking to sell Vertu, Russian oligarchs reportedly upset]]></title>
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	It looks like Nokia has finally grown weary of the one percent. According to a report from the <em>Financial Times</em>, the Finnish manufacturer is looking to sell off its <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/vertu/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Vertu</a> line of luxury handsets, as part of the firm's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/11/stephen-elop-there-will-be-substantial-reductions-in-employmen/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">ongoing restructuring</a> process. Citing a source "familiar with the process," the <em>FT</em> went on to explain that Goldman Sachs is overseeing the sale, though it's still in a nascent stage of development. The brand has reportedly attracted the interest of unnamed private equity firms, though the same insider claims that luxury goods vendors may toss their hats in the ring, as well. Neither Nokia nor Goldman have commented on the report, but we'll be sure to let you know when they do.</div>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amar Toor]]></dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:56:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[iPad 2 gets an $8 million Cretaceous makeover with dino bones, diamonds and gold]]></title>
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In case you weren't aware, Apple's <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/apple-q4-earnings-fall-short-of-expectations-28-3-billion-in-r/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">sold a whole lot of iPad 2s</a>, so aside from the couple of bezel color choices or adding a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/02/ipad-2-gets-a-smart-cover/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Smart Cover</a>, there's not much you can do to make your tablet stand out from the crowd. Well, now there's another option for the well-heeled gadget lover. <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/StuartHughes/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Stuart Hughes</a> is back with another <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/14/stuart-hughes-strikes-again-with-worlds-most-expensive-diamond/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">custom gadget</a> for the economic elites called the iPad 2 Gold History Edition. It's got a solid gold backside, an Apple logo and home button crafted from a total of 65 flawless diamonds, plus a bezel crafted from Ammolite rock and slivers of thigh bone from a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Between all that ice and prehistoric bling, there won't be a problem picking this iPad out of a lineup. What is a problem (for most of us, anyway) is the price: <em>eight million dollars</em>. We dig the dino look and all, but that's an awfully hefty entrance fee -- we'd rather buy a stock slate and take a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/11/virgin-galactic-xcor-land-suborbital-contracts-with-nasa/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">few dozen trips</a> to the final frontier instead.

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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Sigma SD1 starts shipping in June for $9,700, has its sights set on medium format lovers]]></title>
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Sigma knows that $9,700 is a lot of money to pay for, well, <em>anything</em>, so it's couching the hefty price tag on its new flagship DSLR, the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/21/sigma-sd1-has-a-15-3mp-sensor-weather-sealed-magnesium-alloy-bo/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">SD1</a>, in the context of it competing against <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/mediumformat?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">medium format</a> digital cameras -- whose prices don't generally fall <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/23/mamiyas-dm22-is-a-medium-format-digital-camera-for-the-walmart/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">below five figures</a>. Trouble is, as professionally inclined, well designed, and durably built as the SD1 may be, it still only packs a 15.3 megapixel CMOS sensor that spans 24mm x 16mm (or <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/aps-c?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">APS-C</a> size). That means it'll have to earn its stripes on the battlefield of image quality, which it'll be ready to march onto in less than a month's time. Sigma promises to start shipping units in early June, so if you have the cash to spare (plus a little extra to fund a suitably awesome lens), you can start building up your anticipation today. Full PR and camera specs can be found after the break.

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You wouldn't think something classifiable as "wearable storage" would look so darn dapper, but here we are, staring at just about the finest cufflinks we ever did see. Not only are these handmade shirt cuffs beautiful in the most <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/steampunk?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">steampunk</a> of ways, they're also pretty useful as each features an 8GB flash storage chip with the utterly ubiquitous USB connector attached. Basically, they're what James Bond would wear if James Bond wore <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/31/one-megabit-eprom-cufflinks-for-the-jetset-nerd/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">really awesome cufflinks</a>. The general idea behind them might not exactly be <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/07/usb-cuff-links/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">original</a> anymore, but we can't really fault the execution here. What we <em>could</em> probably find fault with is our lack of $225 of disposable coin, the price one will have to pay to sport this unique pair of hand-carved, walnut-enclosed memory sticks.<br />
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:27:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/01/audis-foosball-table-still-costs-less-than-its-cars-but-not-by/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget"> Foosball</a>, it's the game of champions too afraid to step outside and get their boots muddy. If that's a sentiment you can relate to, you'll have no trouble understanding why a team of Dutch designers has put together this here foosball table deluxe, which they've called 11 The Beautiful Game. In development since way back in 2008, the 11 has just made its way into limited production with a pre-order available via GRO Design's website. We had a little looksie inside the company's portfolio of past works and, as it turns out, it's already responsible for designing the <a href="http://mobile.engadget.com/2007/05/31/nokia-outs-midrange-6500-in-slider-and-candybar-flavors/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Nokia 6500 and 6500 Slide</a>, meaning it should be well versed in the art of massaging metal into beauty. Each unit ordered takes 12 weeks of meticulous handcrafting to build, but if you haven't got that long to wait, the video's just after the break right now.<br />
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 10:49:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Leica M9 Titanium unboxed, handled with all the care a $32,000 camera deserves (video)]]></title>
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Even in its "standard" <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/leica-m9-hands-on-or-the-tao-of-leica/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">magnesium alloy body</a>, the Leica M9 is an exclusive piece of kit that <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/26/leica-m9-taking-pre-orders-for-its-body-only/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">prices out</a> all but the most fervent and deep-pocketed rangefinder lovers. Nonetheless, Leica has a habit of putting together even <em>more</em> limited <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/06/leica-announces-nieman-marcus-edition-m9-17-500-limited-to-50/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">editions</a> of its shooters, one of which has recently been subjected to a thorough unboxing and video overview. Only 500 special edition Titanium M9s cameras have been produced, each one individually numbered and costing nearly &pound;20,000 (or about $32,000) in a set with a Summilux-M 35mm F1.4 lens, also made from titanium. With a full frame 18 megapixel CCD sensor and dual image processors inside, it's a fully fleshed-out beast of a portable shooter, but you'd probably expect nothing less given the fact it costs more than most cars. Go past the break to ogle this special M9.<br />
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<strong>Update:</strong> Leica reached out to clarify that the M9 Titanium costs $26,500 in the US.

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<pubDate>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 23:58:00 -0500</pubDate>
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It looks like your luxury extra-national seafaring utopia just got one step closer to reality. The <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Ocean/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Ocean</a> Empire Life Support Vessel is a 144-foot Catamaran <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/yacht/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Superyacht</a> manufactured by Sauter Carbon Offset Design, and it features not only "all of the hotel amenities of a luxury global voyager" but two hydroponic farms and fishing facilities and three sustainable power sources: a 400 square meter 70kw solar array, an auxiliary 80 square meter (200kw) automated SkySail that drives the ship to 18+ knots and charges her battery systems, and a Motion Damping Regeneration (MDR) system developed with Maurer Sohnes Gmbh that can produce up to 50kw of electricity as it steadies the ship on rolling seas. How much will it cost you to take yourself, nine of your closest friends, and a crew of eight to the sea -- and remain there indefinitely? About $17 million. Hit the source link to order a couple for yourself. The vessel is built to order and you can have it ready to go in about eighteen months. At least it's cheaper than <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/22/saddams-yacht-the-perfect-holiday-gift/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Saddam's yacht</a>!

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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 18:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
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We'll openly admit we never knew what <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/13/gressos-las-vegas-jackpot-phone-costs-a-million-dollars-seriou/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">African Blackwood</a> was until Gresso started applying the stuff to its line of extremely luxurious <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/gresso-gussies-up-iphone-4-with-rare-wooden-veneer/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">cellphone mods</a>, but now we can't imagine a new product from the Russian company without the 200-year old timber making an appearance. And sure enough, the Gresso iPad's rear is composed almost entirely of <em>Dalbergia melanoxylon</em>, broken up only by the insertion of an 18-karat gold Apple logo. Strangely, in spite of its extravagant constituent materials, this design is a very restrained, dare we say, <em>classy</em>, affair. It goes on sale on New Year's Eve at an unannounced price, but you know what they say: if you have to ask or you have to work for a living, you probably can't afford it.

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Microsoft's serious about making Kinect a success. A $500 million kind of serious. That's the latest report, courtesy of the <em>New York Post</em>, on the change Steve Ballmer and company intend to drop to make sure that every living and breathing creature in the US knows about the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/kinect-dance-central-hands-on-or-how-we-learned-to-stop-caring/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">controller-free controller</a> this holiday season. That mirrors earlier analyst estimates placing the Windows Phone 7 marketing budget at a similar figure, which in total would amount to a cool billion dollars in advertising expenditure. We already know Microsoft's scooped <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/15/windows-phone-7-is-the-phone-your-phone-could-smell-like-video/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">the Old Spice Guy</a> for WP7, but Kinect is getting the extra special carpet bombing treatment with Burger King, Pepsi, YouTube, Nickelodeon, Disney, <em>Glee</em>, <em>Dancing with the Stars</em>, <em>People</em> and <em>InStyle</em> magazines, and even Times Square all having a role to play in spreading the word. Yup, it's gonna be pretty hard to miss it.

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We've already established that if you're filthy rich, you probably don't want the same cell phone as common folk. No, if you're looking for something higher end, you'll probably end up talking to <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/StuartHughes/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Stuart Hughes</a>, who customizes electronics by plating them in gold and diamonds. We've already seen his work on a $20,000 <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/iPhone4/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">iPhone 4</a>, but his latest achievement is downright ridiculous. Called the "world's most expensive phone" (we'll see how long that lasts), Hughes made two identical models for an Australian client. Each handset includes over 500 diamonds and totals over 100 karats, and comes in its own special granite box. Its total cost is &pound;5 million -- nearly 8 million dollars. Just don't bother crying when you leave it on the seat of a cab.

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<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:39:00 -0400</pubDate>
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Hands up if you actually know what ruthenium is. Don't worry if you don't, it's just used as an external plating on these extremely luxurious open-back <a href="http://www.engadget.com/all/cans?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">cans</a>. More familiar expensive materials can be found within, with titanium-plated 40mm drivers, silver-plated copper wires with 99.99 percent purity and kevlar-coated cables, and of course, for that extra special touch, Ethiopian sheepskin earcup pads. That's skin, not wool, so bear it in mind if you care for the welfare of little fluffy ones. Either way, the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/all/ultrasone?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Ultrasone</a> Edition 10s do seem like they've packed just enough luxury and exclusivity to justify their $2,745 price -- only thing we need now is a matching mahogany furniture set, preferably with some endangered species' heads adorning our walls.<br type="_moz" />

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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<div style="text-align: left;">When we recently heard that purveyor of luxury men's goods Alfred Dunhill was selling a secure <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/biometric/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">biometric</a> wallet, we were intrigued: who wouldn't want a carbon fiber billfold that only opened with your fingerprint, and alerted you when it lost Bluetooth contact with your cellphone? Cost to the consumer: $700. Sounded like a pretty good deal, at least until we were hepped to a little something called the iWallet. Apparently the same thing (sans the snooty English rebadge), this bad boy is available in a variety of colors, including a fiber glass ($400) or lightweight carbon fiber ($600) case -- and it's made in the good ol' US of A. That said, whichever wallet you do pick will never be as cool as one made from an <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/01/super-nintendo-cartridge-wallet-you-probably-want-this/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">SNES cartridge</a>.</div>

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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:29:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gresso's Las Vegas Jackpot phone costs a million dollars, seriously]]></title>
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When you make it your business to deliver <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/gresso-gussies-up-iphone-4-with-rare-wooden-veneer/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">outlandish new looks</a> for mobile telephony, it can sometimes be a challenge to just outdo your last effort. So <a href="http://www.engadget.com/all/gresso?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Gresso</a>'s decided the only way forward is to collect <em>all</em> the fine materials it had lying around -- black diamonds, pure gold, diamond-cut sapphire crystals, and 200-year old African Blackwood -- sprinkle them atop an otherwise nondescript featurephone, and slap on the spectacular price tag of $1,000,000. Only three Jackpots are being made, while there'll be a Las Vegas handset without the black diamonds and sapphires for the more mundanely rich among us, priced at $20,000. Oh Gresso, just one tip: next time, try to align your earpiece to your fancy designs, we hear wealthy folks appreciate some attention to detail.

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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 07:16:00 -0400</pubDate>
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This isn't just a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/all/watch?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">watch</a>, it's a <em>horological machine</em>. The HM4 Thunderbolt, recently unveiled by designer Maximilian Busser, represents an intriguing mixture of high-grade materials, precision engineering, and outlandishly macho design. The case is composed of <a href="http://www.engadget.com/all/titanium?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">titanium</a> and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/16/tag-heuers-3-400-meridiist-handset-gets-official/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">sapphire</a> -- which collectively take over 200 hours of machining and finishing to achieve the desired aerodynamic look -- while ensconced within it are over 300 parts composing a "transcendental" engine. We can't say we're not attracted by the bullet-shaped dials offering us our time with a side order of superfly, but then the $158,000 price tag ensures that we won't be able to do something foolish like buying one for ourselves. See the HM4 on video after the break.

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<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:48:00 -0400</pubDate>
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From the front it looks like any other <a href="http://www.engadget.com/product/iphone-4?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">iPhone 4</a>, but flip it around and a glint might catch your eye -- that's the doing of Russian technology tailor <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Gresso/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Gresso</a>, who's embedded Swarovski crystals and an 18-karat golden Apple logo in a sheet of African Blackwood attached to the device. As usual, one wonders why anyone would bother, but honestly we can't complain -- the design is worlds more tasteful than the <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/08/sigh-the-24-carat-gold-iphone/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">solid gold</a> and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/27/iphone-3gs-supreme-is-diamond-encrusted-spectacularly-expensive/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">diamond-encrusted</a> contraptions we're used to seeing. Expect the dainty dillantante to arrive in December at a surprisingly reasonable $3,500, or $3,000 for the male-targeted version at right. Of course, if you've got that kind of money to spend, you want one <em>now</em>, right? Good news: the iPhone 3GS gets the same luxurious treatment -- and price -- in July.<br />
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Forget the fact that this thing is <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/bulletproof?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">bulletproof</a> or that its internal battery is recharged wirelessly, just <em>look</em> at it. Built around an array of four microstep motors -- each driving one of an interwoven quartet of time belts -- the Devon Works Tread 1 creates a veritable visual symphony of precise motion to accompany the typically mundane task of checking the time. The watch was designed with the help of a Californian aerospace engineering company, which should go some way to justifying its $15,000 asking price. The rest of that justification will have to come from the "oohs" and "aahs" you incite in stupefied onlookers. Go past the break to see the promo video, it achieves <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/03/second-verizon-droid-commercial-stealth-attacks-america/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">rare heights</a> of <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/09/new-droid-ads-show-off-android-will-make-a-man-out-of-you/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">machismo</a> that are not to be missed.

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Overkill, thy name is <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/vertu?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Vertu</a>. Nokia's luxury handset division has rarely gotten much love on these pages, but that's mostly to do with the excessive use of "high end" materials on its phones and zeroes in its prices. Both are present and accounted for here, with the stainless steel and leather-bound <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/25/vertu-announces-constellation-ayxta-flip-phone-for-the-discernin/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Constellation Ayxta</a> starting at somewhere around $7,500. Still, we retain a curiosity to see such exclusive devices in the glaring lights of reality, and <em>Gear Diary</em> has treated us to just such a treat. The handset before you can crank out 6 hours of talk time over GSM or 300 hours of standby, navigate preloaded maps over GPS, or hook you up to an instant Concierge service if you don't feel like doing the work yourself. And why should you? Mosey on over to the source for the full unboxing gallery.

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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 00:21:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Vertu reminds us it's still alive with million-Yen phones, still tasteless as ever]]></title>
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What's a distinguished person of taste and refinement to do when smartphones nowadays are all so <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/dell-mini-5-prototype-impressions/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">bulky</a> and, well, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/23/the-end-of-exclusivity-leading-to-big-iphone-sales-in-europe/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">ubiquitous</a>? He or she should go take a look at <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/vertu?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Vertu</a>'s <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/21/vertu-opens-tasteful-refined-retail-store-in-japan/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">store</a>, of course, which has today been populated for the first time with a new, even more exclusive Signature collection, composed of four models -- one for each season. There's a load of talk about delicate hand-crafting and latest technology with these, but the truth of the matter is that you'll be buying one <em>solely</em> for the purpose of puling it out of your carefully pressed, kerchiefed Armani suit in the hope of impressing any and all nearby members of the opposite sex. What this phone will then say, nay, scream, about you is that you have the money to buy things that are neither functional nor physically appealing -- the surest way to signal wealth and prestige. How much money? <strike>Try a million Yen for each handset, which roughly translates to $10,830.</strike><br />
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<strong>Update:</strong> Our sage readers have noted a failure in our machine-translated pricing. The handsets in fact cost <em>20</em> million Yen a piece, which equates to $216,600. So sorry to have misled you if you were heading off to the bank to get that 10 grand.<br />
<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/vertu-daigo-nishiki-akira-kikusui-and-southern-handsets/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Vertu Daigo, Nishiki Akira, Kikusui, and Southern handsets</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/vertu-daigo-nishiki-akira-kikusui-and-southern-handsets/2836088?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/26mar10vertu1_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/vertu-daigo-nishiki-akira-kikusui-and-southern-handsets/2836089?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/26mar10vertu2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/vertu-daigo-nishiki-akira-kikusui-and-southern-handsets/2836090?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/26mar10vertu3_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.engadget.com/photos/vertu-daigo-nishiki-akira-kikusui-and-southern-handsets/2836098?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/03/26mar10vertu4_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div>

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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 09:59:00 -0400</pubDate>
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You might think, given our recent bout of attentiveness toward <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/zero-watch-concept-perfects-the-minimal-timepiece/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">wristwear</a>, that we're starting to develop an En<em>watch</em>et subsection, but that's not entirely accurate. It's just that when we come across such <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/4n-wristwatch-delivers-digital-time-in-a-mechanical-fashion/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">wild</a> and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/happy-hour-watches-open-bottles-doors-unto-new-worlds-video/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">quirky</a> designs, there's nothing to be done but share them with the world. Case in point: the Cabestan Nostromo watch, inspired by the ship from the <em>Alien</em> movie. In the words of its own designers, the Nostromo combines traditional watchmaking with "retro-futuristic audacity," and when we gaze upon its exposed vertical mechanics, we can't exactly argue otherwise. With a titanium case, Superluminova phosphorescent coating for dusky situations, and <em>side windows</em> (see them after the break), this is as appealing a watch as any geek can dare to imagine. Sure, you could probably buy a sports car for less than the 150,000 Swiss Francs ($141,400 in American currency) asking price, but it's not like you can strap a Porsche to your wrist, now is it?

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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:42:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[TAG Heuer's Tesla Roadster gets pictured on the road]]></title>
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The good people of Tesla couldn't leave us with just stock studio photography of their new <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/01/tag-heuer-and-tesla-motors-team-up-to-show-off-products-you-can/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">TAG Heuer special edition vehicle</a>, oh no. They've treated us to a full gallery of the car out on the road, sporting its new regalia and that radical paintjob with pride. To remind you, the only special thing about this edition is indeed that TAG Heuer has reskinned its exterior, while a center console mount for a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/02/tag-heuer-meridiist-lamborghini-model-announced-snickered-at/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">Meridiist phone</a> and room for a Limited Edition Stopwatch can be classified as product placements for the crowd who'd buy things just because there's an allotted space for them. Anyhow, a couple more pictures await after the break (sans that silly flare on the Tesla logo above) or you can hit the source for the full experience.

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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:47:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[4N wristwatch delivers digital time in a mechanical fashion]]></title>
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Given how simple we've made timekeeping over the years, it was inevitable that <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/luxury?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">luxury</a> watches would have to move into <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/art-lebedevs-segmentus-clock-gives-you-a-digital-reading-using/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">more esoteric lands</a> in order to exude the appropriate sense of wonder when witnessed by those who can't afford them. You might call that <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/xperia-pureness-available-now-includes-concierge-service-avar/?utm_source=Feed_Classic&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Engadget">the Xperia Pureness effect</a>. Ergo, quite aside from its platinum or 18-carat gold construction options, the 4N watch tries to grab the spotlight with its quirky disc-based mechanism, which rotates numbers (four numbers, hence 4N) into position to display a digital readout of the time. The fact that all three discs -- built out of aluminum or a titanium alloy -- and the MVT01 movement are exposed to the eye earns geek cred from us, while the limited run of only 16 units should ensure the desired exclusivity for the watches' future owners. As the old saying about price goes, if you have to ask, you can't afford one.

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