Heard about the $20,000 Cup of Coffee yet?

Well, there are expensive things and expensive things. Looking at a story in today’s New York Times certainly makes you wonder why the heck someone would spend $20,000 on a simple cup of Coffee. The story is far more complicated the The coffee masters at the Japanese siphon bar at the Blue Bottle Café in San Francisco might tell you. However, the bottomline is a fairly simple: cup of coffee is a cup of coffee …

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MB 101 Xtreme: The $180,000 Home Theater

Welcome to the world of Rich Audiophiles. There is always that extreme part of the market which is out of the reach for 99% of the people. You have to change your mind about the Corvette and the Porsche you were buying for your garage to have this addition to your Home Theater, or if you already have those in the garage and many more and are tired of splurging on the wheels, here’s something else that would love your greens. This is the way to go, MB 101 Xtreme, with their totally hot and exclusive omni-directional technology. They sure are stacked with four 12″ sub woofers to rattle your bones. If you later think about the car then I would like to tell you that this is also composed of the basic elements I mean the earth, water, wind and fire of sports cars,.i.e. Steel, Aluminium, Carbon Fiber and Wood. All this time I have been talking about extreme, so how can I not mention it’s price which is also ofcourse one of a kind, at $180,000. It takes a month to build this made to order speakers. Oh c’mon, Mr.Moneybags, it’s a far shorter wait than your Ferrari which takes 6 months to be at your disposal.

Via audiojunkies / Gizmonistas.com

The gimmicky $1500-keyboard fro Logitech

Sure stylists world over are hell bent on making the keyboard look attractive, but while all of them are busy working on its structure, there is Logitech leveraging on its ample experience on why color is way too important in making products sell.
Everyone likes some style and oomph in their life, don’t they? So how about the keyboard that makes you enjoy lots of LED type color and well, momentarily make you feel like you’re the lead keyboardist of some rock band? It’s good for a change, except that it’s a lil too gimmicky and fake to hold good in real life. Read more

$24,000 Nokia phone: 18-carat gold N95 with 325 diamonds

It is now a reality: gadgets must be all blinged up! There’s the gold MacBook pro, the diamond iPod shuffle , the gold iPod , gold luxury mobile phones, and beaded laptops, and many more. iPhone’s rival, the Nokia N95 is now available not with new features but with diamonds! Amosu, the name of a brand and a form of art for gadgets for the “Rich, Famous, and Sophisticted”, released the diamond encrusted limited edition 8GB Nokia N95 as a first of its kind.

The 18-carat gold Nokia N95 comes with a total of 325 diamonds only! Diamond weight may reach up to 3.30 carats and mobile phone can be customized according to the requirement of the buyer and his or her choice of the color of diamond. Not satisfied? Customer may even choose whether he or she wants it in white gold or classic gold. Read more

Ferrari Home Gym – The zooming best in fitness equipment

What you see up there is not some chunky, movie-like weight loss equipment with a lot of unnecessary frills and fancies. It’s a fully loaded gift for a complete workout-a-holic. Its color and look does tell you something about who its maker might be right? That sassy and flamboyant red look would belong to none other than Ferrari. The Ferrari Home Gymnasium, called ‘Unica’, is preloaded with 25 different exercises, all connected via the onboard Wellness Mate Computer. Of course, its made with nothing but the finest Italian materials, Read more

Hasselblad: 31 Megapixels Digi-Cam for $25.000

For over fifty years now, Hasselblad has been devoted to a very simple task: to producing the finest camera equipment known to man. With the newest addition to their product line, the legendary Swedish camera maker fullfills all the expectations again: Hasselblad has introduced a high-resolution DSLR named H3D-31, the world’s first 48mm full-frame DSLR camera system.

The newest, specifcally for the mobile photographer developped Digi-Hasselblad offers a stunning 31-Megapixel resolution from a 44×33mm sensor, quick untethered operation, ISO speeds up to 800 and a super fast capture rate of 1.2 seconds per image (More or the less, the H3D-31 is the 31-megapixel version of the H3D-39).
Other highlights: Hasslblad’s Natural Color Solution, Digital auto Correction and Instant Approval Architecture, superb image quality with moirée-free color rendering. The H3D-31 can also be used with a film back. Street price around $25.000.