Computing

iPad Haters Should Probably Steer Clear Of The Plaza Hotel

Allergic to iPad? Do not stay at The Plaza Hotel in New York City! Every room has one, you see, and the entire 5-star stay would most likely be ruined by your sour mood!


January 21, 2011
Geek Out

This Stunning Yacht Can Actually Fly

Yes, it’s a concept. No, it’s not that crazy. This 36m flying yacht could work. After all, it’s just a very pretty ekranoplane, aircraft-ship hybrids that can float like a sea vessel and fly a few metres over the water surface.


January 11, 2011
Gadgets

Take A Bath In A Waterfall

The Aquamass Parure bathtub is clever! Designer Elvis Pompilio used crystalline pearls backlit by LEDs to make it look like the tub is constantly overflowing with water. Like taking a bath in a waterfall. Or in Avatar-world too, I guess. [BornRich]


January 10, 2011
Gadgets

Oh Hey, Your Delightfully Tacky Louis Vuitton Belt Buckle Is Ringing

Rarely do ostentatiously tacky and expensive rich people things look gaudy and do something useful at the same time. That’s still the case here, as this curious Louis Vuitton belt buckle continues the trend. It’s also a mobile phone, you see…


August 3, 2010
Gadgets

How Your iPhone And Your Rolex Are Like Blankies

If I had access to a secret stash of iPhone knockoffs – a phone that worked identically to the real iPhone, but was a bootleg made of inauthentic parts – how much could I charge? Why could I charge that?


June 7, 2010

Rafael Nadal Just Won The French Open Wearing This $US525,000 Wristwatch

Congratulations to Rafael Nadal, whose dominance on Roland Garros clay was reaffirmed today following his French Open victory over Swede Robin Soderling. The victory is sweet, to be sure, but so was the bling he wore on his wrist.


March 14, 2010
Mobile

Celsius X VI II’s Mysterious Mechanical Cellphone Gets Slightly Less Mysterious

Last month, I risked life and limb to tell you about Celsius X-VI-II, a shadowy French company who was building a $US300,000 mechanical mobile phone. The first pictures of the phone have surfaced, and they don’t exactly answer our questions.

The phone’s official unveiling is still to come next week at Baselworld Watch Show, but these shots from Watchismo at least give you a sense of what a $US275,000 mechanical cell phone looks like.

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The body is transparent, so owners can look at the phone’s mechanical guts and remind themselves why they paid so damn much for this thing. Celsius seems awfully proud of some sort of micromechanical system that functions when the clamshell is opened and closed, but it’s still not really clear what it does.

The mystery of Celsius X VI II and their mechanical phone endures. Will Baselworld finally provide the answers we seek? [The Awesomer via Watchismo]


February 27, 2010
Mobile

Celsius X VI II And The Mysterious Mechanical Mobile Phone

On March 18, at the Baselworld watch show in Switzerland, a vapourous French company called Celsius X-VI-II will unveil the Papillon, a $US300,000 mobile phone that is packed with the most advanced micro-mechanics of any gadget ever created.


July 20, 2009
Computing

Dell Drops Adamo Price, Now Actually Affordable

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Not sure when this went down, but tipster Harvey pointed us in the direction of Dell’s online Adamo page, and the luxury, über-thin laptop has had a serious price reduction.


July 16, 2009
Gadgets

Bang And Olufsen BeoTime Alarm Clock Caters To Fluters, The Rich

When Bang and Olufsen tackles a new type of device, they do it in a very specific way: oddly, stylishly, and with reckless disregard for cost. Exhibit F: The $US375 BeoTime, a flute-like, accelerometer-equipped wireless alarm clock.