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Leica MP Golden Camera dumps taste in honor of China

, Jan 25th 2010 Discuss [0]

It's not often we get a tip suggesting "you may want to share this ugly camera with SlashGear readers", but having looked at Leica's MP Golden Camera Limited Edition [pdf link] we do reckon you should be warned.  Created to mark the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, the gaudy Leica is lavishly coated with 24-carat gold and swaddled in Leica Red Box Calf leather; only sixty of them will be produced. Read The Full Story

Sunseeker add Caterham garage to Predator 108 yacht

, Jan 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

Luxury boat buyers have long had the option to make their vessel into the sea-going equivalent of a Russian nesting doll, with room for various launches, jet-skis, mini-subs and other water-loving accessories.  Less common is a garage for a car, but that's just what Sunseeker International have done to distinguish their Predator 108 Special Edition; they've partnered with sportscar manufacturer Caterham Cars to add some land-going transport where usual you'd find a boat. Read The Full Story

Aston Martin Cygnet city-car makes official appearance

, Dec 16th 2009 Discuss [1]

Remember the Aston Martin Cygnet?  The company's first city-car broke cover back in June, as a sub-£20k (sub-$33k) sop to urban dwellers and environmentalists.  Now the company have released the first official shots of the Cygnet, and it's certainly distinctive. Read The Full Story

Nokia 6700 Classic Gold Edition: what recession?

, Dec 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

Someone at Nokia obviously reckons we need an injection of glamour into our lives, Dynasty-style, since the Nokia 6700 Classic Gold Edition is almost painfully glitzy.  Basically the standard 6700 Classic with a coating of 18-carat gold, Nokia have also loaded on some matching wallpapers, slotted in a complementary 8GB microSD and thrown a natural leather carrying case and strap into the box. Read The Full Story

Hermés 8 Day Spiral Boule Clock: a blob of expensive, pointless extravagence

, Nov 17th 2009 Discuss [0]

As vaguely pointless but nonetheless desirable knick-nacks go, the Hermés 8 Day Spiral Boule Clock has to rank pretty high up on the list.  A 1kg ball of magnifying-effect optical crystal, white gold and a total of 231 parts, the Spiral Boule is wound by twisting the two halves, while a single button on the base switches it into time-setting mode. Read The Full Story

Earthrace super-trimaran gets stealth paint job

, Nov 7th 2009 Discuss [1]

Remember Earthrace, the awesome carbon-fibre and Kevlar trimaran that was designed to take on powerboat speed-trials for round-the-world sailing?  In the few years since it debuted the $2.5m bio-diesel boat has been whipping around cracking world records; now it's going into its next job, acting as a stealthed support vessel for the Sea Shepherd anti-whaling organisation. Read The Full Story

Bang & Olufsen BeoVision 10 40-inch LED-backlit HDTV

, Oct 20th 2009 Discuss [0]

If a new phone isn't on your agenda, but you still fancy splashing some cash in Denmark's direction, then Bang & Olufsen's BeoVision 10 LCD display might satisfy.  The 40-inch Full HD 200/240Hz TV uses LED backlighting for picture quality and reduced depth, meaning you can hang the set on a wall as if it were a particularly expensive picture. Read The Full Story

Bang & Olufsen BeoCom 5 dual-landline & VoIP handset

, Oct 20th 2009 Discuss [2]

Bang & Olufsen have been through a phase of unusually shaped landline phones - the banana-esque BeoCom 2 is a good example - but they're returning to their slightly more sensible roots with the new BeoCom 5.  The dual-line DECT phone works both as a twin landline handset and as a VoIP device, and magnetically docks either onto its charging plinth or onto a portable speakerphone (that also charges the handset). Read The Full Story

Paradigm SUB 1 and SUB 2 subwoofers are hexagonal, expensive, loud

, Oct 1st 2009 Discuss [1]

Premium audio kit manufacturer Paradigm have obviously had enough of subwoofers being the breezeblock-shaped lump unloved in the corner, and have whipped out their SUB 1 and SUB 2 models.  Each high-end hexagon slots neatly into the company's Reference Signature line, and pack six high-excursion drivers - 8-inch in the SUB 1, 10-inch in the SUB 2 - together with more amplification than most people could realistically need. Read The Full Story

Samsung Giorgio Armani SPH-W8200 struts its stuff

, Oct 1st 2009 Discuss [0]

Samsung and Giorgio Armani are no strangers, and the partnership is back again this year with a second touchscreen handset bearing the designer's brand.  The Samsung Giorgio Armani SPH-W8200 gets a 3.1-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen and a slide-out keypad, together with a 5-megapixel camera for snapping catwalk shots. Read The Full Story

Sony Ericsson Pureness gets £530 UK launch in November

, Sep 15th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sony Ericsson's Pureness cellphone has been confirmed for the UK, but the company is not going for the usual pile-'em-high strategy.  Instead, when the handset - which has a translucent-display - arrives in November, would-be buyers will need to trek to Selfridges and design museum shops; that's because, according to SE spokesperson Cathy Davies, the Pureness is an "iconic niche product, not mass market." Read The Full Story

Mercedes Benz unveil 2010 SLS AMG gullwing

, Sep 10th 2009 Discuss [0]

When you're Mercedes Benz you have a pretty great history of iconic cars from which to pillage, and that's just what the German marque have done with their new 2010 SLS AMG.  Based on the original 300 SL Gullwing, the 2010 model keeps the top-hinged doors but fixes them to a carbon fiber body with an AMG-tuned V8 5.3 liter, 564 horsepower engine under the hood. Full gallery of the 2010 Mercedes Benz SLS AMG after the cut Read The Full Story
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