Black Diamond - The Windows Mobile Smartphone for the Super Wealthy

[Mike Temporale]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/07/22/black-diamond-wm5-smartphone-runs-300-000/' target='_blank'>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2006/07/22/black-diamond-wm5-smartphone-runs-300-000/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Penned by Singaporean designer Jaren Goh, there's little question that the glossy black candybar is gorgeous -- but whether it's $300,000 gorgeous is another question entirely. Details are slim, but we know that the Windows Mobile 5 device should be rocking quadband GSM, WiFi, 128MB of memory with SD expansion, a 2-inch display, and a 400MHz XScale all wrapped up in titanium and diamonds. The touch sensitive keypad is Chocolate-esque, completely disappearing when not lit, while SIP is thrown in to keep your GSM usage minimum when you're in WiFi range"</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/Temporale-20060724-BlackDiamond.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br /> 8O I'm sorry, but this is just plain stupid. Production is limited to 5 units, and at $300,000 I can see why. I'm guessing it's hard to find more than 5 super rich suckers out there that would be willing to drop that much on a phone. I wonder how much it will fetch on eBay once it's been scratched a couple times? :roll:

[Darius Wey]

Nice specs, but it'll be a sad day in hell for the owners when VIPN fails to keep the ROM updates flowing. ;)

[SteveHoward999]

You'd have to be pretty rich and jolly dumb to want to spend that much on a phone ... so it's going to sell like hot cakes to Paris Hilton and her friends.

Trouble is, no one that rich and that dumb would ever know how to use it.

[Rocco Augusto]

i want one. i dont think its dumb if you can afford it though, i mean people tell me all the time that im crazy because i spend $300-$400 on a tiny phone that is also a computer when i could spend that same amount of money and buy a brand new computer thats a lot more powerful, but i still buy the smartphone instead. i can afford the smartphone so it isn't that big of a deal for me and when youre an enthusiast/obsessed its a small price to pay. now if i had a million dollars laying around i would most likely pick up one of these devices. why? because i could afford it, it is no different than what i do now.

[kerrins]

I can't see buying it just because I could afford it. I buy the things that I find value in. That can mean spending $100 bucks for a pen (whereas a $0.99 one will work just as well). Some things are more jewelry than a smartphone. If you are in the market for jewelry and it just happens to work as a smartphone, that is reason to buy it. BTW, I'm not in the market for any phone like that! 8O