Friday, February 26, 2010

World's 6 most expensive gadgets

Ever wondered what a $100 million can buy you? A posh house? An SUV? How about a gadget? Yes, in fact you will need much more to buy these gadgets then you would to buy a posh house or an expensive car!

With designers extending their midas touches to the world of gadgetry, you have gadgets like mobile phones, cameras, MP3 players, TV and more costing over a few hundred million dollars,
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Sizzling both in features and looks, these gadgets stand for luxury. Here's over to the gadgets for the deep pocketed.

Most expensive computer



Ever wondered which is the most expensive PC on the Earth? Its Earth Simulator built by Japanese company NEC. The system was developed for JAXA, JAERI, and JAMSTEC in 1997 for running global climate models to evaluate the effects of global warming and problems in solid earth geophysics.

Earth Simulator also held the distinction of being the fastest supercomputer in the world from 2002 to 2004. Located at the Earth Simulator Center (ESC) in Yokohama Japan, the computer is capable of 35.86 trillion floating-point calculations per second, or 35.86 TFLOPS.
In March 2009, Earth Simulator was replaced by Earth Simulator 2 which is an NEC SX-9/E system.
Price: 206,600,000 pounds .


Most expensive phone



A British company last year unveiled what is believed to be the world's most expensive mobile phone -- a gold iPhone encrusted with nearly 200 diamonds.
Called the iPhone 3G Supreme, it was reportedly commissioned by an anonymous Australian businessman. The phone, designed by Stuart Hughes for the Liverpool-based Goldstriker International, is made from 22-carat gold. It has 136 diamonds in the front bezel and an Apple logo made out of no fewer than 53 diamonds. The phone's front navigation button comprises a rare diamond of 7.1 carats.
The phone, which took over ten months to make, ships with a seven kg chest crafted from a single block of granite, offset with Kashmir gold and lined with Nubuck leather on the inside.
Price:1.92 million pounds .


Most expensive television

Italian manufacturer Keymat Industrie's Yalos Diamond bags the title of the world's most expensive TV.
Plated in white gold and studded with 160 diamonds (20 carats), the TV has 1080i and 720p high definition picture formats and has a picture contrast ratio of 1200:1.
Made by Japanese designer Takahide Sano, the TV has no visible screws or welds. Launched in Berlin, Germany in 2006, the Yalo Diamonds comes in 32, 37, 40, 46 and 52-inches.
Price: 67,175 pounds







Most expensive laptop



You think Apple makes one of the priciest laptops? Read this. In 2007, luxury manufacturer Luvaglio London announced that it will release by special order the most expensive laptop ever sold, with a price tag of a million dollars.

Though the system's full details are not available, reports say that the laptop has a 17-inch widescreen LED lit screen, a Blu-ray drive, 128GB memory, an integrated cleaning device, and a diamond power button that doubles as the laptop security feature.

In 2005, the Dutch company Ego Lifestyle BV released the Tulip E-Go Diamond laptop, which previously held the world’s most expensive laptop title. The notebook has over 80 total carats of diamonds and retailed for $355,000.

Price: $1 million

Most expensive camera



Meet one of the world's most expensive camera, Hasselblad H3DII-50. The multi-shot full-color camera comes with a 50-megapixel CCD sensor that captures four shots in a row, moving the sensor by one pixel between each shot to record full RGB values at each position.

Hasselblad H3DII-50 MS is said to be an ideal device for high-end photographers who use their pictures for big commercial projects.

Price: $34,000

Most expensive speakers



Transmission Audio's Ultimate system holds the title of the world's most expensive speaker.

Ultimate consists of twelve 500W speakers, an Audio Laboratory BP-1 dual-mono power amp and a BC-1 preamp. In addition, Ultimate also features forty 15" subwoofers and another twenty-four 8" woofers. On the high-midrange and high frequency levels, ribbon technology is employed for high fidelity and reliability.

Each Ultimate speaker comes with its own 31,000 Watt power amplifiers. The manufacturer also claims the Ultimate can generate up to 146dB SPL.

Price: $2 million

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