USB Memory Stick For Those With Too Much Money

zippyjuan · 03-07-2006, 12:01 AM

Luxury computer products are getting pretty crazy.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/memory/...305224520.html

Quote:

Firm Sells USB Memory Sticks for $3500.
Luxurious USB Memory Sticks Emerge

Category: Memory

by Anton Shilov

[ 03/05/2006 | 10:45 PM ]

Luxurious mobile phones, precious notebooks, what’s next? White Lake, a U.K.-based maker of memory products has the answer: deluxe USB memory sticks with gold casing and encrusted with brilliants that cost up to $3500 per unit. The company says that such products will open a new market for the firm.

“This product will open new markets for us. We have sold huge amounts of personalized USB stick with logos over the past year. Our customers used them as a give-away. Some of them asked us for a more exclusive product line. This stick meets their demand, so we expect to sell quite a few of them,” said White Lake owner Rob van Berkom in a statement.

A report over ExtremeTech web-site claims that White Lake announced that it would unveil exclusive USB memory sticks on March 9th, at CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany. The sticks will be available in 128MB, 256MB, 512MB and 1024MB flavours.

The USB sticks were designed and hand made by Dutch jeweler Erwin de Vroome. There will be two types of the luxurious USB sticks available: made of gold and with diamonds for the price of $3500 (€2950) and fabricated with 18 carat gold, but without diamonds for $2800 (€2400). The products may be improved further with engravings.

It is unclear how the deluxe USB sticks will be sold.

bachviet · 03-07-2006, 07:59 AM

Only if I hit that $365M Powerball.

zero2dash · 03-07-2006, 08:16 AM

I think I'd rather get a regular one and buy a $2 pack of fake jewels and glue them on myself.

*bling bling*

DarkFury · 03-07-2006, 08:23 AM

For that kind of money, they need to make it with 4GB+ of flash capacity.

Jeffbx · 03-07-2006, 10:06 AM

Seriously, why even have different capacities?

"Uhhh, how much for the 128MB?"
"$3500"
"What about the 512MB?"
"$3520"
"I'd better just go with the 128."

03-07-2006, 07:59 AM	#2
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03-07-2006, 08:16 AM	#3
zero2dash Commander Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fenton, MO - but I wish I was at the beach. ANY beach. Posts: 1,367	I think I'd rather get a regular one and buy a $2 pack of fake jewels and glue them on myself. bling bling

03-07-2006, 10:06 AM	#5
Jeffbx Fleet Admiral Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Michigan Posts: 9,390	Seriously, why even have different capacities? "Uhhh, how much for the 128MB?" "$3500" "What about the 512MB?" "$3520" "I'd better just go with the 128."

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