Bling Bling Boring (Part I) - 26 Excessively Luxury Gadgets (SUPER GALLERY)

By now just about all of us have grown sick of sparkly gadgets… it’s the now very mainstream trend we at Trend Hunter are now simply referring to as the “Bling Bling Boring” craze.

As a final adieu to feature posts which feature nothing unique or exotic other than rhinestones, Swarovski crystals, gems or diamonds, we’ve compiled a list of the most blinged out things we’ve posted on Trend Hunter. This is part one and features all sorts of luxury gizmos like phones, USBs and the glitzy MacBook Air featured as the main image.

Gadgets

68 Carat Ultra-Luxury Gaming - Black Diamond-Encrusted Playstation Controller

Oh yeah, black diamonds on a Playstation controller is ultimate psycho move on opponent. This is made of 18K solid white gold and over 68 carats of diamonds. This is a pendant, not a real controller, but if you’re a guy gamer, you’ll win big points with the lady when she sees this ultimate bling. [More]

Crystal USB Pendants - Swarovski and Philips Add Bling to Storage (GALLERY)

Philips and Swarovski teamed up to make a collection of fashionable jewelry gadgets called “Active Crystals” that work as USB drives and earphones.  They make wonderful gifts for those tech savvy fashionistas! [More]

Opulent Medical Gadgets - Gold Hearing Aid, Bling Asthma Inhaler (GALLERY)

I know we’re all getting sick of everything ‘bling’. Gold flake vodka, diamond studded cellphones, $20,000 fancified iPods, platinum sex toys.. It seemed there couldn’t possibly be anything left to kitsch up with gold, glitter, crystals or gems. Trend Hunter has been reluctant to publish any more “b… [More]

Extravagant Designer Bluetooth - Motorola and Alexander Amosu Headset

Bluetooth headsets can be pretty dorky, unless they are totally blinged with 18k gold and 180 diamonds. Motorola and Alexander Amosu only made 100 which cost between $8,000 to $12,000. If you’re going to take your gadgets to that level of opulence, you may as well invest in two, to ensure neither… [More]

Ring Bling - iPhone Necklace

The drummer of the Mexican rock pop emo band, Panda, has combined two trends - bling bling neckware and iPhone-mania. Jorge Vázquez (Kross) proudly wore his cell phone around his neck this week at the MTV Latin Awards. Although custom chains (most hip hop artists) and giant timepiece necklace charm… [More]

Guiness Certifies the Worlds Most Luxurious Phone - $1.2 million “LeMillion”

Guinness World Records says the “LeMillion” is the most expensive cell phone in the World at $1.2 million. Emmanuel Gueit designed an 18 k white gold phone that has 120 carats of diamonds. Since the market for super-luxury cell phones, it is a limited edition. GoldVish is a well known luxury phone m… [More]

1GB Heart - Philips Bejeweled USB Drives (CES 2008)

What type of memory does your heart hold? Philips introduced its 1GB bejeweled, heart-shaped USB drives at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this week, and they made quite an impression. The hearts have a smooth finish on the left, while the right is adorned with Swarovskis. The two… [More]

$29,347 Diamond Encrusted USB - miiSTOR ICE (CES 2008) (GALLERY)

This miiSTOR ICE diamond encrusted USB drive is the answer to every geek’s prayer when it comes to luxury accessories. It is a platinum creation with 456 diamonds. The price tag is $29,347 or £15,000. Other miiSTOR USBs include Snow, Stahl, Silver, Jet and Jet +, some of which are featured in th… [More]

£20,000 iPhone - Diamond Apple Mobile

Selfridges & Co in London will are offering a luxury mobile phone service which comes with a 24 carat gold and diamond encrusted Apple iPhone, costing up to £20,000 for the touch-screen mobiles with 420 brilliant cut diamonds. There will also be offering exclusive iPhone holders from luxury fashion… [More]

Canon Unveils Diamond Encrusted Snapper!

Canon last night held a star-studded bash in London’s Brick Lane to celebrate the 10th birthday of their IXUS range. Sushi, passion-fruit mojitos and diamond-encrusted cameras were the order of the day. The Diamond IXUS is covered with 380 diamonds and sports a price-tag to suit - that’ll be €40,… [More]

Embolden Your Mac - Make it Golden (GALLERY)

Computer Choppers decided that tricking out your Mac with Chrome didn’t go far enough. To attract attention to your Mac, plate it with 24K gold!  It will cost you from $1200 to $1500.  If you want to add a diamond encrusted Apple logo, tack on $2400. It will take them up to six weeks to complete the… [More]

TrekStor i.Beat Organix Diamond Encrusted $20,000 MP3 Player

Priced at $20,000, the TrekStor i.Beat Organix isn’t that ordinary.  The luxury mp3 player is encrusted with 63 diamonds (1 carat) and plated in 18 carat gold.  Obviously it comes with features you need, like 1 gb of memory, 25 hours of continuous playback, a 5x equalizer and SRS surround sound… b… [More]

Pink Swarovski Headphones - CrystalRocs Sparkles Up Sennheiser HD25

Girlie music lovers will rejoice when they unwrap the glittering pink HD25 headphones. The hot pink Swarovski-encrusted goodness comes thanks to Sennheiser teaming with CrystalRoc for a design that, well, rocks! CrystalRoc is a UK company known for adding glitzy embellishments. Remember Kylie’s mic… [More]

Propose With an iPod Touch - ‘Marry Me’ iPod

Nowadays, a woman asking a man for their hand in marriage is pretty common. Selfridges is offering any ladies looking for a techie way to pop the question a luxurious solution via this limited edition designer iPod touch. The iPod is encrusted with black Swarovski crystals, hundreds of them, and for… [More]

“Bling My Thing” - German Company Blings Anything With Swarovskis

Bling My Thing is a German company that lets you combine your creative side with your affinity for luxury goods. They offer an assortment of DIY sets to let you “bling” your favourite items with genuine Austrian Swarovski Crystals. Last year, the Berlin company blinged out over 10,000 cell ph… [More]

Opulent Snakeskin and Gold RAZR2 - Motorola RAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition (GALLERY)

Blinging out cell phones with diamonds is hot, but this gold and black Motorola RAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition is the epitome of mobile chic. Its gold and snake-skin pattered body just screams status symbol! The glam RAZR2 has 18 and 24K gold plated accents and a diamond cut pattern on the side. It’s ful… [More]

$500,000 Diamond Encrusted Ego Tulip Laptop

Your laptop is an extention of your personality.  And your current laptop suggests that you’re cheep.  But you’re not.  You’ve made it.  So reward yourself!  I guess… Tulip E-Go Diamond Tulip E-Go notebook inlaid with solid palladium white gold plates in which thousands of brilliant cut diamonds… [More]

Pretty Pocket Protection - Pimped Swiss Army Knife (GALLERY)

The Swiss really know how to bling it on! Who says pocket knives have to be masculine? The snazzy new Swiss Army knives were designed for the woman looking for some pretty practicality in her pocket… or purse. But isn’t that just the beauty of it all? We have options! So why not choose gold and di… [More]

Mp3 Player Necklace - The (Ugly) Jewel-Encrusted BLINGPlayer

If you prefer in-your-face bling to economy of design, then this is the MP3 player for you. You’ll never have to worry about losing this portable music device— it has enough chromed chain and metal to anchor a good sized boat. “The BLINGplayer is portable, ready-to-wear, supports MP3 and MPEG-4 a… [More]

Bling Bling Boring - $20,000 iPod Shuffle (VIDEO)

Is blinging technology boring anyone else yet? Well, as long as there are people who think there is a market for ultra luxury items, you will be reading about iPods encrusted with diamonds. Plunk down your twenty grand and change a $200 iPod Shuffle into a solid gold glittery gadget. Look at it… [More]

Special Edition LG FUSIC Phone with Bling2x

This is the Special Edition LG FUSIC Phone with all the similar features from the conventional FUSIC phone plus a FM transmitter, microSD memory port, ring tone composer, camera/camcorder, and interchangeable faceplates. As you can see in the picture it is added with some bling a Swarovski crystal d… [More]

The World’s Most Expensive Mouse - Bling Bling or Boring?

There are gold-plated cell phones or phones with diamonds. These peripherals either make you green with envy or laugh at their silliness. This time though, the bling leaves the purse and comes to the desktop.  Is this trend starting to be really overplayed? The World’s Most Expensive Mouse (that’s … [More]

Crystalized iPhone - iPhone Drenched in Swarovski (GALLERY)

The Swarovski drenched iPhone was created by crystalninja.com.  Each Swarovski crystal is carefully placed to create a unique work of art in the world of technology.  Inspired to harmonize with the inside lining of the Coach Legacy handbag collection, this particular crystallized iPhone is not for s… [More]

$90,000 Blackberry Pearl - Alexander Amosu Diamond Edition (GALLERY)

The world’s most prestigious customization company, Alexander Amosu, has added a glittering new range of diamond encrusted Blackberry Pearls to their range of luxurious diamond encrusted mobile phones. The Pearl Diamond is modeled in solid gold and hand cut diamonds. Its sides and bottom are ado… [More]

1 Million Euro Cell Phone - GoldVish Le Million

Euroset, one of largest mobile handset retailers in Russia, plans to open a GoldVish boutique in Moscow next year. The GoldVish Le Million phone, the world’s most expensive cellphone, made the Guinness Book of Records. It is limited to just 3 units worldwide and is priced at a hefty one million … [More]

$310k Vertu Phone - Diamonds and Emeralds and Rubies, Oh My!

If you have to ask… $310,000.  The Vertu signature “Cobra” phone is a little more special that what you’re using.  The phone is encrusted with a cobra of diamonds, rubies and emeratds.  Totally worth it! [More]