wraggster
November 1st, 2011, 23:39
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In case you weren't aware, Apple's sold a whole lot of iPad 2s (http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/apple-q4-earnings-fall-short-of-expectations-28-3-billion-in-r/), so aside from the couple of bezel color choices or adding a Smart Cover (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/02/ipad-2-gets-a-smart-cover/), there's not much you can do to make your tablet stand out from the crowd. Well, now there's another option for the well-heeled gadget lover. Stuart Hughes (http://www.engadget.com/tag/StuartHughes/) is back with another custom gadget (http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/14/stuart-hughes-strikes-again-with-worlds-most-expensive-diamond/) for the economic elites called the iPad 2 Gold History Edition. It's got a solid gold backside, an Apple logo and home button crafted from a total of 65 flawless diamonds, plus a bezel crafted from Ammolite rock and slivers of thigh bone from a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Between all that ice and prehistoric bling, there won't be a problem picking this iPad out of a lineup. What is a problem (for most of us, anyway) is the price: eight million dollars. We dig the dino look and all, but that's an awfully hefty entrance fee -- we'd rather buy a stock slate and take a few dozen trips (http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/11/virgin-galactic-xcor-land-suborbital-contracts-with-nasa/) to the final frontier instead.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/31/ipad-2-gets-an-8-million-cretaceous-makeover-with-dino-bones-d/
In case you weren't aware, Apple's sold a whole lot of iPad 2s (http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/18/apple-q4-earnings-fall-short-of-expectations-28-3-billion-in-r/), so aside from the couple of bezel color choices or adding a Smart Cover (http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/02/ipad-2-gets-a-smart-cover/), there's not much you can do to make your tablet stand out from the crowd. Well, now there's another option for the well-heeled gadget lover. Stuart Hughes (http://www.engadget.com/tag/StuartHughes/) is back with another custom gadget (http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/14/stuart-hughes-strikes-again-with-worlds-most-expensive-diamond/) for the economic elites called the iPad 2 Gold History Edition. It's got a solid gold backside, an Apple logo and home button crafted from a total of 65 flawless diamonds, plus a bezel crafted from Ammolite rock and slivers of thigh bone from a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Between all that ice and prehistoric bling, there won't be a problem picking this iPad out of a lineup. What is a problem (for most of us, anyway) is the price: eight million dollars. We dig the dino look and all, but that's an awfully hefty entrance fee -- we'd rather buy a stock slate and take a few dozen trips (http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/11/virgin-galactic-xcor-land-suborbital-contracts-with-nasa/) to the final frontier instead.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/31/ipad-2-gets-an-8-million-cretaceous-makeover-with-dino-bones-d/