Cell phones have already been decorated in all possible ways to draw attention of rich and well-known people! New Motorola KRZR is one among such beautiful devices.
A novelty is GoldStriker’s brainchild. Platinum Motorola KRZR is covered with platinum sputtering and decorated with Swarowski crystals. And there are whole 366 glamour gems. The external surface of a phone is a mirror that should please the women of fashion who are devoutly keeping up the appearance within all day. It is both beautiful and practical.
Manufacturers claim that decoration of the case has not affected functionality of the phone and the next Moto features excellent characteristics.
The novelty will appear on sale by the end of February.
The last year’s break-through - the mobile phone created together by Prada and Korean company LG Electronics, now has its silver variant.
The new version of the LG phone from Prada is a little bit improved version on the basis of advantages of the previous device.
Last year Prada has taken part not only in development of the design, but also in work above the contents of the phone: the touch interface, melodies of ring-tones, preset content, and also accessories to the mobile device. In result the phone has the most hi-tech LG achievements and Prada’s distinctive style.
The new version of the model has not undergone changes, except for the color and QWERTY keyboard on the display.
From the end of the current month phone will appear in shops of 18 European countries. The exact price for a novelty is not known yet.
Island Markovo which belongs to an artificial archipelago The World, is sold for 263 million dollars, informs site Arabian Business referring to the developer of the project - company Nakheel.
Name of the buyer, who has paid the record price for the area in 247 thousand square meters, is not informed yet. Company Nakheel also has not specified, the causes of so high price on Markovo - earlier The World has been sold from 15 up to 50 million for an island.
Before purchase of Markovo, the largest transactions within the framework of the project The World were sales of “Shanghai” and “Ireland”. Both purchases were made by “a national feature”. “Shanghai” was got for 28 million dollars by the Chinese businessman Bin Hu. Later he has bought two more of six islands.
The World consists of three hundred islands, the area from 23,2 to 83,6 thousand square meters: their outlines from height of the bird’s flight remind geographical map of the world. As of the end of 2007 more than 40 percent of The World has already been sold.
The most expensive champagne in the world - “Perrier Jouet Belle Epoque Blanc de Blanc” - is made of special grapes which are gathered only from two small plots of a vineyard in town of Cotes des Blancs. In 2007 Russia, for example, imported only 156 bottles of this beverage. Each 0.75 l-bottle costs about one thousand euros.
The most expensive whisky in the world - “The Macallan Fine&Rare Vintage” bottled in 1926 - you cannot get for any money. However its price is known: 38 thousand dollars. Interested persons are offered to buy an analogue of a desired drink for $10 thousand - ” Macallan Fine&Rare” bottled in 1938.
The most expensive cognac in the world is “L’Art de Martell”. Cognac house Martell has devoted it to fine arts. In 1997 it issued 1997 ornate bottles of this drink. In Russia it can be tasted for 220 thousand rubles for a bottle.
The most expensive beer in the world - Belgian “Vieille Bon Secours” - can be got in London bar Bierdrome. The bottle costs about one thousand dollars, a pint - 79 dollars.
May be, it is worth tasting these culinary masterpieces, however there are great number of tasty affordable dishes.
The most expensive coffee in the world - “Kopi Luwak” - is made not from unique coffee-beans, but, more likely, due to unique life way. This coffee is made from undigested beans eaten by small animal called luwak. One kg of this coffee-beans costs from 300 up to 400 dollars. The majority of consumers of this drink, as often happens with all expensive food stuffs, lives in Japan.
The most expensive tea in the world is Dakhunpao, that means “Big red dressing gown”. It belongs to the teas of strong fermentation with intensive taste and aroma. This tea is produced from leaves of only six bushes, growing near to the monastery Tansin. Age of these unique bushes - 350 years. Annually it is gathered no more than 500 g of the legendary tea, cost of a ready product achieved 685 thousand dollars for a kg.
The most expensive drinking water in the world is “Kona Nigari”. It is extracted not from artesian wells or glaciers, but in depth of the ocean near to Hawaii. Sea water is desalted, cleared and bottled in 0.06 or 5 l capacities. Large bottle will cost more than 2000 dollars, a small one - only 33,5 dollars. The most amusing thing - before drinking “Kona Nigari” should be diluted with usual water.
The most expensive omelette you can taste at the restaurant of the New York hotel “Le Parker Meridien”. It costs one thousand dollars. Except for eggs, actually, there are lobsters in an omelette. It is served on a pillow from a fried potato, and is decorated - with ten ounces of stellate sturgeon caviar.
The most expensive salad in the world called “Florette Sea&Earth”, is in restaurant’s menu of the Oxford hotel “Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons”. Among infredients - 50 g perfect white beluga caviar Almas, spiny lobster, Cornish crab and a lobster. The author of the dish has added to the salad, grated truffles, red pepper, an asparagus and potato, having decorated everything with a gold foil. Cost of one helping - 635 pounds sterling.
The most expensive chocolate is called “Chocopologie by Knipschildt”. It is made in the USA by “Knipschildt Chocolatier”. Naturally, it is dark chocolate. Naturally, it is not intended for long storage: in fact to prolong the life of chocolate, manufacturers use cheaper components that is inadmissible in “chocolate-building haute couture”. A pound (453 g) of “Chocopologie by Knipschildt ” costs 2600 dollars.
The most expensive meat in the world is a beef. And not common, but marble beef. And - necessary from Japanese cows Vagiu. For centuries these cows have been bred only in Japan, near to city of Kobe, they have eaten only the best grasses, and daily drank beer. Japanese did not exported livestock for a long time, however now these cows are bred in Australia as well. But this meat became only more expensive: to improve the quality of production, Australian farmers began to give cows red wine (16 dollars for a bottle). 200 g of fillet cost in Europe more than 100 dollars. Some, especially soft slices are sold for one thousand dollars.
World’s most expensive sandwich is called von Essen Platinum Club Sandwich. You may taste it for 100 pounds (almost 200 dollars) in Von Essen hotel network. This sandwich is really tasty, as it consists of: Iberian ham, white truffles, quail eggs, dried up Italian tomatoes and bread made on a special leaven.
The most expensive pizza in the world is “Luis XIII” offered by young Italian cook Renato Viola. It costs €8300. According to the author, “this price is not exaggerated, if to consider exclusive products and two persons who come to your house to make it”. Even salt in this pizza is not ordinary - Australian pink “Murray River”.
The most expensive caviar in the world – is not black one. And even not rare grey caviar. The most expensive is the caviar of beluga-albino occasionally exported from Iran. 100 g of this caviar packed into an indispensable jar from pure gold, will cost for the buyer about 2 thousand dollars.
As is known, the most expensive mushroom in the world is a white truffle. It is impossible to set any exact price for kg of this delicacy, because almost each big mushroom is sold by auction. Sometimes it does not do good neither to buyers, nor the goods. So, in 2004 850 g mushroom bought for 28 thousand pounds sterling … has simply become rotten. The inconsolable buyer has dug it in the garden hoping to see a new giant, but subsequently has handed the remains home to Tuscany.
It would seem, the ordinary potato cannot cost transcendental thousand! But…. The resourceful peasants from Nurmountie Island annually gather about 100 tons of “La Bonnotte” potato. As the divine tuber is extremely gentle, it can be gathered only by hands. World’s most expensive potato costs about 500 euros for a kg.
The most expensive nut in the world is macadamia. Once macadamia used to be the main food stuffs for the Australian natives, and now it has become the refined and very useful delicacy.
Only two species of these nuts are cultivated (there are plantations in Australia, Brazil, Southern Africa, in Hawaii and in the south of the USA).
The height of a tree reaches 40 meters, it fructifies till 100 years, however to shell a nut is not an easy task. Because of difficulties with cultivation and “extraction†of a delicacy, no more than 40 tons are produced a year. Cost of one kg of macadamia even in its historical native land exceeds 30 dollars.
The most expensive spice in the world is saffron. The true saffron is stamens of a plant of Crocus sativus. The false saffron is produced of marigold‘s stamens. Stamens are gathered manually, and then are dried up. 225000 stamens are needed to receive half kilogram of a spice. To improve a dish intended for three or five persons, a cook will need no more than six stamens of true saffron.
False saffron is used in essentially more quantities and does not give such aroma. One kg of a true saffron costs about 6 thousand dollars.
Recently in China has appeared the first cellular telephone intended for people of certain religious faith. Gold phone for Buddhists has turned out conceptual and very magnificent.
In China the Buddhism is the most widespread religion, therefore the Chinese company which has created this phone, can expect for rather wide audience.
The design of the device is made with all east luxury, so phone can become a pride for both any Buddhist, and just admirers of beautiful things. The case of the device is made from stainless steel; it is completely covered with 24-carat gold and decorated with a green nephrite. The main button above in the middle of a phone is called “the Button of video Buddha ” has unusual function – pressing the button the owner will see the image of the Buddha accompanying with corresponding music and one of 12 Sutras.
Phone has 2,4-inch touch screen. Besides the most necessary functions it has 1,3-Mpixels camera, МР3, МР4, Hands Free, function of SMS distribution, Voice Recorder, WAP, Bluetooth, GPRS, MMS, etc.
