Gold iPods Return, Now in 24K Version
Just this weekend I was chatting with my mate over the demise of my gold iPod Mini. He insists that I need a new iPod, one with a color screen at the very least and that my gold Mini is a dinosaur. True enough, but I really love the now discontinued gold color. And then this morning, lo and behold everyone is buzzing about the iPod which is plated in 24 karat gold. My first thought is that 24K gold is far too soft for a device that gets banged about so much, but the company Amosu says that the iPods are plated in "unique hardened mirror gold." The 30GB and 80GB iPod sell for $600 and $800 with a white or black face and the Nanos are also $600. [via Gearlog and Mobile Mag among many others]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Steve Shickles Apr 23rd 2007 11:01PM
I'm sure Paris has two or three...
Paris A. Apr 28th 2007 8:27AM
#1, I think that sounds familiar...
Lauren Apr 28th 2007 8:51AM
Yay, just what the world needed! A gold iPod! Now we can hand them out at the free meal sites! Yippy!
Sharon Apr 28th 2007 9:15AM
Good job technology. Please continue contributing to global warming. While these big companies come out with ridiculous new "inventions," more than half the world's population is in poverty, struggling to live at working for $1 per hour, or less.
I think the world needs something actually useful to life. Sure, iPod = convenient to carry your entire computer with you, ranging from pictures to videos, etc. HOWEVER, with $80+ (relating to the lowest price an iPod may cost), you can do so much more! If one is willing to waste $80+ on a crappy iPod, which, may I add, does not last that long, then spending $80+ to help stop poverty wouldn't be a problem.
If you're willing to waste $80+ on an iPod, you might as well throw away your money. It's a complete WASTE of money...and now a GOLD iPod?!
Yea, when you get robbed, what then? Oops, you lose $80+! Then, that $80+ could've been used to help others.
Oh, one more thing, as I've mentioned before, this contributes to global warming. So please, just keep buying the iPods, consumers. Just keep coming up with ludicrous inventions. You're just contributing to the world's end. Might as well just kill yourself.
So, how do it feel to be the cause of many people's lives, from now and the future? Spend your money wisely, world's people. =)
BRS Apr 28th 2007 9:31AM
Uuuuuuumm, #4, one word.... valium. Seriously, look into it. And if you're that fired up at 9:15 in the morning, maybe you should lay off the Starbucks just a tad too. Just food for thought, unless of course thinking contributes to global warming somehow too. In which case, continue doing what you've been doing all along and don't think one bit.
anonymous Apr 28th 2007 9:44AM
Yea, good idea, produce more expensive and pointless ipods while people around the world are starving
allysa Apr 28th 2007 9:45AM
yeahh i think these new iopds r soo cutee they r perfect!! n they asupport global warming !! yeahhh i want one! lol
Carolee Apr 28th 2007 9:50AM
How pointless...it's something that is going to be stolen right after you buy it. What a waste of $600.
malcom Apr 28th 2007 10:03AM
would yall shut up...who cares if sum1 wastes there money.....its THERE money not URS
skippy Apr 28th 2007 10:02AM
Finally an answer to all the World
Problems.
skippy Apr 28th 2007 10:11AM
Glad we heard from #7 & # #10,gives us the clueless opinion.
malcom Apr 28th 2007 10:15AM
its not really clueless....its just reality...its good givin ur money
to a good cause and everything but that doesnt mean u gotta give all
your money...u can spend money on urself too ya know
Muhchumba Apr 28th 2007 10:23AM
HAHAH
STUUUUUUPID!!!! gold? 24K? STUUUUUPID!!!! pointless
oh yeah and preaching your stuff on here is lame. do something about what you're saying. got a problem with global warming? DO something about it. don't b*(&% about it online to an article about gold iPods.
people are d@mn stupid
MIKE Apr 28th 2007 10:26AM
24K GOLD PLATED, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S SOLID GOLD I-POD. WHO WANT'S GOLD PLATED?
skippy Apr 28th 2007 10:27AM
I was pertaining to your firm grasp of the English language which I truly hope your use when applying for a job. Not trying to be mean here just "reality".
malcom Apr 28th 2007 10:36AM
well im only 16 so its not like i really need a job mr english language...lol...and its a blog on the internet where proper language is not needed...sorry ur gettin punked by a high schooler
Tracy Wright Apr 28th 2007 10:40AM
A better way to spend your money would be for home improvement. http://granitehardwaredesigns.com
loveyanomore Apr 28th 2007 10:56AM
sounds great and fashionable, where can i get 2 of them.
skippy Apr 28th 2007 11:00AM
Thank you for proving my point Malcom. I hope your Mommy gets you a gold i-pod for your next play date with your friends, adios and good luck with your future.
malcom Apr 28th 2007 11:04AM
na i already got an ipod...which i bought with the money i made on my own....i sure hope i dnt have playdates at my age....lol...and u still havent proven any point but that uv run out of things to say