Philips and Swarovski offer up crystal-clad USB drives

It's not like we haven't seen ritzy USB drives before, but we can't say we expected the relatively conservative Philips to join forces with a top name in the glitz industry and kick out a couple of very superfluous devices. Partnering with Swarovski, the duo is loosing the Active Crystals collection of 1GB USB drives (and sparklin' headphones, too) onto the fashion-conscience set, and aside from sporting a variety of crystal-clad exteriors, they're pretty vanilla everywhere else. Of course, we can't imagine these straying too far from the velvet bag you'll surely tote it around in, and using this out in the mad, mad world probably isn't advisable, but you can still make the lady friend in your life joyous by handing her one of these yet-not-priced luxuries come August.

[Via ShinyShiny]

[BobTurbo @ Apr 13th 2007 1:55AM]

Do girls really like this stuff? To be honest I don't find girls with all this bling to be very attractive.

[Jean-Michel Decombe @ Apr 13th 2007 2:31AM]

The goal was to design a USB drive for your confidential information that people would want to steal.

[tiuk @ Apr 13th 2007 3:38AM]

It's probably virtually indestructible.. but I'll bet the connector still snaps off easily.

[fyrestarrter @ Apr 13th 2007 3:46AM]

lol I'm a gyrl & YES we actually like this stuff. I will be getting my hands on 1 of these (actually probably 2). Here's why: I have SEVERAL traditonal looking flash drives that right off the bat people know EXACTLY what they are. That encourages theft & espianoge. These unless you are well acquainted with them you would NEVER suspect that that is what they were! I think that makes them both unique AND useful. And yes sexy indeed!! Nice!!!

[Ben @ Apr 13th 2007 10:23AM]

The way I see it, looking the way they do makes them more likely to be stolen.
I can imagine people setting out to grab it regardless of what they think it is.

[V.I. @ Apr 13th 2007 3:46AM]

Did you see this in that new Killa-Byte video? Man, that video is hot!





I kid, I kid.....

But Fabolous did have some blinging headphones in his new video!

[BlingPiper @ Apr 13th 2007 10:53AM]

Bling, like Dubs serve a very useful purpose. If you see anyone sporting either you can instantly ascertain about that person;
a. they are an idiot
b. they have very bad taste
c. are shallow lemmings
d. and once again, are an idiot

[lyndon @ Apr 13th 2007 11:35AM]

If you see anyone prejudging anyone without knowing them, you can automatically assume that they are:
a. they are an idiot
b. they have very bad taste
c. are shallow lemmings
d. and once again, are an idiot

And the circle of ignorance goes round and round!

[ppm @ Apr 13th 2007 11:28AM]

"lol I'm a gyrl"

L o L, enough said. When will you turn into a womyn? Let me guess, you're bi as well?

[trish @ Apr 13th 2007 8:27PM]

I would love one of these! Pretty yet functional... just like me!

[smee @ Jun 7th 2007 5:53PM]

What sort of price would people be willing to pay for these?
I have also heard about a set of in-ear headphones made by Philips and Swarvoski.

[kerrie @ Jun 25th 2007 4:54PM]

You can get a swarovski coated flash drive at www.couturecrystal.co.uk. They have them covered in pink or clear crystals! Good prices too!

[smee @ Jul 5th 2007 3:42AM]

The USB drives at www.couturecrystal.co.uk. are horrible and cannot be compared with these from Sony

[kerrie @ Aug 15th 2007 2:19PM]

they were not being compared - they are an alternative! I like them anyway!