Reach Out and Touch it: The New Blackberry Thunder

Blackberry ThunderA true iPhone rival is looming in the new Blackberry touch screen.  Blackberry continues to evolve since becoming the gold standard for mobile email and its about time they step up to the iPhone.  This is amazing news for all you "crackberry-ers," and is the latest gossip on the heavily anticipated new touch Blackberry.  The Blackberry Thunder, as it is now being called, is rumored to launch later this year. The Blackberry Thunder will be a full touchscreen with only 4 physical keys, send/end, a menu and back key.  The model number for now seems to be the BlackBerry 9500, part of the 9000 series, though it is likely to change.  Rumor has it that the Blackberry Thunder will launch as a worldwide exclusive for the Verizon Network, which should make all you non-Verizon people pretty jealous.

According to the Boy Genius Report the BlackBerry 9000 specs, are as follows: "The BlackBerry 9000 series will include a device with a 480 x 320-pixel touch screen; 1 GB of internal memory; an Intel X-Scale PXA270 processor at 624MHz; GPS; and Wi-Fi. The device will also supposedly include 3G support (multi-band HSPDA) and either a 2 megapixel or 3.2 megapixel digital camera."

Blackberry has been able to keep the Touch Thunder Project hush hush so this is a lot of speculation, nothing has been confirmed yet.  We are diehard technology lovers and cannot wait for the Thunder to materialize!  We will keep you posted.
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Haute Luxe Birthed on Miami Beach in 2009

Miami FashionCalling all World Class Jet-setters to Miami Beach. Socialites already know that Miami Beach is the scene to be seen in every winter, Miami is the only island-city in the country with warm winters, a pulse of change, poise, enlightenment and elite lifestyles. With white sand beaches, the upscale Bal Harbour Shops, and a vibrant nightlife it is no surprise that the glamorous Miami Beach locale has been chosen to debut Haute Miami.  Haute Miami is the first ever uber-luxe exhibit of its kind in the United States and will debut from January 8th – 11th, 2009.  

Haute Miami has an expansive, high class roster of 160 renowned, international exhibitors featuring contemporary and classic fashion, jewelry, art, design, exotic yachts, airplanes, personal helicopters, new technology in many forms, and an emphasis on "going green" including solar powered vehicles, Haute Miami is certain to awe even the luxury spoiled, savvy Miami Beach locals. Haute Miami will be in the Miami Beach Convention Center and will run concurrently with SeaFair.  SeaFair is a private megayacht that will be part of the Haute Miami expo, it will host a selection of invitation-only events.   At 228 feet, SeaFair, is the 4th largest private American Luxury Yacht in the Country and that deserves some good old fashioned American patriotism ya’ll.

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The venue will host 28 auxiliary exhibitors in private galleries and features a gourmet restaurant, champagne/caviar lounge and a spacious sky deck. SeaFair will be docked on Millionaire’s Row and can be accessed by shuttles from the Convention Center.  The custom built $40M exposition vessel will serve as a networking hub and private venue for many of Haute Miami’s most exclusive events.  Haute Miami imitates successful luxury fairs from Europe and Asia and will bring new buzz and glamour to the famed winter season in Miami Beach.  To align with Miami’s chilled out atmosphere, Haute Miami at the Convention Center will offer extended hours operating Wednesday – Saturday evenings until 11PM and will feature nighttime events.

Miami“Haute Miami and SeaFair both represent entirely new paradigms in American fairs.  Both will be fabulous new luxury lifestyle events for even the most sophisticated visitors,” said David Lester founder of this exposition. “We look forward to welcoming discerning, local and international attendees to our extraordinary, new event in January." We can barely wait!  Stay with us for up to the minute updates about Haute Miami.

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Rolls-Royce Phantom and Drophead Plus Coupe, Make Three Baby

Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe

Phantom Coupe The Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupe is the third model to make the Phantom line up and the first to debut on new CEO Tom Purves’ (prior CEO of BMW North America) watch. We say bravo, Mr. Purves! The Rolls-Royce 2009 beaute, Coupe will be made available later this year for 400k.  The Phantom Coupe emerged from the 101EX concept of 2006, the Coupé is all-aluminum on an aluminum spaceframe.  The two rear-hinged suicide doors close at the push of a button and the back end of the car comes up 250mm short of the original Phantom’s length. In this exotic luxury car there are so many buttons to play with, you won’t know what to push first.   The push-button feature we loved the best is the Sport button on the steering wheel. When pushed, it puts the car into a new shift program that holds gears longer, the autobox kicks down faster, and the pedal response is quicker, the sportier transition does 60 in 5.6 seconds. That’s pretty ace for a 5,800 pound, big boned coupe.  The fuel tank on this luxury automobile is larger then the Drophead, the trunk can accomodate four golf bags and don’t fret, the Phantom Coupe still demands your chauffuer in tote. 

The 2009 Rolls Royce Phantom offers three choices of 21-inch wheels, two of them forged with alloy numbers.  On this exotic fleet there are standard exterior color palette which come in nine colors but Rolls-Royce offers 44,000 hue variations, "I don’t think we’ll use all the colors but they’re there," Purves said. Duh? Phantom Coupe  The most fantastic, standout feature on the more aggressive Coupe is called the starlight headliner, think luxe planitarium.  The classic Rolls Royce ceiling is adorned with 1,600 fiber-optic lights that can be dimmed or brightened to suit your mood, that’s educational and sexual! Incredibly the stars are all done by hand and on request can be arranged to mimic the northern sky but we wouldn’t expect anything less from Rolls-Royce, would we? Smaller than the grand-daddy Phantom and slightly larger than the baby Drophead, we think the Coupe is the creme de la creme of the Rolls-Royce Phantom line.  

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The New Batmobile! An Extreme in Exotic Luxury Cars.

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If you have a lot of money like Bruce Wayne, you can afford to be Batman too.  Thats right, you can drop your kid off at school in a Batmobile.   This exotic car will make the real Batman jealous, plus your kid will probably think you’re a better real life superhero. Isn’t that just heart warming? Not to go all Oprah on you but the SVS Codatronca TS luxury car is a seriously sweet car that looks like it came straight from Gotham City.

Ercole Spada is the ex-Zagato Design Chief with a knack for designing light weight, aerodynamic car classics like the 1960 Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato, the 1962 Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ, and the 1963 Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ.  Now Spada has revived his design philosophy through SpadaConcept which is his Italian design studio, with son Paolo Spada (former designer at Smart and Honda). Their first model likened to an updated, Italian take on the Batmobile, is called the SVS Codatronca TS or "truncated tail, turismo sportivo." The SpadaConcept company’s focus is on “functional design”, which, according to Ercole Spada, means to express functionality of an object through its shape. Thus, the first Spada Vetture Sport has an undeniably avant-garde shape, it is a car that is both bold and daring.

svs codatronca tsA laundry list of big name partners like Alcantara, Sparco, Aznom, Pirelli, and O.Z. Racing, will supply parts for the stealthy-looking SVS luxury sports cars. The Corvette-sourced 7 liter LS7V-8 engine, supercharged for 622 horsepower and 493 ft pounds of torque, catapults the 3000-pound tubular aluminum frame and fiberglass body to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds. In 6th gear the Codatronca TS exotic car will attain 211 mph; an onboard data recorder stores up to 80 hours of track telemetry and a digital readout on the tail displays the car’s lateral g-forces. The Codatronca TS will also be available with a flex-fuel modification that will allow the car to run on BioFuel E85. This exotic car has an engine with both mechanical and electronic components designed to respect the specification of the client’s needs. "Client’s needs," has a nice to ring to it doesn’t it? SpadaConcept doesn’t seem to be just about profit or race track records but rather designing for the pure pleasure of driving.  Ercole Spada insists that he has a moral obligation on his part to create hand-built niche vehicles and he will limit production to just 20 cars per year.

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The cockpit is light and airy with a technological air-conditioner system, a rear camera keeps the back view visable at all times and a clock designed by Meccanicheveloci with automatic recharge, is just another taste of fine Italian craftmenship. For $432K you can own this fierce, Italian retro-twist on a classic American comic-book hero.

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The Mac Daddy Caddy Escalade ESV

If you’re part of the hip hop set or a larger than life athlete, you need to know that the upgraded Cadillac Escalade ESV Platinum Edition isn’t the best anymore. Just when you thought you couldn’t pimp your Escalade out much more, think again because Becker Automotive Design has teamed with STRUT jewelry design company and they are bringing bling to the upmarket. The dual company’s brainchild is a new kind of Cadillac Escalade ESV, standard with a woven diamond-mesh and stainless-steel front grille and matching side vents. The diamonds will withstand all weather conditions, the driving elements, plus trips through the bad neighborhoods. In addition to the diamonds, this Escalade features an iPod-ready audio-video system with satellite HDTV, DVD and digital surround sound on par with your home entertainment system. The bottom line is that this Escalade is going to get all the attention now, people will either see it or hear it flowing through the streets. The Becker/STRUT Cadillac Escalade ESV is the best of the best and this gleam machine is all yours for about $225,000.

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SoBe Scene This Weekend

Stay up to date with the haute SoBe Scene. For Miami Beach clubs, events on the fly and dope nightly happenings stay on www.ImagineLifestyles.com
Weekend of August 14, 2008


Thursday: 
•    Florida Room @ The Delano Hotel
•    Skybar @ The Shoreclub Hotel
•    Rotten Apple Party @ Set Night Club
•    Rok Bar

Friday: 
•    Special Event Alert @ The Setai (9PM) Y-3, & MIAMI magazine celebrate the launch of the Y-3 Fall/Winter ’08 Collection. This Summer Style Series hosted by Ernesto Arambatzis & Erica Freshman
•    Love Hate Bar
•    Mokai

Y-3 Fashion Show @ The Setai Hotel

Saturday:
•    Mynt Lounge
•    Heathrow Night Club
•    Elements @ Aero Bar
•    So Late It’s Early @ Space Club After Hours

Sunday:
•    Black Sunday @ Bella Rose

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Big Girls Need Love Too! MayBach Luxury Car.

In a world of anorexic models, pocket dogs, Air macs and mini skirts, Maybach has taught us that bigger can be better. The Maybach 62 S sedan has 4-doors and a lot more to love, it features high calibre performance, spacious comfort and inimitable exclusivity.

Maybach 62 S luxury sedan                                    Cutting edge design speaks volumes for this high-end luxury automobile, whose crowning glory is the most powerful engine ever seen in a Maybach.  Displacement of a 6.0 liter, V12 engine, a custom exhaust system with twin turbochargers and an output of 604 horsepower. Torque peaks at a commanding 738 lb-ft @ 2000-4000 rpm and 0 to 60 in 5 seconds, are results of a meticulously artful program by the Mercedes-AMG production plant. Top off your Maybach 62 S luxury car, $432,280 priced ride with a full-time chauffer and flaunt unparalled sophisication.   Sit back and enjoy the ride in this exotic luxury automobile.

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A New Kind of Sidekick in the Bugatti Veyron

The second fastest production car in the world is the Bugatti Veyron 16.4. The Veyron name pays tribute to the first French, Bugatti firm’s racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1939. Bugatti’s are flawlessly handcrafted in an old Volkswagen factory in Château St Jean, France and have been in production since September 2005.Bugatti Veyron Exotic Car

The Bugatti Veyron exotic car can literally fly, with its 1,001 horsepower (746 kW) W16 engine, it effortlessly reaches speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour. Any semi-intelligent life form will realize the Veyron goes stupid fast.  It does a 60 mile per hour pickup in 2.5 seconds and can stop dead on command. The Veyron is a hot b****, that will illicit attention galore. Good enough to be your powerful, yet, attractive sidekick wherever the road may take you. However, the ultimate fabulousness of design cannot be grasped in a picture or from a computer screen, so check one out next car show around. Point blank, the Bugatti Veyron is easily worth the estimated $1,192,057 price tag.

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When High-Tech Married Luxurious, Some Cars were Born

 

Cars that look unreal on the outside aren’t always high-tech on the inside. What we mean, is that if you’re not a true car enthusiast then speed, engine size and torque probably don’t get you off. Luxury doesn’t necessarily have to be complicated; there are cars out there that have been made to do all the work. Some of the cars we found automatically adjust to various driving elements and off-road conditions, while you can watch four different TV’s, make a CD and get a seat massage. Why not have it all?  Feel good on the inside while still looking good on the outside with any of the cars below. Meet High-Tech and luxurious all in one.

  • Audi TT Roadster 3.2 Quattro $44,500
  • BMW 335i Sedan $39,675
  • Cadillac CTS $32,500
  • Ferrari 430 Scuderia
  • Lexus LS600h L $104,765
  • Land Rover LR3 $49,300
  • Mercedes-Benz C350 Sport $37,275
  • Porsche 911 GT2

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A One of a Kind Ferrari is Calling Your Name



Today luxury is synonymous with exclusivity. When you have an abundence of wealth you can have anything you want, and being the only one with a priceless piece of art, your own clothing line or a custom designed Estate is absolutely posh. It’s all about outdoing the best with something better and then adding your personal mark, making it all about you.

You’re in luck because now you can take individuality to a new level by completely customizing your own Ferrari with the Ferrari Atelier program and we think that is ultra sexy. The Atelier program allows you to revamp a new Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, just the way you have always dreamed. First you take a trip to Maranello, Italy where Ferrari has been handcrafting exotic cars since 1947. Next you sit down with a specialist who asks you about your specific wants and needs. You look at a few leather swatches, choose your matching handmade luggage, and customization continues until your hearts content. After everything is said and done, you drive away in your one-of-a-kind Ferrari roadster. It will be all yours and just so everyone knows it, put your name on the back model plate and voila!

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