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I had started to think I'd seen the end of the luxury gadget caboose and would never again be entertained or awed by a gold-plated, diamond encrusted gadget unless it had a built in pool, or more than 800 diamonds. Not so.

Designed by Peter Aloisson, this MOTOKRZR Roma is dripped in 18 Carat White Gold with 325 White and Blue Diamonds. I love it for its Grecian appeal. On top of the glitzy handset diamonds, the phone features Bluetooth, a reflective glass front and an integrated MP3 player. It costs £15,000, or $29,992.50, which might just make it the most expensive phone we've ever featured on geeksugar.

It's been a month of blingin' cell phone releases and the Motorola V3i - Stainless Steel Gold With 855 Diamonds is no exception.

One upping the 18-Carat Gold Nokia 8800 Sirocco by a long shot, the phone includes a total diamond weight of approx. 3.8 carats set on the cover. Apparently, all the diamonds are handset to perfection, leading me to believe that for the right price, you can get your initials or favorite logo put on there in diamonds.

In terms of function this one's a little less exciting - the MP3 player only touts up to 50 songs, the integrated digital camera is a 1.23 megapixel camera (it does have a 8X zoom and video capture and playback features). Of course, we can assume whomever is going to drop £5000 or ($10,019 USD) on a phone is going to be a serious phone addict/partygirl. Luckily, the phone will hold up to 1,000 entries plus up to 250 on SIM card.

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Geeks on patrol found these dazzling crystal covers at the Nintendo World Store in NYC (except for the Super Mario Bros. DS that is not available for sale yet). You can choose from four available cover designs, if you don't mind spending $600 for a DS Lite cover.

As you know, I think of my DS Lite as an everyday delight, but I'm not sure I'd throw down for a fancy Swarovski cover. Then again, I never say never.

An alarming majority of you voted the Swarovski rhinestone USB drive necklaces into the "geek chic" category this week so I figured they were worth revisiting. My guess is the target buyer is a glamorous millionaire who loads her all-important business documents on to the drive while pouring herself a Cosmo. The creations of Solid Alliance, the devices can be customized with your choice of color and patterns these drives come in 512MB, 1GB and 2GB. ($155). To all of you that voted these "geek chic" - I want to know who would honestly wear it.