So you have some extra money to burn. Looking for a really hot new mobile phone? Then perhaps the new Black Diamond smart phone is just the ticket for ya?

This spring, an industrial designer named Jaren Goh unveiled a concept design for a truly bleeding-edge, luxury smartphone. Because this device would so expensive, no one really expected him to find any customers. Surprisingly, though, a European company has put in an order for five of them.

These will go on sale early next year for $300,000 U.S.

The Black Diamond, as it is called, will include features found in no off-the-shelf model, like a mirror-finished polycarbonate casing studded with diamonds. It will also sport a 4-megapixel camera and an ultra-sleek design.

Still, on the inside it will be a fairly standard Pocket PC phone. It will run Windows Mobile 5.0 on a 400 MHz Intel XScale processor. This smartphone will include 128 MB of memory and an SD slot…. Source: Brighthand.com