I’m not a big fan of gold plated or made-of-gold gadgets, but if you are, you might be interested in Super Talent’s latest super luxurious usb Pico-C drives. These ever so shiny usb drives were unveiled this week and are definitely not just for laughs, according to announcements the drives you see pictured will only be available in limited quantities and each will come with its own serialised Certificate of Authenticity.

For those who don’t know much about Pico-C drives, you will no doubt at some point probably have seen someone use one of these. They have been popular due to its fantastic slim design, well recognised to be one of Super Talent’s best products thus far and on top of that even Gizmodo gave them a big mention, so here’s just a recap for you:

The Pico-C has become the hallmark of style and quality in USB drives. Prized for its beautiful design and incredibly small size, the Pico-C is also water resistant and fast, supporting up to 200X (30MB/sec) data transfer speeds. The Pico-Cs amazing qualities account for the scores of prestigious Awards the Pico-C has amassed, including being featured on the July-08 cover of Popular Science and being named as a Top 10 Record-Breaking Consumer Gadget by Gizmodo.

So what about the one that’s just been announced? Super Talent is now offering an 8GB custom-made version as I mentioned and it won’t have anything fancy from the hardware point of view but physically it will be made of 18-Carat solid gold (not plated gold, or gold colour), what you will receive along with this are the following:

• Serialized Certificate of Authenticity
• 18-carat gold keychain
• FIPS certified AES-256 Encryption software
• Your  text or logo laser etch onto the drive at no charge
• Black velvet jewelry box

Like I said, this is going to be a very fancy usb flash drive and you will probably be thinking, this would make a great gift for some one special. If that’s you, you will need to know that it will only be available on a pre-order basis for a limited time, with three to four weeks lead time. Part number STC8GBPCKG is offered to resellers at $599.

[via HotHardware]