Inspired by this thread:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=533081
Say I want to impress all the peasants with my new, flashy, spensive tech…get all the girls to swoon and all the guys jealous of my manliness and success. 
What is the gawdy, ostentatious stuff these days?
Last year it was the iPhone. This year… I dunno.
Next year it might be a 3-D television.
I absolutely hope so. I want to watch the new 3-D movies at home. I also get some satisfaction out of it making Blueray obsolete. At least my eyes can tell the difference between 2-D and 3-D at 10+ feet.
To get all the girls to swoon, you first need to change your username to BlingingDuck or BringingFuck.
Then, you need to get one of these… it’s called SixthSense and is currently only available as a prototype. Designed by MIT Media Labs:
Well, if you’re not limited to electronics, you could always get a Tesla. They’re not going to go mainstream any time soon, but they certainly have the “I got one before anyone else and I spent a buttload of money to do it” factor.
Hmmm… is there porn available to jerk off to?
Oh, never mind. I bet those hand things would be a bitch to clean.
Guitar Hero was up there, but this sure looks like it’s going to set new and exciting milestones in the Looking Like A Complete Moron department.
That wasn’t a hypothesis, that was fact. It’s coming.
Yeah? I’ve got some natural hand gestures to augment the physical world around you RIGHT HERE! 
Whoa…I think this qualifies.
The problem with that is that to be really annoying, gawdy and ostentatious it has do be done in public…preferably while walking down the street or standing in a cashier line.
Ah, okay. Lemme poke around. I think the 6th Sense is going to be the next one of those, if it goes commercial, as it has a projection display.
Microsoft’s *Courier *looks kinda cool.
Want to get the girls to swoon? Forget the modern technology. Just take a friend’s baby or puppy for a stroll as mate bait. Remember, grasshopper, to focus on what women are hardwired for, rather than the hardwires themselves.
I understand bluetooth headsets are all the rage…
Eh, the Courier is nothing more than yet another tablet evolution. It’s a DS with bigger screens.
Microsoft does these things, they go bleh.
Also, yes, puppy works well.
Puppy Linux, right?
What?
Win!