The Top 10 things you CAN'T have for Christmas 2008

5. Luxury Diamond Edition phone

Amosu announced a limited release of only five Motorola RAZR2 V8 Luxury Diamond Edition phones earlier this year. The handsets feature 412 diamonds with 5.9 carats and the purchase includes an international Concierge service. The ultra-exclusive handsets were snapped up at £25,000 each. If you miss out there's always the fall-back of the Motorola K1 or Diamond iPhone, both of which are priced at £20,000, or if you consider that 412 diamonds is a little underdone, there's always the Diamond Nokia N95 finished in 18 carat solid gold but with 658 diamonds for £27,500. You could also take a look at Tag Heuer's US$6200 Meridiist mobile phone handset or the Gresso White Diamonds luxury mobile phone collection.

6. Peugeot's 3-wheel hybrid scooter

It's not a car and it's not quite a scooter, but it is only a concept at this stage so it won't make the Christmas wish list. Peugeot's HYmotion3 compressor is an original mix of previously seen design elements - a semi-enclosed shell akin to BMW's C1 or the Benelli Adiva and the carving 3-wheel layout of Piaggio's MP3 - with hybrid drivetrain technology added to produce a 2-person vehicle that promises low CO2 emissions Green-Business-Travel as well as greater safety and weather protection than conventional scooters.

7. Under the sea: Dubai's underwater hotel takes shape

Anywhere but Dubai, the idea of building a luxury hotel 66 feet underwater would sound far-fetched. But next to the Burj-al-arab, the rotating skyscraper, manufactured islands and indoor ski slopes of the desert commerce capital, the Hydropolis will fit right in. At a rough cost of UK£300 million, this jaw-dropping engineering challenge will allow guests to get a true taste for the peace and beauty of underwater life – and at a projected price tag of up to USD$5500 per night for a room, you'd certainly be hoping that life is much better down where it's wetter.

8. Aqua-car: Rinspeed preview sQuba diving concept vehicle

Never shy of venturing into unchartered territory, Swiss automotive design company Rinspeed’s latest Concept takes the aquatic theme showcased in its 2004 Splash Amphibious Hydrofoil Sportscar to the next level with its latest creation - the sQuba diving Concept Car. Thirty years after the release of the film The Spy Who Loved Me, where James Bond took to the deep in a subaquatic Lotus Espirit, Rinspeed aim to turn the famous cinematic sequence into reality with an amphibious, zero-emission Concept designed to dive to depths of up to 33 feet (10 meters) using two propellers in the stern and two jet drives in the bow.

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