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It’s almost Oscar time, so the GirlHacker’s Random Log search ‘bots are busy compiling our annual list of the contents of the coveted gift bag from press releases and news reports. Look for a posting later in the week (and our ‘bots are hoping some nice media outlet will help out with an almost complete list by then to make their job easier). The bag is already plenty full with lovely products of five figure value. As a preview of sorts, this little news item caught our eye. Singer Alison Krauss will be attending the Oscars carrying a Treo 600 smartphone. Designed by Stuart Weitzman and palmOne, the phone will be encrusted with 3,000 clear and cognac-colored topaz cut Swarovski crystals. But the phone pales in comparison to her matching Weitzman shoes which are decorated with diamonds, including a 5-carat amaretto diamond, and valued at $2 million. The press release claims the phone and shoes are a matched set, but shouldn’t the phone be clad in diamonds too then? Well, some reports state that although Alison has to return the shoes after the show, she gets to keep the phone and a replica of the shoes covered instead with Swarovski crystals, so her takeaway will truly be a matched set, if not as pricey.