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Last month, a leaked and decidedly non-confirmed listing of random phones mentioned something called the HTC Pure. We’ve not heard anything since, but now HTCpedia has what it believes to be two photos of the thing, each one enshrouded in an unattractive case; one silicon, one garish plastic. What’s inside those enclosures is of course largely unknown, but it certainly doesn’t appear to have a slide-out keyboard, does appear to have four buttons on the face, and that’s said to be a 5 megapixel camera on the back. The site goes so far to say that this is destined for AT&T and will be the Touch Diamond2 (nee Warhawk), but if that’s the case HTC has obviously made some tweaks to the design the last time we saw it. We’re not quite ready to say these are anything other than blurry pictures of some random HTC handset, but once we have something — anything — a little more conclusive we’ll be sure to pass it along.

Update: As a few commenters have pointed out, this is the MDA Compact V, currently available in the UK under T-Mobile, which could explain the magenta case. Is this what AT&T is referring to as the Pure? We wouldn’t be surprised.

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Is this AT&T’s HTC Pure, clad in shimmering magenta? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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I admit it, I made a lot of tinfoil-hat jokes when I first heard about the Pong iPhone case. The jury is still out on the effects of cell phone radiation, but if you’re concerned about that new iPhone 3GS giving you Apple-shaped tumors, the Pong is probably perfect for you.

The silicon case has a metal lining on the inside that’s meant to diffuse radiation from your handset. According to Pong, it “chimneys” the energy out of the top of the iPhone. It’s supposed to reduce radiation from the phone by 60 percent–so that other 40 percent is kind of a crap-shoot.

The case is $60 and available now. A BlackBerry version is coming at the end of the year. I got the rundown on the case from a Pong rep; check out my video after the jump.

In life, you’ll quickly learn that everything is about timing. And thankfully for us Earthlings, Case-Mate seems just 24 hours off with this one. A day after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke declared that this so-called recessions was “very likely over,” the aforesaid accessory maker has popped out an iPhone case for those of us who vehemently disagree. The aptly titled iPhone recession case is quite possibly the greatest thing since sliced bread the AirMail, and at just $0.99 including shipping, we figure you’ll have a tough time finding a better way to protect your cellie. Or waste $0.99, now that we think of it.

[Thanks, Andy]

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Case-Mate offers $0.99 iPhone recession case… a day after recession ends originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We know you don’t really need any more evidence that Apple is gearing up to unveil at least two new iPod revisions at its forthcoming ‘rock and roll’ event, but are you seriously going to hit the ignore button on these? If you’ll recall, last year’s visit to Hama’s IFA booth gave us early access to cases of Apple’s then-upcoming round of iPod nanos, and this year the company seems to be disclosing all of Cupertino’s secrets once more. On hand were cases for Apple’s fifth-generation iPod nano and the third-generation iPod touch, both of which seem to make room for a built-in camera. Of course, these lovely peripherals could be nothing more than a complete waste of company resources, but we’d encourage you to browse the gallery below before jumping to that conclusion.

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Hama cases foreshadow 5G iPod nano, 3G iPod touch at IFA: hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 04 Sep 2009 05:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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At first, I thought that this notebook case was a fantastic idea. It disguises your MacBook Pro (or similarly-sized machine) as a newspaper, and has a hidden zipper to stop it falling out.

But take a closer look. Spanish readers will note that the name of the paper is spelled wrong (it should be La Vanguardia, with an extra “i” before the final letter). This would grab my eye immediately, as would the “Herold Tribune” and “Le Pais”, presumably all altered for copyright reasons.

Still, disguise is a great idea: I carry my MacBook in a Jiffy Bag, tucked inside one of those indestructible Tyvek FedEx envelopes, and an old friend of mine actually had her laptop survive being left at a pub overnight using a similar trick.

Ironically, there is no version for the British Isles. Brits will see this joke coming: The obvious candidate for laptop-hiding in the UK would be the Guardian, a paper so famed for its poor spelling that its affectionate nickname is the Grauniad. €60.

Product page [MiteMite via BBG]