EXOvault case wraps your iPhone in cold, hard steel

Do none of the gazillion iPhone cases currently on the market suit your fancy? Are you still looking for a holster that’s really built to take abuse? Look no further, as the handcrafted EXOvault is an all-metal sheath that can be ordered in aluminum, brass or titanium. Beyond that, details are surprisingly scant, leaving us to assume “what you see is what you get.” Be sure to make clear what kind of iPhone you have when ordering, and be extra sure to have $95 / $95 / $300 (respectively) in liquidated funds available before pulling the trigger.

[Via Boing Boing]

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Brando’s Paper Storage Box inconspicuously hides your HDDs

Oh, Brando — how you make our hearts flutter. One day, you’re pumping out new kit fit only for our Crapgadget roundup; the next, you’re delivering gems such as this. The 5-bay HDD Paper Storage Box with Cover covertly hides up to five of your precious 3.5-inch hard drives, and it likely provides more security for your personal information than a fireproof lock box. ‘Cause really, what data thief is going to shuffle through a cardboard container looking for valuable platters?

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Nyko launches Type Pad Pro for Wii, gonzo Zoom Case for DSi

Oh, Nyko — always keeping us on our toes. After showcasing the Wii Pistol Grip at CeBIT, the company is swinging big at E3 with a few new accessories. Starting things off is the abomination you see above, which sure looks an awful lot like some janky knockoff cellphone we peeked back in August. Officially, the Zoom Case for DSi protects your handheld and provides an 8x zoom for magnifying the external camera; never mind the fact that it makes your DSi infinitely less portable. Moving on, there’s the Charge Grip Flex, a accessory for the PSP-2000 and PSP-3000 that sports a built-in rechargeable battery and a bonus gripping surface. For the Xbox 360, there’s the SpeakerCom 360, which enables your parents to hear all those whining tweens brag in fantastically high tones about how they just “pwned you.” Lastly, there’s the Type Pad Pro for Wii, a wireless keypad (via USB) that makes typing in Opera or messaging your pals a heck of a lot simpler. Mum’s the word on pricing and availability right now, but all that should change soon enough.

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Waterproof 5D Mark II housing allows for 1080p under the sea

People are already using Canon’s groundbreaking 5D Mark II to shoot feature films, but we never thought we’d see the next Jaws captured with a DSLR. ‘Course, whether or not Mr. Spielberg will actually choose to use one remains to be seen, but at least the option’s there now. Famed underwater imaging company Sea&Sea has just outed its newest waterproof casing, promising to keep the 1080p-capable DSLR safe for up to 60 meters under the surface. The only issue? It’ll set you back almost as much as the camera body, or ¥283,500 ($2,998). Good thing you’ve got a Hollywood-sized budget, yeah?

[Via Akihabara News]

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Insane Russian casemod shamelessly puts good taste to bed once and for all

We see plenty of wild casemods around here — staying on the pulse of what’s new with the cool kids is part of our jobs. We’ve never really seen anything like this one, however. We don’t know a terrible lot about the case — just that it’s made of what appears to be solid evil dipped in bronze, and lit by the blood of a terrifying hellbeast. Regardless: it’s going to look great in your living room… once you convince Satan to sell it to you for a reasonable price, that is. One more terrifically horrendous photo after the break.

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Hideous 80s Throwback Phone Case is Curiously Seductive

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It would be nice if this clunky, 1980s-style cellphone holder acted as a real add-on keyboard and display for a modern mobile, allowing you to go in for some retro charm and then, when bored of carrying this brick-sized box, slide out your iPhone and carry on as if nothing untoward had happened.

Sadly, it lacks any useful circuitry, and certainly won’t act as a functional dock for your phone. In fact, all it does is bark out one of five different phrases every time you get a call and if for some reason (like, you know, good taste) you decide to switch off this barrage of crap, it will instead flash to alert you.

At just £10 ($15) it’s probably worth it for the packaging alone, which looks to have been vomited out after a meal of hair-gel and fluorescent paint.

Product page [Go Frostfire via Red Ferret]


ChocoShuffle iPod shuffle case could be chocolate, could be laxative

Just because you can fit Apple’s tiny iPod shuffle into just about any orifice doesn’t mean you should. The ChocoShuffle by SwitchEasy costs ¥980 (about $10) in Japan. But seriously, is that all your dignity is worth?

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Beak-Like iPhone Stand is for the Birds

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There’s certainly a need for a little, sturdy stand to prop up the iPhone whilst watching video, but we doubt that the iClooly is it, mostly because it adds too much bulk to the phone.

In “stand” mode, the iClooly works both vertically and horizontally, and the big clip curves down like a curlew’s beak to provide a secure, shake free “standing experience” (a marketing term we just invented). But in “teenage jeans pocket mode” it offers little more than a signal to pickpockets. “Here’s my iPhone” it calls, in the voice of the aforementioned curlew (it’s a piercing cry), “Please, steal me,” it wheedles, in a melancholic tone.

A missed opportunity, to be sure, and the company has clearly passed up the chance to make a protective case with a simple foldaway kick-stand and instead embraced the bird-spotting crowd. We can’t help but think that this might be a mistake, even in today’s market of niche products and “long-tails” (something the curlew doesn’t have). €25 ($33).

Product page [MaxiMobile via Likecool]


Kindle Case Features Leather and Lights

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When Amazon launched the Kindle 2, many of us thought it looked a lot like the iPod, with its slick white body and shiny metal backplate. It also mimicked another iPod trait — the slow sloughing of in-box accessories, in this case the case.

The Periscope (or the “Periscope® Lighted Folio for Kindle 2” to give it its rather stupid full title) fills this gap for a hefty $50, but for that you get a hefty leather-bound flap along with a flip-out reading light (the lack of a light is another common complaint from people who don’t understand e-books), hence the name “Periscope”.

The lamp uses two LEDs powered by three AA batteries for up to 40 hours of life. It also includes a pocket for a notebook, a rather strangely shaped 5×8 inch notebook. At first glance, I thought it was actually a checkbook. A checkbook inside the case for an e-reader. You can imagine the perceptual disconnect that followed.

If this is for you, then you’ll know it. I tend to think that we should just get these e-readers out there in their naked, honest form until they look as cool to read in public as a dog-eared paperback. The Periscope will never do that: It’s less Jack Kerouac and more Sir Leigh Teabagging from the Da Vinci Code.

Product page [Periscope. Thanks, Chris!]

Engadget’s recession antidote: win a mophie Juice Pack Air for iPhone 3G!

This whole global economic crisis, and its resulting massive loss of jobs got us thinking. We here at Engadget didn’t want to stand helplessly by, announcing every new round of misery without giving anything back — so we decided to take the opportunity to spread a little positivity. We’ll be handing out a new gadget every day (except for weekends) to lucky readers until we run out of stuff or companies stop sending things. Today we’ve got one of the first mophie Juice Pack Air units on the market (they just went on sale today, ya know!), which promises to provide lots of extra iPhone 3G runtime while doubling as a case. Read the rules below (no skimming — we’re omniscient and can tell when you’ve skimmed) and get commenting! Hooray for free stuff!

Major thanks to mophie for providing the gear!

The rules:

  • Leave a comment below. Any comment will do, but if you want to share your proposal for “fixing” the world economy, that’d be sweet too.
  • You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you’ll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.)
  • If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory. Just be careful and you’ll be fine.
  • Contest is open to anyone in the 50 States, 18 or older! Sorry, we don’t make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so be mad at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad.
  • Winner will be chosen randomly. The winner will receive one (1) mophie Juice Pack Air iPhone 3G case / battery extender in Black. Approximate retail value is $79.95.
  • If you are chosen, you will be notified by email. Winners must respond within three days of the end of the contest. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
  • Entries can be submitted until Tuesday, April 21th, at 11:59PM ET. Good luck!
  • Full rules can be found here.

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