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When you have a Wookiee piloting anything, you have to have a seat belt. Wookiees are huge. In the event of an accident, you don’t want a Wookiee flying out of a vehicle. People are going to get hurt as that big ball of fur hurtles through the air.

So always have a seatbelt in your cockpit and make it one that the Wookiee would feel at home wearing, like this one from Etsy artist The Common Room.

This bandolier cover sells for $21.99(USD), and adds style and comfort to an item that’s already designed to save your life. It measures about 19 inches-long and fits all standard seat belts. Just be aware that depending on your car, the seatbelt may not be able to retract all the way back into its casing after use if the cover remains on. Safety first. Even for Wookiees.

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So, imagine you just shelled out $200 or $300 for one of those new Kindle Fire HDXs, only to have it scratch in your backpack as you pull it out to gloat to one of your friends. Oh, you poor, poor soul. If only you’d had the foresight to pick up an Origami cover. Like the new tablets, the case goes up for pre-order today — and will start shipping at the same time as their respective devices. Jeff Bezos was pretty keen to show the accessories off today, demonstrating how built-in magnets allow them to fold together in such a way that the tablets can be positioned in either landscape or portrait modes.

Neater still for the 8.9-inch version (the one with the rear-facing camera, mind), is a feature that triggers the photo app when the cover is slid down on the slate. Behold, magnetic magic that would leave the Insane Clown Posse pondering scientific inquiry for months to come. Amazon’s made cases for both HDX models and the new HD. The polyurethane versions of the 7- and 8.9-inch HDX cases run $50 and $55, respectively, with the leather versions coming in at $65 and $70. The covers for the HD run $45 and $60.

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The S View cover made its debut as a protective-flip-case-with-a-window for the Samsung Galaxy S 4, and the accessory made enough of an impression that the Korean manufacturer decided to give it an even bigger presence on the Galaxy Note 3, as you’ll be able to grab one in a rather wide variety of different colors designed by . Just like the GS4 version, this cover integrates a removable back as a clever way of trimming down unnecessary thickness and making the whole combo look much more elegant.

So what makes this particular case stand out from the vast ocean of third-party models that will likely start floating around in the not-too-distant future? The “window” on the front takes advantage of a special film capable of recognizing S Pen touches. When the window lights up, you have the option to look at caller ID, time, date and temperature, and the notification bar — it looks a lot like an evolved quick glance screen from previous Galaxy flagships. It doesn’t actually show any of those notifications, but it will allow you to answer phone calls; you can also slide the S Pen to unlock the device (fingers work, though we had a hard time getting the screen to recognize our touch), which then allows you to slide over to an adjacent screen that offers large buttons for camera, music player and action memo access for jotting down notes without opening the cover. There’s no word of how much these will be priced, but if the GS4 version is any indication, we’d wager that functionality is apparently worth a few bucks. Have a look at our gallery showing off some of the different cover colors and functions below.

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Alexis Santos contributed to this post.

Filed under: Mobile, Samsung

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We spotted an N64 mod just a few days ago that we felt would combine your love of video games and reading into one easy-to-use console, and today, we have something else that would go perfectly with your N64 Book Case mod. It’s video game book covers.

The video game book covers are custom covers that were created by JamesBit that make your not-so impressive video game library look absolutely stunning as these covers will look like books, but will secretly hold your game inside of them for when you get the urge to play some games. (more…)

Video Game Book Covers Will Make Your Collection Look More Literate original content from Ubergizmo.

We would like to introduce an online gadget store, GearZap.com, from the UK that sells various kinds of smartphone and computer accessories. They were nice enough to send us 2 products as samples: a 13 inch MacBook retina sleeve and an iPhone hard case. We put to these to use and would like to share our thoughts.

GearZap.com can deliver outside of the UK (delivery within European countries is from £2.99; outside the European Union is from £3.50).

Feedback on GearZap.com that we got from friends of ours was that they are professional, prompt and very easy to work with. Our own experience was the same. And with the variety of accessories that they offer for sale, we would recommended taking a look at GearZap.com if you need some accessories.

– 13 Inch MacBook case

Model: LA robe MacBook Air

Color: black/wasabi

Material: low resilience urethane

Review: The body is only 5mm thin and fits my 13 inch MacBook Retina very well. It feels very light and fits compact bags or bag compartments very well. I have a side compartment inside of my bag that this sleeve fits into well.

The sleeve gives a bit of a memory foam cushion feel – not too much to be bulky but just enough to give me some confidence that its protecting the goods.

Overall, I love it and won’t be changing back.

– iPhone 5 case

Model: Sparkles Diamante Hard Case for iPhone 5

Color: purple

Review: Yoriko tried it on her iPhone 5 and really liked it. It is a sparkling case, which in Japan, has a good chance of being a hit. Among Japanese girls, it’s popular to “Decoru” which means decorating your belongings, such as your mobile phone with a lot of small bits and bangles made from crystal, glass and other shiny, glittery material. So the look and feel is good for female users. The one negative was that once you put the case on your smart phone, it was hard to take it off. For most people, this is not a problem, but if you use your phone in an armband or something similar during exercise, this would be a drawback.