Mom Finds Macabre Use for Useless Cellphone Straps, Kills Son

You only have to take one look at this spent piece of used trash to know that nothing good can come out of her petrol eyes and twisted gesture. Kaoru Tomiishi is her name, and she has admitted that she killed her 6-year-old son with a cellphone strap, probably the most inane and naff cheapo object of modern culture. She initially tried to cover it, but the body was found thanks to the GPS inside the same cellphone. More »

Portable Subway Strap Prevents False Groping Accusations

I've never been to Tokyo, but I hear they have a bit of a problem with crowded subway trains —a fact brought up countless times as I traveled from Gizmodo HQ to the convention center during CES. Needless to say, I heard "It feels like Tokyo in here" more than once. Thankfully, these packed trains did not result in a shameful groping of my buttocks. In Tokyo however, this can be a serious problem. More »

USB Connectors Finally Give Cellphone Straps a Purpose

Sure, straps can be handy for those of us with overly buttery fingers, but for the rest of us they serve little purpose (unless being massively annoying is considered a purpose). However, the folks at WirelessGround may have changed all that with their new USB enabled Leather Hand Strap. The idea is simple —a strap with hidden mini and standard USB connectors to facilitate sweet electronic love making between your phone and your computer. Plus, it can charge any other compatible gadgets you have lying around. On sale now for $12. Addtional photo available after the break. More »

Japanese Yakuza Cellphone Strap

Want a little grimacing Asian man attached to your phone? Sure, we all do. Now with this Yakuza cellphone strap, your little Asian man fetish can be satisfied at home, at work or even on the go. And if his pants are loose enough to stick an even smaller cellphone into, you can pretend it's me you have chained up and miniaturized. More »

Sexy Lingerie Cellphone Strap

If there's one thing we never thought would be a cellphone strap, it would be lingerie. Well, never count out a horny Japanese businessman, we suppose. More »

Cellphone Cellphone Straps: Volume 8

You've seen the cellphone charms that look like a miniature version of your actual phone before, but Strap-ya's just released a new batch of phones for your miniaturization needs. More »

Chalkboard, Chalk and Eraser Cellphone Strap

The reason why we're so into cellphone straps here is for their ability make otherwise boring cellphones slightly more interesting—or great cellphones a little greater. Case in point? This chalkboard cellphone strap. More »

Cellphone Strap Cellphone Charger in the Shape of an Eraser

Only Japan could have come up with this item: a cellphone strap that's not only shaped like an eraser, but houses two AA batteries and is actually a phone charger. More »

Get Your Wife Into Gaming by Dying Wii Straps

Can't seem to get your S.O. interested in your gaming hobby? Perhaps the project of dying your Wii straps will bridge the cap between arts and crafts and your fragging. More »

UV-Indicating Cellphone Charm

Have sensitive skin? Then hook up one of these UV bead cellphone charms to your phone and always be aware of how much UV light you're getting. The beads start out white, but change as they suck in the radiation. More »

Crazy Ass Solid Alliance Makes Aura Monitor Cellphone Strap

We love a crazy company like Solid Alliance that takes chances and does insane things much more than a company that just plays it safe and throws out yet another me too device and hopes it sells. Following up on their USB Food Hub and Food-shaped Flash Drives, SA's just released an Aura Monitor cellphone strap. More »

Bulgari Makes a Phone Strap

Whether you spell it Bulgari or Bvlgari, you have to admire the luxury designer's entrance into a market previously dominated by cheapo Japanese models. This strap is made of "supple black calf leather" and palladium, which means $3.99 this strap is not. More »

Spare Battery Cellphone Strap: There When You Need It

The only thing I don't like about thin phones is the perpetually run-down battery pack. We've seen fuel cell, solar, and USB battery packs for your phone. But this remote cell charger is guaranteed to present when you need it, by virtue of its strap. And I'd like it a lot more if it came with a plug for phones sold in the US.-Brian Lam More »

Cellphone Ankle Strap is Unbelievably Awesome

Heading off to a formal affair tonight? Save room in your purse by carrying your cellphone on an ankle strap. Add some pearls, a little poop cellphone strap, six-inch heels, and you're gunning set to fit into any crowd. More »

Wii Controller Strap, v3.0: It's Thickerer

Evolution is alive and well, and here's proof: the Wii controller strap has now mutated into its third iteration, after the first one was accused of hurting, maiming, and otherwise causing deadly mayhem to innocent users. What's new? The new straps are thicker, longer and have a supposedly more-durable plastic restraint that better helps it cling to your wrist. More »

Nintendo Wii Straps Are Actually Quite Solid

Not that we haven't harped on the subject enough for today, here's a not-at-all scientific test of how strong the Wii strap is. More »

Japanese Beer Cell Phone Strap

Japanese beer tastes like a whiff of spring air + soft tender boobies + alcohol, yet is more manly than Busch Light will ever be. But if you prefer to be locked up in your room playing with gadgets than getting a pint at a yakuza-run bar, then get a Japanese beer cell phone strap. It earns you the same street cred without having to drink a single drop. –Lisa Katayama More »

Faulty Wiimote Straps Exploding TVs Nationwide

Okay, not really exploding, but breaking nonetheless. Take one white trash hipster doofus, one copy of WiiSports, a Wiimote and a sweaty hand that can't hold onto the Wiimote and you have yourself one broken TV. At least it is an excuse for him to upgrade that old and busted "big screen TV." – Travis Hudson More »

FIGHT: Boxing Ring Bell Cellphone Strap

A little cellphone charm that has a boxing ring bell on it. One button starts the round with a DING! The other button yells FIGHT. If only they made one with Street Fighter Sound FX... –Brian Lam More »

Japanese School Girl Cellphone Strap

I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've asked my guy friends, "Do you want anything from Tokyo?" And they've said, "Yeah, bring me back a school girl." More »

Microscope Cellphone Strap

Cellphones are getting smaller, no doubt. And screens? Sharper. So one day soon we'll all need this little microscope cellphone strap just to read our text messages. Does up to 15x magnification. I want this thing, esp as my eyes fade into mole-vision from blogging 18 hours a day. –Brian Lam More »

Griffin Releases Strap, Calls It A PSP Accessory

Griffin has released the RoadDock PSP accessory. It is a strap that wraps around car seat headrest and holds the PSP—yep, that's it. What the hell? A $30 strap? We usually have nothing but love for Griffin, but this is just lame. You may be better off just duct-taping the PSP to the car seat. Should be available in June. – Travis Hudson More »