Gizmodo: cellphone charms

Cellphone Strap Allows You To Pinch Butts With Impunity

Sean Fallon — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:30:00 EDT

Generally speaking, the nervous guy sitting next to you on the subway frantically pinching a sexy-thonged butt charm is someone you want to steer clear of.

On the other hand, if you are that creepy guy on the subway, you will surely get hours of entertainment out of these Strapya Sexy Squishy Peach Butt charms. Plus, the stress relief just might keep that psycho that dwells within you at bay. [Strapya via 7Gadgets]

Finally, a Way To Desecrate An iPhone With Cellphone Charms

Sean Fallon — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:40:00 EDT

If you have always wanted to dangle a bunch of stupid crap off your cellphone like the Japanese, but lacked a built-in ring for this purpose, you are in luck. Strapya has a solution.

The answer is simple: adhesive buttons. Just place them on your phone and insert the strap of your choice. The only problem is that once the buttons are attached, they are going to be a real bitch to pry off. So you might be SOL if you change your mind and decide that you don't want your phone looking like a candy-coated nightmare. [Strapya via Inventor Spot]

Tiny Lava Light Cellphone Charm Blinks When You Have a Call

Charlie White — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:37:42 EDT

Most cellphone charms do nothing but sit there and be charming, but this one by Lava Lamp creator Mathmos actually serves a useful purpose: It blinks red (or blue, your choice) when you have a phone call coming in. Might be a good compromise between setting that phone on vibrate and possibly still irritating those around you, or missing all your calls. If you don't care for this retro-chic lava lamp replica, you can also get one shaped like a miniature light bulb.

While we're not keen on having any kind of charm clanking around in our pockets along with a cellphone—likely scratching it up severely—this is one of the most useful cellphone charms yet. It's not even actually plugged into the cellphone, either, working by picking up the RF interference from the phone as receives a call. Not sure if that works every time, but it sounds like a good idea, one that might be worth the $12 plus shipping it would take to find out. [Technabob]

Phone Charm Provides Life with No Responsibilities

Adam Frucci — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:30:00 EDT

I'm not a huge fan of cellphone charms, as I feel like the point of slick little gadgets is to take up as little space in my pocket as possible. Sure, a cigarette-smoking baby wearing a cowboy hat is kind of awesome, but not so awesome that I want it cluttering up my pockets.

If you feel otherwise, this here Bio-Tech Living Charm might be up your alley. What's cool about it is that it's got a real-life plant inside (albeit a pretty minuscule one), but you never have to water it. Instead, the plant survives off the fancy goo it's placed in, living for what's sure to be weeks before wilting away and turning into a constant reminder of your crippling laziness. Hell, maybe cellphone charms aren't so bad after all. –Adam Frucci

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