Undeniably, Apple iPhone is the most tremendous smartphone we ever have. The entire world has accepted iPhone as a champion smartphone. Incredible features and advanced capabilities of iPhone have certainly placed it top in the smartphone world. Thanks to the technological advancements, phone accessory manufacturers used to produce variety of accessories for Apple iPhone. Here, we count 12 bizarre accessories designed by various companies for iPhone 4 and iPhone 5, the most recent versions of Apple smartphone. Go through the rest of the article to see how wonderfully you can personalize your iPhone 4 and iPhone 5 with a number of splendid accessories.
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Turn your iPhone into an iPad
Metin Seven of SevenHeaven.nl has displayed a mirror-like peripheral that can convert an iPhone screen into a full-fledged iPad. It looks like that the accessory will bit fit in pocket. That means you can make your iPhone a pocketable iPad tablet.
iPhone charger – Umbilical Cord
It is an eccentric iPhone charger, designed in form of umbilical cord. Japanese accessory maker Mio I-zawa has designed this weird iPhone charger. The accessory will charge an iPhone with the movements of real umbilical cord that gives lifeline for a fetus in prenatal period. While charging, it may look like that a python is swallowing its prey iPhone.
Turn your iPhone to 80’s mobile phone
Do you want to convert your Apple iPhone into Gordon Gekko’s Wall Street phone? Then, you can go for this 80’s iPhone case. It will turn your advanced iPhone into a mobile device of 1980s. This funny iPhone case is available for $ 20.
Factron Quattro iPhone 3G case
Factron Quattro is one another fantastic case for iPhone 3G. The Japanese iPhone case is made of leather, carbon fiber and stainless steel. The case can augment iPhone features like camera lenses and speakers. The Factron Quattro iPhone case is indeed expensive. It will cost around $ 200.
iPhone docking speakerphone system
Renowned UK-based accessory maker, FoneJackerHacker, known with the moniker, M Booth has designed this amazing iPhone docking system using 1940’s rotary telephone receiver. The accessory is a speakerphone, which rests Apple iPhone in the receiver cradle. The device sports three speakers in different parts.
iPhone Dock + Light Alarm
Here is an iPhone-mounted alarm system – Phillips HF3490. Phillips has designed this light and sound alarm system with an aim to provide soothing mornings with a natural feeling. The accessory carries an iPhone or iPod in its iPod/iPhone dock. The other part of the accessory is a large lamp, which will emit light in the mornings with the brightness increasing gradually. The sound will also come in increasing manner. The accessory comes with four natural sounds. However, iTunes tracks or FM Radio can also be set as alarm.
iPhone Zoom Lens
The 6x optical zoom lens from Conice is a supplement to Apple iPhone’s high-end rear camera. The add-on camera lens will boost flexibility and accuracy of photos taken with the iPhone. The accessory fits well with an iPhone in help of a fixed case. The lens and case altogether weigh in at 4.69 ounces. It means that with an addition to Apple iPhone’s weight of 4.8, it will be a bit difficult to carry the new accessory. Further, focusing through the lens will also be not east as iPhone does not have any tripod support. The accessory is available for purchase at DealExtreme for $ 15.
iBottle Opener
The iBottle Opener is an iPhone case with a metal bottle opener in the rear part. The soft touch plastic case sports the stiff bottle opener on the back. It will be a great help in parties to open bottles of beverages.
iPhone 4 Gun case
It is another bizarre case for Apple iPhone. The iPhone 4 Gun case, as its name speaks, is in shape of a revolver. The iPhone can be tucked into the long cradle of the accessory, which can be drooped in your pant’s pocket. Moreover, you can yourself turn into Clint Eastwood when you speak on this Gun case mounted iPhone.
The TV hat iPhone accessory
The TV hat iPhone accessory is simply a baseball cap with a pouch and a screen. You can keep your iPhone in the pouch and the screen will magnify the iPhone display. The TV hat iPhone accessory is available for purchase for $ 19.95 at Asseenontvhat.com.
TRON iPhone Dock by Monster
Monster has designed this iPhone/iPod powered five-speaker 2.1 music system dubbed, Monster TRON Light Disc Sound Dock. The dazzling iPhone accessory has been built with inspiration from the iconic disc featured in Disney’s epic film, Tron. Down-firing subwoofer and great sound effects and bass are the key features of the accessory, which is priced at $ 299.95. Besides iPhone or iPod, Monster TRON Light Disc Sound Dock will work with MP3 players, desktops and laptops thanks to its 3.5mm auxiliary audio input.611302
Gizmo Watch
Pioneer Japan has introduced four new and very interesting in-car navigation systems. They use a dash-mounted camera to display live images on the screens and superimpose digital images on it to help you navigate. The Augmented Reality GPS systems include the AVIC-VH09CS, AVIC-VH09, AVIC-ZH09CS and AVIC-ZH09. The systems can also show distances between cars and points of interest.
But that’s not all. They can also tell which lane the car is in, if a light is red or green and it can identify other traffic signals. All four feature DVD video playback support, Bluetooth, USB ports, a 1Seg digital TV tuner, and an SD card slot. Hard drive-based navigation is standard, as well as three years of free map data updates.
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The lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of California on Friday and seeks injunctions against Samsung, damages (both actual and punitive), and a finding that the infringement was willful. Lest we forget, the rarest outcome in such legal tussles is for an actual judgment to actually be handed down, so the greatest likelihood is that this will just lead to another round of grudging handshakes and licensing going one way with money going the other way, but still, it's fun to see the big dogs barking at each other."Rather than innovate and develop its own technology and a unique Samsung style for its smart phone products and computer tablets, Samsung chose to copy Apple's technology, user interface and innovative style in these infringing products."
Another aspect to these proceedings that shouldn't be overlooked is that, on the software front, they boil down to iOS versus Android (again). When Apple calls Samsung uninventive in its user interface, it's talking more about Android's perceived imitation of the iPhone's interface than whatever TouchWiz tweaks Samsung has slapped on top. And hey, if you're going to sue Google indirectly, you can't leave a major player like Samsung outside the courtroom, it just wouldn't be fair.
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