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You don’t spend all day in some sweaty plastic case, so why subject your most faithful electronic companion to that same sartorial torture? Get it the case it deserves. The outerwear it needs. A tiny denim outfit.

Thanks to SabaiSmile at Etsy—where you can now certifiably buy anything you can think of—you can snatch up a jacket, a dress, or some short shorts for your smartphone, MP3 player, or if you’re a real big weirdo your handheld GPS device.

$9

This clever Bluetooth Audio Transmitter Dongle gives any standard 3.5mm headphone socket a wireless connection to any Bluetooth headset. Stick the thing into your laptop or home Hi-Fi headphone port and you’ll be able to listen to your music via your favourite cell phone headset or other Bluetooth headphones. You’ll need to pair them together first of course, but that’s easy. $14.82/£9.51.

Why, when and where you’d use the Oil Painting Shaped Mobile Phone Signal Jammer is a bit of a mystery, but where there is a product there is certainly a way. Perhaps it would be best suited for a wedding ceremony or reception?

Rumors of a cell phone signal jammers appearing in movie theaters surfaced about 5 years ago, but we can’t think of an occasion where our movie watching experience hasn’t been interrupted by some lamo answering his/her phone and saying “dude, I’m in a movie, let me call you back”.

You can get your very own piece of art work and cell phone jammer for $180.99 from our friends at Light In The Box.

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Novero has several very nice Bluetooth devices that let drivers talk on their phones without having to take their hands off the wheel. Novero has announced a couple new hands free car kits that promise luxury audio quality at a good price. The two new products are called TheTrulyOne and TheTrustyOne.

The two devices are optimized for professional installers and support a number of different handsets. Novero claims that the devices offer installers the same performance as line-fit systems in cars that come from the factory with hands free already installed.

The kits both feature voice dialing, voice-controlled SMS messaging and email with compatible handsets. The audio is sent through the cars speakers and the devices have echo cancellation, noise reduction, and adjustable mics. TheTrulyOne sells for $159, TheTrustyOne sells for $119, and both are available right now.

Do you find it frustrating that you’re often not able to get online when you’re in a flight? If everything goes according to plan, you might be choosing Cathay Pacific for your future flights, as the company has announced that it has penned a deal with Panasonic Avionics to provide 50Mbps broadband connectivity for all Cathay Pacific and Dragonair passenger aircraft by early 2012. Aside from the all-important broadband, in-flight GSM cell phone services that support voice, SMS, and data will also be offered, along with live and pay-per-view TV programs. The full details haven’t been finalized yet, but we are looking forward to seeing broadband becoming commonplace in airlines.

How many of you are guilty of dropping your phone into a pool of water? If you?re one of the lucky ones that have not, just wait. One of these days your precious device will end up in the toilet, sink or possibly an actual pool. Generally when this happens, you?ll try and dry it out and hope for the best (which doesn?t always work out so well). The best method I know of is to toss it into a bag full of rice, which should absorb a good deal of the water. Another option is to have a couple of these Wet Cellular Phone Emergency Kits on-hand.

The bag contains some sort of super-absorbent material that, much like the rice, will take the water out of your phone. When disaster strikes, you simply tear off the top, toss in the phone (or any other small electronic device) and zip it shut for a couple of days. Crossing your fingers and praying to your choice of deities never hurts either. At $10 a pop, I?d say it?s worth keeping a couple around. If it does work, you?ll save a lot of cash over buying a new phone.

The rumored Microsoft Zune Phone may be released sooner than later, and it will come loaded with Windows Mobile 7 as well as a 5.0-megapixel camera. Should Apple release a new iPhone (4G?) in June/July, it just might have some competition from Microsoft this time around.

Turns out that leak we saw of the Jawbone Icon was for real after all, but it was only one of the six designs straight out of Aliph’s oven: (clockwise from top left) The Thinker, The Rogue, The Hero, The Ace, The Catch and — our favorite — The Bombshell. While these are the smallest and lightest Jawbones ever, Aliph has managed to cram in an allegedly improved NoiseAssassin and simultaneous dual-phone linkage, along with an onboard ‘AudioApp’ which vocally broadcasts battery level and caller ID. If you prefer a visual indication, the Icon also does a battery gauge on the iPhone — a first on a non-Apple Bluetooth headset — and apparently “Apple’s aware of this” so a firmware update shouldn’t kill this Palm Pre-style. We’re digging the MyTALK website — currently in beta — where you can pick and install other AudioApps and DialApps (for the multifunction button; e.g. voice dialing, free directory assistance and voice-to-SMS) onto the Icon, and both will be free except for some DialApps which require subscription. Oh, and there are seven earbud sizes plus an earloop to keep everyone happy too. When you’re done with picking, hit the Verizon stores for the initial launch today and pony up $99.99.

Just as we’d heard, RIM decided to outsource the production of the planet’s first BlackBerry watch, but that doesn’t mean that devoted BB Messenger users won’t be hankerin’ for one. The inPulse Smartwatch for BlackBerry is being produced by Allerta, and now that it’s official, we can safely say that it’ll rely on Bluetooth in order to bring incoming emails, text messages and other alerts from your handset to your wrist (or your ankle, if you roll like that). As for specs, you’re looking at a 1.3-inch OLED display, glass lens, full metal body, vibrating motor, microUSB port and a rechargeable battery that’s good for around four days of “normal use.” inPulse users will have to install a special BlackBerry application in order to pass along information, but those hoping to use their watch to actually send messages will be sorely disappointed. It’s up for pre-order now at $149, and if all goes well, the first ones will ship out in February.