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There are iPhone cases and then there are…more iPhone cases. There are probably close to a gazillion different iPhone cases available now. But none are as elaborate as the Gizmon iCA — at least none I have seen. The case — if you call it just a case — is made of 32 different polycarbonate parts, it features a conversion lens mount with additional optional lenses, and adds a working shutter button and optical viewfinder. There is even an optional faux pancake lens for additional street cred with the camera nerds. It gets better, too. No, seriously, this contraption is genius. The case is available in white, black, and retrotastic orange. Both corners feature eyelets for a neck strap because, you know, if you have such a case, it deserves to live outside of a pocket. There’s a tripod mount even a mirror inside the fake lens for self portraits. Four Corner Store currently sells the Gizmon case in the States along with a host of other unique photography-themed items. The iCA…

It seems that Verizon (or Motorola) got the message: The Droid Xyboards are too damn expensive when tied to a 2-year commitment. Until today, Verizon was selling the 10.1 Xoom 2 for $529 and required a 2-year contract. Ludicrous. Well, after today’s price cuts, the prices are less absurd, but just slightly. Verizon lopped $50 off the on-contract price making the 16GB 10.1-inch $479 with the 8-inch retailing just $379. Of course buyers are still required to sign on the dotted line in order to get that price. But the unsubsidized models didn’t get the same love. Never mind that the new tabs are essentially downgraded versions of the 10 month old Xoom, these models still retail for $699 for buyers smart enough to avoid the contract (but dumb enough to want the tab in the first place). Even with the lower price, the 2-year commitment is very troublesome. By essentially locking an…

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If you’ve ever wondered about what a typical Android user looks like, you’re in luck. The folks over at BlueStacks – the folks behind the app that lets you run Android apps on your Windows computer, recently created a composite of a typical Android user using data from Nielsen and a poll it held recently. The end result? A pretty interesting mash up of what Android users are supposed to resemble. (more…) What typical Android users look like , By Ubergizmo . Top Stories : Asus Transformer Prime Review ,

We all know that Intel plans to enter the smartphone and tablet market sometime in 2012 with the release of its new Atom chip codenamed Medfield . We’ve all seen the render of the Medfield phone before, so if you’ve ever wondered how Intel’s Medfield-powered tablets would look like, you’re in luck. The folks over at Android Community managed to get their hands on a Medfield developer tablet that was shown off during the Intel Developer Forum conference in the past and snapped some pictures of it. The tablet has a 10.1″ display, and has a Medfield dual-core processor that is running at 1.6GHz, with graphics processing capabilities touted to beat the Tegra 2 and Qualcomm’s S3 1.5GHz dual-core processors. Since it is a developer tablet, it probably isn’t going to be what consumers will be getting their hands on in the future. Besides the tacky design on the back, it looks just like any other regular tablet but I guess it’s what on the inside that counts. Android Medfield tablet caught in

Despite its subtitle, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater should not encourage you to consume the snakeskin-embossed Nintendo 3DS coming out alongside the game in Japan. For starters, the device is a piece of electronics, and on top of that it’s a rare, cool-looking limited edition 3DS . Konami has yet to give the 3DS a full reveal, but the above image was teased via Hideo Kojima’s Twitter account , like most things MGS these days. We’ll keep an eye out for any other images slithering onto the internet before the game launches on March 8.

It’s hard to set much store by early sales performance, particularly after the evergreen 3DS faced such a rocky road . Nevertheless, the Vita’s latest stats do look disappointing for such a highly anticipated — not to mention high-quality — console: after shifting a remarkable 321,000 units during its first two days on sale in Japan, it could only muster 72,500 in the whole week between December 19th and Christmas Day. In comparison, the PS3 sold 76,000 units during the same period, while the 3DS rang up half a million. This doesn’t necessarily reflect a lack of interest, however: there have been stock shortages, and it’s also possible that buyers are waiting to make sure that all the launch bugs get cleaned up. As for us, our alarms remain firmly set for February 22nd .

The calendar system that we’ve got going on right now is, if you think about it, pretty bizarre. Months and years always (or sometimes) have different numbers of days, and the same dates end up on different days every year. It’s confusing and doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Let’s change it.