Case-Mate I.D. adds extra pouch to iPhone
I got the Jesus phone and a Platinum Plus card. Isn't that enough street cred for you?
(Credit: Dong Ngo/CNET)I'm not a fan of protective case for gadgets (which, as long as they function, are fine the way they are, even with a few scratches). For this reason, the only things I've put on my iPhone 3GS so far, and only when I travel, are the Mophie Juice packs, which add more battery life to the phone.
I just, however, found a new protective case that I actually am going to use more regularly, for the sake of convenience. It's the Case-Mate I.D. case.
Unlike other protective cases that try to be as slim as possible, the I.D. case deliberately bulks out at the phone's back to create a small pouch that's just large enough to fit two credit cards or, in my case, my driver's license and a library card (yes, I read).
Of course, you can swap these out for any two cards you want. The point is this is very convenient, especially when the iPhone is something a lot of us don't want to be separated from. And I would like to stress the inseparable notion, as you definitely don't want to lose the phone and the two important cards attached to it.
Despite the added functionality, the case actually only adds another 2.5 mm (about one-tenth of an inch) of thickness to the phone, compared with other purely protective cases.
Other than that, the Case-Mate I.D. is very much like most protective cases. It comes with an easily attached protective film for the phone's screen and another protective layer for the back of the phone (so the card won't mess up all the fingerprints you've gathered).
The Case-Mate I.D. works with both the iPhone 3G and 3GS. It comes in eight colors and costs $30, which is a little more expensive than other cases that add no extra usability to the phone.
Dong Ngo is a CNET editor who covers networking and network storage, and writes about anything else he finds interesting. You can also listen to his podcast at insidecnetlabs.cnet.com. E-mail Dong.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
My wallet stays in my pocket most of the time.
My phone is out and about to breathe the air and give off great radiation.
That said, I would rather put business cards in there, but I feel like they would fall out if you pull one out. There should be some sort of tab to keep stuff in there that's thinner than a credit card / driver's license.
I could put my Grocery Store card in there, I guess, in case I do lose it, then some nice Samaritan would drop it off at the nearest store so that I could maybe retrieve it.
The irony is that I have an iPhone and a Mac. But, I also have a BlackBerry and a PC. Glad to see that you're so closed-minded that you think that just because someone bashes a product that they can't also have one. I was mostly just stating that I always find it funny when people refer to it as the Jesus Phone since it does lack quite a few features (hence why I still carry my BlackBerry) and personally I find this case choice to be kind of a smart-dumb (oxymoron I know) idea since you will put credit cards, driver's licences, etc. in it and then if/when you lose you phone now you've also lost other valuables.
How do you loos a phone!? I have mine with me wherever I go and cant see how I would loose it. That, my wallet or anything else that is of value I carry. Are you people taking it out setting it down and walking away? I like the idea of having a pocket on it. When I go out for a run I can have a CC with to stop at the store for a refreshment or have a security card to get back in the building, or even a DL for ID. Maybe even like someone mentioned business cards.
By far one of the dumbest things I've seen... :)
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by Chas_John
September 26, 2009 8:01 AM PDT
- This carry case reminds me of the e-mail which says if you place your hotel room (magnetic card) key next to your cell phone, it will erase the room key card. There are several opinions and it makes for some good reading. True/False, go ahead and look it up.
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