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CES 2009: The Stupidest Accessory at CES is 100% Fail
Gearlog — Okay. Two hours at CES and I've already found the absolute stupidest accessory at the show. If you want to add massive fail to your life, hop on over to Cell-Mate to check out this truly idiotic product, which is a piece of metal and Velcro that actually clips your cell phone to your head. It isn't the poor-man's handsfree; it's the poor, poor dork's handsfree. I particularly love the photo on their page of the guy who has a Motorola RAZR clipped to the side of his face. Beyond ugly, this accessory marks you as a person who truly doesn't care that you look like a fool. ...

Cell-mate Headset Keeps Cell Phone At Your Ear -- If It Really Exists, That Is...
iSmashPhone — ... A new company called "Cell-Mate" claims to have solved the problem of Bluetooth headsets with bad audio and discharged batteries -- by eliminating them entirely. ...

Thigh Will Be Done: Is This REALLY Where You Wanna Strap Your iPhone?
iSmashPhone — ... devices" allows you to, as per the ad copy, "[keep] your phone secure so that you can focus on other stuff...watch a movie, write an email, listen to music, drink a frappacino, all at the same time." (They also insist that using the Thighphone while driving is safer than holding it in your hand -- while conveniently forgetting you have to look DOWN to use your device, which means taking your eyes off the road.  Not a good idea in anybody's book...) This may well rival the Cell-Mate in the "who thought this was actually a useful product?" category. ...