I came across this video on youtube the other day and I couldn’t get over how gorgeous it was.  Check out http://iikki.com/ for more!

In light of the upcoming iPhone updates, I want to post a quick warning for anyone planning on picking one up.  Whatever you do….don’t get a rubberized case for the iPhone if you generally keep your mobile in your pocket.  I know 3 people personally, myself included, who torqued the screen and cracked it using a rubber case.  Luckily, mine cracked very low and in the corner of the screen so it hasn’t negatively affected the usefulness of the phone…yet, and I’ll undoubtedly get a shiny new on this week (I think I have a compulsion of sorts when it comes to this particular device :P). I have a tragic history with iPhones thus far since my first one was stolen, and now this one is cracked. I ended up using my sucker’s voucher (yes I stood in line for one the first day and paid an extra $200 for my trouble…not for very long though, thanks to my non-tech-saavy locale in the middle of the country) on a new one after that happened.

Anyway, back to the point…frankly, I prefer going caseless.  None of them have solved the main reason I wanted a case in the first place: the plastic cover built into the iPhone that covers the camera lens almost immediately starts getting dirty and scratched and degrades the picture quality. I wanted a case that protected this part so that I could maintain the integrity of the camera itself over time. The screen is pretty difficult to scratch because it’s glass, but the back of the phone is plastic and it gets pretty scuffed up.

The only case I have liked so far has been the Ivyskin Xylo T2. It’s great that you can touch the screen through a harder plastic, but their industrial designer needs to do a lot of work on the sides of this case. It’s impossible to press any of the buttons or flip to silent mode without a lot of effort, and I have pretty tiny hands, so it’s probably easier for me than most. I also ended up with the reflective one since I purchased it as soon as it was released, and I really don’t like the mirrored action they have going on.  It’s distracting, really. Fortunately they’ve since come out with colors.

So, to recap…

Do NOT get one of these, whatever you do (no matter how much you like pink, or brown, or any other zune-inspired colors…hehe):

If you REALLY want a case immediately, this is pretty nice:

but it has some major design issues like deeply recessed button holes and poorly designed latching system:

Happy almost-keynote, folks