If you don't mind abandoning your smart phone for a few hours, these dynamic, app-based costumes will make you the life of the party.

The concept might be cooler than the merchandise, but here's the website if you're interested.

Samsung is shrugging off its court-mandated $1.05 billion fine with a shot across Apple's bow. A full page ad set to run in Sunday newspapers touts the superiority of the Galaxy S III over the recently unveiled iPhone 5, with the opening salvo "it doesn't take a genius" (see what they did there?).

While the Galaxy probably won't fly off shelves like the latest Apple device, Samsung does raise some legitimate points -- NFC, removable battery, microSD storage.

[gizmodo]

It's all too true, unfortunately.

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If you have an iPhone, then you have the distinct privilege of playing Dishonored: Rat Assassin, which is free and a game.

If you need to channel your excitement for Dishonored with rodent murder, then swing away, Merrill. Swing away.

[destructoid]

It's been five human years -- roughly three billion in technology years -- since the first iPhone landed, and while gadget geeks play a very patient waiting game for the iPhone 5, Ebay seller samsonbible is appealing to the collector crowd with an auction of the original version. Here's a friendly reminder on the ancient specs (from DVice):

Quad-band GSM (no CDMA Verizon/Sprint model here!), 2.0-megapixels with no LED flash (perfect for those grainy Instagram pics), 8GB of internal storage (for storing no apps because the App Store didn't exist in 2007), a puny 1,400mAh battery, a 3.5-inch LCD display with an incredible 320 x 480 resolution and the original iPhone OS (before it was rebranded iOS).

Such mind blowing technology will lighten your wallet by $10,000, which somebody will probably pay.

[dvice]

It was bound to happen someday. X-O Manowar #1 features a bar code and space for an iPhone in order to deliver a very important message. It's also one easy way to establish an entire back story.

[boingboing]

Save your iPhone from Davy Jones with the Lifeproof LifeJacket, a fairly self-explanatory accessory. It's buoyant, watertight, and retails for $39.99. Never leave the dock without it.

[mashable]