[Griffin via Gearlog]

I just can’t pick one. [Republica Fashion]

The previous design was a lot sleeker and placed the controls on the side. But it didn’t have those awesome nubs. A test run of those units were shipped to selected people in February, and early feedback plus a “sleepless night” lead to the updated, bigger look.

You’ll need to jailbreak your iPhone, but the iControlPad is supported by some of the biggest iPhone devs (including ZodTTD’s PSX and GBA emulators). If you’re interested in placing a pre-order, sign up for the newsletter over at: [iControlPad]

SeatBuddy is a case with two flexible straps that lets you hang your iPhone on an aeroplane seat tray, a car seat, a glovebox and even on a treadmill — for the benefit of Mr. Chen.

It seems like a very good idea, although the image will get bouncy before your aeroplane crashes in a secret island, or as soon as you get with your car into the bumpy streets of NYC. Honestly, I don’t know what’s the worse fate of those two. [Cnet]

The Price: $US30

The Verdict: It does what it claims, which is hold two of your credit cards/ID cards simultaneously, but it’s a pretty snug fit. The slight bending or bowing that your cards go through to fit into the slot shouldn’t be enough to break it, but the two will scrape against each other because the space is so small. Which is good and bad.

On the one hand it’s good, since it means your cards won’t fly out of the slot when you’re whipping out your phone. But it’s also bad, since you’ll have some slight difficulty in pushing out your cards. But it’s not unusable, and it’s not anything you can’t overlook if your whole reason for getting this is that you don’t want to carry a wallet on you.

Our only complaint would be that there’s only room for two cards, and very little room for cash. Technically you’re not supposed to even put cash into the slot, but if you fold up a couple bills, it’ll still squeeze into the limited amount of space given.

Those of you who carry money clips will be familiar with only having your ID, one or two credit cards and some cash in your pocket. With this, you’ll cut down the need to even have a money clip in addition to your phone, the convenience of which is probably worth $US30 to you.

It does what it claims and holds two cards snugly

Slightly hard to remove the cards once they’re inside

Not a lot of room for cash

It’s a little more expensive at $US35 (the controller is $US10 extra), but that’s what you get for quality of this calibre. Oh, and don’t hesitate on picking this up — quantities are extremely limited. [Etsy via iPhone Savior via Gearfuse]