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Worst of CES: Cell-Mate

by Evan Shamoon on January 13, 2009 at 06:02 AM


For every hit to be found at CES, there are at least a half dozen failures. But there is perhaps no greater miss than the lowly, pathetic Cell-Mate.

This headgear-looking contraption is really just a piece of metal and velcro that keeps your cell phone near your ear for as long as you want. Designed to compete with Bluetooth and other hands-free options in terms of cost and reception quality, it's possibly the single most embarrassing-looking contraption we've seen in years. On top of that, did anyone over at Cell-Mate HQ think it just might be bad for people to have a cell phone clipped to their heads for prolonged amounts of time? If not, they should Google "cell phones and cancer" and get back to us.

Still, for the laugh factor, it's pretty classic. Way to go, Cell-Mate. [From: Gearlog]

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