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Don’t feel like spending the $30 on a nice case for your new iPhone — or maybe just want to be different? A little of this Sugru modeling clay may be the solution. Just make a few little nubbins, let it dry overnight, and boom, your iPhone is now protected from quite a lot of the common bumps and dings that tend to shatter iPhones.

Pro tip: this technique works for any flat, fragile object.

[via Gadget Lab]

This might not be a big deal to you users (or even to some of you developers), but it’s still a pretty big deal: developers are now able to see the comments on their apps right from the back-end of the Market site on which they perform their dirty work (in this case, dirty = good).

Until the new Market site enables developers to receive bug reports right from a device crash, this is one of the most efficient (albeit very brief) ways to gauge user satisfaction and to track down issues that commenters would like to inform developers of in the market (most developers prefer to be emailed through the email address they provide, but a lot of users simply don’t do this).

Any developers out there notice the change? Are there any other new tidbits to be had in market.android.com’s developer backend?

[via Koush]

I like my iPhone, but it drives me crazy to have to hold the thing or hover over it lying on the desk while I watch YouTube. It’s also irritating that the iPhone sucks down the battery like crazy when I watch video and goes dead fast.

Konnet has unveiled a new accessory for the iPhone, that is compatible with the new iPhone 4, called the PowerEZ Plus. The gadget is a small external battery about as wide as the iPhone that connects to the charge and sync port.

The battery is about half an inch thick and has 1000mAh of power inside the battery. The battery also has a kickstand on the back to stand the iPhone up for watching video. It sells for $29.99 and is available now. This device fixes both my issues with battery life and having to hold the iPhone for video playback.

Amazon has just released their Kindle for Android application, and it will run on any Android device that is running Google Android 1.6 or above. The Amazon Kindle for Android application allows you to sync your books, bookmarks with other Kindle devices.

You can start reading an ebook on your Kindle, and then pick up where you left off on your way to work on your Android smartphone or device.

The Amazon Kindle for Android app comes with a range of features which you can see detailed below.

* Get the best reading experience available on your Android phone. No Kindle required
* Access your Kindle books even if you don’t have your Kindle with you
* Automatically synchronizes your last page read and annotations between devices with Whispersync
* Adjust the text size, add bookmarks, and view the annotations you created on your Kindle, computer, or other Kindle-compatible device
* Read in portrait or landscape mode
* Tap on either side of the screen or flick to turn pages
* Buy a book from the Kindle Store optimized for your Android phone and get it auto-delivered wirelessly
* Search and browse more than 600,000 books, including 109 of 110 New York Times bestsellers. If you are a non-U.S. customer, book availability may vary
* Find New York Times Best Sellers and new releases from $9.99
* Get free book samples. Read the beginning of books for free before you decide to buy
* Books you purchase can also be read on a Kindle, computer, or other Kindle-compatible mobile devices
* Kindle newspapers, magazines and blogs are currently not available on Kindle for Android
* Kindle for Android is currently available for customers in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland
, Taiwan, United Kingdom, United States
* Requires Android OS 1.6 or greater

The Amazon Kindle Android App is now available to download from the Android Marketplace, you can find out more details over at Amazon.

via Gadget Venue