Yes, there are already 3D-capable smartphones out there like the LG Optimus 3D, but this is a fun little gadget that can transform your iPhone into a personal big-screen 3D TV. It’s designed to work with the stereoscopic 3D videos on YouTube, but it could presumably work with any 3D image that is displayed in side-by-side form as shown here.

I know Sanwa for for arcade stick parts, but I guess they venture into other areas too. The bad news is that the Sanwa Stereoscopic is only available for iPhone users in Japan at the moment, but that doesn’t mean you can’t try importing it.

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The Pocket Geiger is an accessory for the iPhone and it works in tandem with the accompanying app. You connect it to your iDevice, load the app, and let it use its eight photodiode sensors to detect nearby radiation. This way, you can know whether or not you’re in the safe zone.

As an added public precaution, the app is designed to upload your readings to a central database. The readings are then aggregated by Radiation Watch and collectively displayed on a map. Again, this makes it easier for you to know where it’s safe and where it’s not. Sadly, the map is only visible to the over 10,000 members. This really should be public knowledge.

The entry-level Pocket Geiger costs $46. The Pokega Type2–which runs off the iPhone’s power rather than relying on its own dedicated battery–sells for $65.

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On display at the Toy Fair 2012 in New York, TheO is a foam ball that can house your iPod, iPhone, or Android device. It’s about the size of a standard soccer ball and they say that once your device is inside, it’s virtually indestructible. You then load up a compatible app, sync up your phone with a secondary display (like a Smart TV) and have at ‘er. Just bear in mind that the slot won’t fit larger Android phones, so don’t even think about stuffing the Galaxy Nexus or Galaxy Note in there.

One prime example is the bowling app where you quite literally roll the ball, with phone and all, down your hallway or toward your HDTV. They also have a digital hot potato game and a “socially interactive game” that comes bundled with TheO. Personally, I think this is a terrible idea. We already have the Wii and Kinect for this kind of thing, and neither of those require me to put my $600 smartphone potentially in harm’s way.

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Well, a slightly updated version of the iControlPad has now been revealed and while the core idea remains the same — real gaming controls on a touchscreen smartphone — there is one notable difference: the clamp. You don’t need to buy special “sides” to hold your smartphone in place, because there’s an adjustable metal clamp that should be fairly universal. I can’t say whether it stretches out far enough for something like a Dell Streak, but I imagine something as big as the EVO 4G should be just fine.

As a quick refresher, the iControlPad features a d-pad, two analog nubs, four face action buttons, start and select, and a pair of trigger buttons toward the back. It works with Android straight up, as well as jailbroken iDevices. It’ll also work with non-jailbroken iPhones if you do the iCade emulation thing. Check it out for $62.49, including the metal clamp.

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Among the different accessories for the iPhone 4, some are truly interesting, useful and can cost much more than a few bucks. Astroclip fits the above descriptions nicely. Astroclip is a Kickstarter project, created by designer matthew Geyster from Base One Labs in Boston, and it is the very first iPhone accessory that actually allows users to take photos of the moon and galaxy.

Since an iPhone on its own isn’t compatible with a telescope, Astroclip was designed to solve the problem. This innovative add-on lets you hook up your iPhone 4 to a telescope and take photos of the cosmos using your smartphone’s camera. Any telescope with a 1.25 inch eyepiece will be suitable, so Astroclip works with most of the available telescopes. The accessory clips onto the iPhone 4 and comes with a mount that can be secured to the lens of the telescope.

After attaching the telescope to your iPhone, users can run Hipstamatic or some other camera app, and start shooting real images of the galaxy. It sure sounds like an interesting idea and would probably appeal to professionals and amateurs alike, but Astroclip is currently just a project and isn’t ready for the market. The designer is hoping to raise $15,000 to put it into production, but don’t worry, if it gets to production, it won’t be ridiculously expensive – only $25. Check out the accessory in action in the video.

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Haptic feedback has been around for a very long time, jiggling your handset ever so slightly when you tap on the virtual keyboard or hit a virtual button. For better or for worse, the iPhone lacks this feature. Well, that’s effectively changing today with the announcement of the Pulse.

Mophie and ViviTouch have partnered up to produce this iAccessory and it’s mostly catering to the folks who use their iPhones to play games. It’s like an iPhone case, except the goal is to give you haptic feedback, letting you “feel the difference between hundreds of sensations, not just the one-buzz-fits-all vibration before.”

This is nothing like having physical gaming controls, but if you’re looking for a little vibe to go with your Angry Birds, I guess this is it. The Mophie branded device, which doesn’t appear to have any battery-boosting functionality like its other Mophie cousins, also rocks a couple of stereo speakers. No word on price, but the Pulse is “coming soon” to an iRetailer near you.

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As great as touchscreens may be, they rarely offer the same kind of visceral experience as you get with real buttons and real moving parts. That’s kind of the idea behind Pinball Magic, a mini pinball cabinet for your iDevice that goes along with the free app.

The net result is a portable pinball machine, complete with real buttons on the sides for the flippers and a real plunger in the front for launching the ball. You don’t get a real ball going around hitting real bumpers, but this is pretty close.

In fact, the free app for Pinball Magic even takes advantage of the tilt sensor in your iPod touch or iPhone, giving you that “warning” when you try to tilt the machine. It’s just like the real arcade, except smaller and digitized.

After seeing people convert iPad’s into Street Fighter cabinets, converting an iPhone to a pinball machine isn’t quite as impressive and I’m pretty sure it’s been done. Even so, the retro enthusiast in your life will surely appreciate this $20 gift.

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