One of these options is the new Armor Series case from Otterbox, designed for the iPhone 4/4S. This case has a thermoplastic shell, is precision fit to 300th of an inch for the 4 and 4S, and has a medical-grade stainless steel latch. The translation is, you won’t find hardly any other device stronger or safer for your iPhone, unless you want to go the extreme route a get a huge steel $650 case for it. Considering the case is too huge and heavy to be of any use though, I’d say the Armor Series is probably a better bet.

The bad news is that we don’t know how much this sturdy case costs just yet, though I would expect to pay a fairly hefty sum, considering just how solid the case seems to be. To learn more about the case you can always visit Otterbox’s website, which will likely soon have pricing information as well, since a timer exists on the page counting down about 25 days (as of this writing) until it is officially out. We’ve also included Otterbox’s promotional video below for those interested.

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It seems that 2012 is the year of ‘waterproofing’. I find this ironic, since in the movie “2012”, the world is destroyed by a variety of disasters, ending in massive flooding.

Maybe companies are thinking, “Hmm… just in case?”  All jokes aside, we’ve seen some interesting pushes towards waterproofing technology such as P2i’s Aridion technology, and the new waterproof Pantech Element.

Now it seems that both Apple and Samsung might be making a move down this road as well, as both are actively looking into a hi-tech spray that make smartphones waterproof, and such technology could even arrive with the iPhone 5.

Keep in mind that this technology isn’t about deep scuba diving or water-sports, but it is still an innovative way to ensure that you don’t have your phone destroyed by accidental water damage.

I can personally attest to how you useful this could be, since about a year ago my then 1 ½ year old daughter actually did manage to get ahold of my phone and took it to meet the bathroom sink. While I was wise enough to have a replacement plan, having waterproofing like this would have made things a whole lot easier.

In recent demonstrations, a working iPhone and Samsung Galaxy, using this type of coating, were dunked into a bowl of water and were still working even below the surface.

The hi-tech coating will be available ‘pre-sprayed’ on iPods and other Apple devices in the near future it seems. Even if Apple and Samsung don’t officially offer devices that are pre-sprayed, part of the company, Zagg, is to incorporate the HZO coating into custom iPhones next year, and offer pre-treated phones for sale.

So will 2012 be the year of waterproof smartphones and tablets? It certainly looks that way.

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You may have been caught off-guard by the rain at some point in your life. Maybe even pissed when you suddenly realized that your beloved iPhone 4 was in one of your wet pockets, and you may have felt like collapsing right there on the spot and then screaming a primal cry that sends birds scattering out of trees and animals stampeding through the forest. Or maybe that was just me.

If you’ve been through this too, you might benefit from slipping your slick smartphone inside a RainBallet cell phone case, a new product designed to keep your phone safe and dry no matter how heavy the rain is. RainBallet waterproof case is considered to be highly shock resistant and waterproof. The shock resistant feature is important because the phone would be very slippery after it has been soaked with water, thus, there is a great probability that you might drop it.

The makers of this cell phone case claim that RainBallet can withstand a 1.2 meter fall without getting any scratch and it can also be submerged in water with a depth of one meter for thirty minutes before the water can seep into the case. Of course, this does not mean that you should go swimming with your cell phone because you might regret it in the end.

Another great feature about the RainBallet waterproof case it that it still allows you to use your music player and camera the same way before, and you can now use your camera to capture some underwater images (without going deeper than a meter, of course)! Wish I had this before I went for that jog under a seemingly clear sky, only to be pummeled by rain 15 minutes later. Sigh.

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