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The 14 Silliest Smartphone Accessories: How to Humiliate a BlackBerry, Embarrass an iPhone

By Al Sacco

You'll find no shortage of lists of the best BlackBerry, iPhone and other smartphone accessories. Here's a list of the rest. We've rounded up the most ridiculous accessories, and they sure are fun to gawk at.

With the growing popularity of Apple's iPhone, Research In Motion (RIM)'s BlackBerry and other smartphones, it's no surprise that third-party vendors are jumping on the accessory train like geeks on Star Wars marathons.

The potential promise of the vast smartphone-user-market incents many an accessory maker to develop valuable, chic products. But what happens when those vendors miss the mark? The following fourteen smartphone- and smartphone-inspired accessories are real-life examples of how good intentions can go horribly—and hilariously—wrong.

Strange as they may be, some of our selections actually serve specific purposes. Still, one question remains: Where do they come up with these bizarre ideas?

For the Dog That Has It All: Petberry

"This trendy new 'Petberry' will make your dog look as important to his friends as he is to you," reads the text that accompanies the five-inch, rubber dog toy on Dogstuff.com. And what self-respecting BlackBerry-user and dog-owner could live without one? With the competition between RIM and Apple heating up in the both the consumer and enterprise smartphone markets, don't be surprised if you see Jobs and Co. release their own Petberry rival aimed at the canine masses: the iPooch, perhaps.