Someone over at CES had to have had a twisted sense of humor to allow The Phubby — a “wrist cubby” for your phone — to grace the showcase this year.

The product almost seems like a joke, especially since the website describes it as merging “new age fabrics and the design features of a marsupial.” (No word, however, on what these “new age fabrics” are — they appear to be spandex and mesh. If that equates new age, we’ve apparently zapped ourselves back to a particularly tragic point in the mid-’90s.)

Still, the Phubby seems to be legit. There’s even a video describing how it works. Warning: Extreme attempts to sexify this product have been taken — this video contains sexy girls in bikinis, rocker chicks, high-powered Wall Street dudes, and the sweet, sweet crooning of Tommy Tutone.

Great. Just what the world needs: Another (lamer) method by which we can be literally tethered to our cell phones 24/7. Now I have no excuse for not calling my mother back.

[via recombu.com]

Tags: CES 2010, gadgets, humor, tech, viral video

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