Appletell reviews the case-Mate DIY their own targets for the iPhone and iPod touch

Contains: Protection for your iPhone or iPod touch
Developers:Case-Mate
Minimum requirements: iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS or iPod touch 2 G
Price: $ 34.99 (iPhone 3GS and iPod touch 2 G), $ 39.99 (iPhone 4)
Availability: Now
For the most part, the iPhone and iPod touch cases some really nice design, colors, textures and drawings are used to separate cases, the smarter companies put in some high level artists and designers to provide case certain style. What they do not usually use, however, there are photos of your children. Or a vacation photo. Or the sparkling spiderweb photo who won a Blue Ribbon at the county fair. Case-Mate can help you with their own objectives, and DIY to do it in a unique way.
Custom case is nothing new, but few give you the opportunity to upload your own image to put on a difficult case. Case-Mate. If you need an iPhone 4, they put your photo on their Tough cases.3GS and iPod touch 2 G both go on their barely the model.In both cases, you get a fairly hard and well fitted (but no frills) cases are much more personal than, say, a sport logo or Ed Hardy illustration.
The process is so easy that I actually can complicate it by trying to describe it, you start by going to custom. case-mate.com/diy/.You have the opportunity to upload your own image or selecting artwork from their gallery. For this review is focused on the image upload; when you choose this option opens a window to upload your picture.If it is too small, you'll get a warning with the recommended minimum size, and you can choose to continue or choose a new image.
You are prompted for your device type:

Everything you need to get a good fit is on the next screen.You can drag the image around an empty shell get accurate positioning, then make it a good fit.Camera cut-out on the skin, so you can ensure that you do not cut someone's face or what you can rotate the image on the photo Source is not straight.

Then send it is everything, zero-day I mean, other than whole agrees to the terms and conditions and pay for the stuff.Then, depending on your shipping choice, you get something like this for about a week:

Note the alignment is off between what I gave them and what they gave me; the photo was released a little too high on the case.That, however, is not some murderers, and I don't see a way around that other than to send a photo evidence, which would only slow down the process and likely increase the cost.I recommend to compensate, you select a photo or design that does not operate elements of interest to near edges or camera hole.
Print color is surprisingly good.a little too saturated in red, but that could be the photo we used, which was taken with an iPhone instead of our higher quality colour Fade a little Nikon on the edges they wrap more tightly around the phone, but you cannot see this when showing the photo itself.
I can not comment on the Tough case, which we tested only hardly the case on the iPhone 3GS; that it is a decent enough hard so that is pretty thin and fits the iPhone very well. at the top and back is fully open, with a wide opening on the side of the volume buttons and silence; the camera hole is also more than enough wide, but a little outside the city centre, too. Rest will provide good protection against scratches and scuffs.
If you only buy one hardly the case, you would get it for $ 20, So you will pay an additional $ 15 for the custom image; it is worthwhile; there are many things you can do with this option: custom artwork, company logo and images of the particular vacations are a great opportunity to create a unique and personal gift to involve little more than a gift certificate Recipient also some benefit; solid edge and corner protection for their iDevice, along with its back, which is something you don't get from the custom skins.
And next year, you can only enter your iPhone cases in the county fair hobby children. I recommend not to leave your iPhone, however.