Remember the silly pet robot called Tamagotchi that you could feed, play with, clean its waste- the fad died a natural death- but well, here’s something reminiscent of those crazy Tamagotchi frenzy days- a little gadget that goes by the name MoPod (mobile pod) has taken the world by storm. OK, not quite yet. Even though we stay away from those cutsey mobile phone charms and other such paraphernalia, MoPod’s immense popularity in the US, UK and Japan since it was launched in 2006, has definitely caught our eye. 

 

MoPod comprises a glass capsule with a battery-powered light and a character sealed inside. It interacts with mobile phones, causing the character inside to light up and dance on receiving a call or SMS. The cherry on the ’silly’ cake is that the little creatures inside the case come in a range of variations. Definitely not the gadget to carry if you want to show your macho side.