I posted something before about wacky Taiwanese, Japanese and Asian suppliers creating cases for the forthcoming iPhone this early. That was weird but kind of expected, but now it seems some of the bigger players are starting to get into the act, a month and a half before the alleged impending release of the much-awaited mobile phone from Apple.

First up is EBcases, a moderately successful creator of accessories, with their eNovo iPhone r/clip shown here. It comes in black, pink, red, blue, orange, and brown. It’s got a “magnetic closure” feature, a “next generation” removable lid (with a “low profile connector”), removable belt clip system and – get this – a slot for carrying a Mini SD card.

Hmm. Do they know something we don’t?

Probably not. In the “About Us” section of the EBcases website, they also go:

“Over the years we have had the pleasure to ship products to many celebrities all over the world, including:

• Former US-Vice President Al Gore
• CIA (but we cannot talk about it)“

Hrm.