I’m not sure how many paintball players own an IPhone (let alone take one on the field with them), but the folks at CellHelmet must think there’s an awful lot of you!

CellHelmet is a protective case for your IPhone – packaged WITH a 1 year physical damage insurance protection plan.

The company is being launched with a Kickstarter campaign and, having already exceeded their goal number -  (Kickstarter lets entrepreneurs describe their project and solicit contributions towards making it happen)  – which is pretty darned awesome to begin with, and you can check out their program, their product and the bennies they’re giving to contributors on their Kickstarter page here.

You can also pre-order a CellHelmet  HERE (which is the only way you can get one right now:  it is expected that physical product will be in hand by March 10th).

Watch the video here

CellHelmet basically provides rigid protection for you IPhone without compromising usability and, to dismiss any fears you may have about taking your phone into the wild-n-wolly world of paintball, it comes with a 1-year repair or replace guarantee.

I’m not sure how many apps there are that you can actually run while playing (thought listening to that kick-ass fave song while you play would be awesome), but I imagine that with a protective device like the CellHelmet, more players will be willing to take their phones onto the field and, once that happens, you know the developers will be falling all over themselves to make cool apps.  (Mapping app?  Coomo app?  Kill-count app?)

68Caliber will be reviewing a CellHelmet here shortly, so keep it in mind.