By Kate Knibbs | Thu Mar 01, 2012 3:25 pm
Intoxicase, an iPhone case and accompanying app, keeps track of beer-drinking habits, appealing to die-hard fans of both Apple and alcohol.
The iPhone case features a sleek stainless steel bottle opener and comes with a free download of the Intoxicase app, catering to the beer-and-Apple enthusiast's needs.
The Intoxicase app counts how many bottles the case opens, and lets users share their alcohol intake on Twitter and Facebook. There's a competition feature, pitting users against each other to see who drinks what, and the app provides graphs illustrating the frequency users drink, and which brands they favor.
The app also features a tool that helps users find where they parked their car, and while its Blood Alcohol Estimator guesses how inebriated users are, the app lacks a feature explicitly discouraging drunk driving.
That may put it at odds with lawmakers clamping down on DUI-dodging apps, as its car locator could facilitate driving after a few too many. The app, however, also locates local cab services, so the responsible user will opt for a taxi instead of using the car locator.
The Intoxicase encourages drinking with an iPhone in hand, featuring fun programs and that handy bottle opener. Users interested in the Intoxicase could also have need of the Textalyser app, which prevents drunken text messaging.
The Intoxicase app is available for download for anyone over the age of 17, an age inconsistent with the legal drinking age in the U.S. The cases, made by Spicebox, are $35 and are expected for sale online soon.
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Editorials & Opinion By Kate Knibbs
Tech leaders gathered at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, while Google's controversial privacy policy went into effect. 
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