Skinit consumer electronics skins.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: Colorado Cool Stuff

With the rise of cell phones and other portable gadgets, brothers Mike, Chris and Tom Stemple saw an entrepreneurial opportunity. "We had always been into the personalization of consumer electronics," said Mike, whose prior endeavor, nReach, was a provider of ring tones. The three launched Skinlt in 2004 and started making decorative covers--a.k.a. skins--of all kinds for cell phones, PDAs, laptops and other devices. The skins sport images of everything from butterflies to athletes to abstract designs. Or, customers can...