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Strange iPod Accessories

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-no-bio-ipod-interface dept.

abb_road writes "The desire to customize the iPod, when combined with the desire to make a quick buck, can lead to some very strange iPod accessories. While sales of iPods are lower than predicted, the accessory market is still going strong. 'In fact, iPod add-ons have gone, shall we say, fringe. There's a growing list of weird and wacky accessories that range from a leather thong case (it's not what you think) to a dock that doubles as a toilet-tissue holder.'"

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  1. iPod Gloves by philipgar · · Score: 2, Interesting

    While most of the products on that page are ridiculous or overkill, those ipod gloves look tempting. For anyone who lives in really cold enviornments, and uses their ipod they'll know the feeling. When it's below zero outside the thought of taking off gloves to control an iPod is not fun at all. Even the 10 seconds it takes to adjust an iPod is extremely uncomfortable. I actually bought a pair of hunting mittens for the purpose of iPod control (so I could just leave my finger tips exposed when I want to control my iPod. However even this option wasn't very good, as I find mittens to be too bulky to work with, and besides I could barely get them under the handle of my coffee mug with my hands in them. I'm seriously considering these gloves for next winter. Of course that does make me wonder what the effects of subzero temperatures are on an iPod itself. I know from experience that you can't wrap up the headphones outside for fear of snapping them in that weather.

    Phil

  2. Most fun accessory by sivartis · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A couple of the accessories on that list were kinda cool, actually. The wallet for the Nano, the lock, the sticky paper. But they forgot what may be the most amazing accessory: the iBuzz, a vibrator (with attachable rubber spike ring) that pulses to the beat of whatever is playing on the iPod. I kid you not. http://www.ibuzzusa.com/. I've yet to buy my own, but then again, I don't know what good it will do me without owning an actual iPod.

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  3. Another strange iPod accessory by pikester · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I was looking at the weekly ad for Target on Sunday and came across an iPod compatible microwave. I can see the usefulness behind some of the others on the list, but this one left me scratching my head (maybe it is the crappy looking implementation).

  4. Re:8.11 devies? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I find it strangely interesting that you would poke fun at someone for omitting something from their post (the word "million"), only to misspell the word "device" in your subject heading.

    I mean, if you're gonna call someone out, then...?

    That's kinda high on the "de de de" scale.