Oct 16 2008Magnet Case Keeps Your iPod Stuck To You, And Also, This Is How You Sell Products
The iStik is a $27 iPod case that has neodymium magnets on its two parts so you can stick it to your bikini or running shorts (one magnetic piece goes on the inside, case goes on the outside). Pretty clever. And also, based purely on the above imagery, I just bought a dozen --and I don't even own an iPod! Now that's how you sell products. Advertisers take note: when in doubt, T&A. A letter, a symbol, and another letter to live by.
Hit the jump for another product shot.
Thanks to Zach, who fastens his iPod to himself the old fashioned way, with freaking nails.
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Reader Comments
1. LSDiesel - October 16, 2008 5:01 PM
Sex still sells. Seriously.
2. navi - October 16, 2008 5:03 PM
BOOSH!
3. navi - October 16, 2008 5:05 PM
LSDiesel....slow day at work eh?
4. Tienou - October 16, 2008 5:09 PM
errr, that might be a stupid question, but aren't magnets BAD for iPods and all electronic gadgetry in general ?
5. Madgame - October 16, 2008 5:09 PM
Thos shadows look awfully suspicious
6. Madgame - October 16, 2008 5:09 PM
*those*
7. LSDiesel - October 16, 2008 5:16 PM
Navi, its always a slow day at work.
@4, I'm pretty sure that four magnets of those size aren't even close to being strong enough to wipe an ipod memory.
8. Gizmoduck - October 16, 2008 5:21 PM
if only she pooped out lasers
9. stucco - October 16, 2008 5:27 PM
The flash based models would be fine, but the hard drive based would not be good with that.
But I like the way they display it.
10. LeftRIGHTLeft - October 16, 2008 5:28 PM
impractical to jog and try to look at the screen, it would pop right off.... hot chicks non the less... very nice, how much?!
11. Mr.Mitchell - October 16, 2008 5:29 PM
@8- I was just thinking the same thing
12. Mr.Mitchell - October 16, 2008 5:33 PM
I was thinking rainbows but lasers are PEWRIFIC!
13. Daisy - October 16, 2008 5:36 PM
I have to agree with #5 here.
The shadows are all wrong, and this looks like a fake.
Probably a photoshop job, the chick looks like Baja from Never Back Down.
14. Hunter - October 16, 2008 5:43 PM
That product is BEGGING for a nice healthy dose of surprise butt secks.
15. Amaranth - October 16, 2008 5:43 PM
the girl comes with the case
16. Douchie Mc Bagman - October 16, 2008 5:49 PM
LSD, are they hiring there? I need a slow office to PEWPEWPEW from.
17. LSDiesel - October 16, 2008 5:51 PM
@16, No, we're actually on a hiring freeze because the economy is sucking balls at the moment. We even cut off two business hours, so we open an hour later and close an hour earlier.
And nothing gets done because I sit here and talk to you guys all day. Ahhh, love it.
18. Mr.Mitchell - October 16, 2008 5:56 PM
lol I just realized, that I haven't done a damn thing (work related) all day, and its 3:00. I <3 Geekologie
19. Gizmoduck - October 16, 2008 6:05 PM
1 more hour till I poop out lasers.
I love my job
20. Mr.Mitchell - October 16, 2008 6:08 PM
Now that I would pay to see
21. Kyle - October 16, 2008 6:10 PM
Sweet. I usually just stick mine in my pocket. But I guess this is good too. If I didn't have a pocket and wanted some weird thing in my pants that *hopefully* wouldn't just slide out when I took the iPod off, then just maybe.
22. Gizmoduck - October 16, 2008 6:15 PM
green lasers.
23. Mr.Mitchell - October 16, 2008 6:18 PM
I would pay even more for green lasers!
24. Ryan - October 16, 2008 6:21 PM
hmmm... high powered magnets and harddrives..
something doesnt add up here
25. nastypirate - October 16, 2008 10:05 PM
giggity
26. jonar - October 16, 2008 10:06 PM
I'd hit it.
27. Ginormagantuan - October 17, 2008 2:22 AM
yeah, this chick is in my "i would pee in her butt" category............ damn, all you other mofoes sit around a desk behind a damn computer all day???? they should call this shit SLACKOLOGY! I know my ass just vegetates all day behind the Computer getting absolutelly NOTHING DONE AT ALL! zero! nada! jack f***ing shit! and it's the best f***ing job ever!........... onto another subject which do you guys like better? to get bayed by the hour or salary? I don't know about you f***ers but I love my salary! I can bail out whenever the hell i want to and not worry about punching no f***ing clock, and i can get to work extremelly f***ing late, no one seems to give a f*** and it's not like they can fire me anyways....... just wondering
28. no homo - October 17, 2008 2:37 AM
I'd buy a few if they used male models with the cases on their crotches... sexist bastards.
29. Joss - October 18, 2008 1:45 PM
http://www.filthyrichmond.com is the stank
30. tech nerd - October 18, 2008 1:52 PM
It does not take an exceptionally strong magnet to cause damage to the hard drive in an iPod. even if it did, these are neodymium magnets. they are very strong magnets (you don't judge the strength of a magnet by its size...). this is a stupid idea. it'd definitely cause damage loss...
31. lostindream - October 18, 2008 2:49 PM
it's the best f***ing job ever!...........
32. alittle guitar - October 18, 2008 2:52 PM
i dont see this working very well.
33. gbraad - October 18, 2008 4:15 PM
"Now you see it"... WOOOOSH "and now you don't!"... then your iPod became an "I NapPOD it"
34. Free Xbox 360 System - October 18, 2008 10:05 PM
Great article. Thanks for the information.
35. mua ban - October 19, 2008 3:37 AM
That's really nice, thanks
36. Duncanyoyo1 - October 19, 2008 10:00 PM
To all the people saying this will cause damage loss,
Yes, neodymium magnets can cause damage to hard drives, but the new iPod Nanos do not have hard drives, they use flash based storage, same with the iPhone and iPod Touch, so this is a perfectly safe product, although to say how good it actually works I cannot say.
Now if they made this for the older iPods, or the Classics, it would almost definitely cause damage, those models do use hard drives, but I do believe they are somewhat protected.
37. andre101 - November 18, 2008 2:50 PM
wouldnt the magnets delete the music on the ipods thats y u cant put magnets on a harddrive on a computer?
38. HEAVENELLE NYA - July 3, 2009 6:05 PM
I WANT 2 BUY A GUD IPOD, HOW CAN I GET IT ON LINE?