Filed under: Macworld, Accessories, iPod Family
My favorite Macworld booth swag so far
Although the
quantity and quality of freebies that vendors hand out when you walk past their booth in recent years has diminished,
every now and then someone tosses you something that stands out in the crowd. If you're lucky, that item is even
useful. Such is the case this year with ElekTex. The company makes electronic
fabric interfaces (think iPod-enabled jackets and roll-out fabric keyboards), which is pretty cool in itself. But what
I like most about them was the clever little iPod stands they were giving out to everyone. It's not just an iPod stand,
though. It will also handle up your phone, PDA, Blackberry, and whatever other gadget you might need to prop up on your
desk. It's incredibly handy, actually! I threw up some
additional pics on Flickr so you could see how it works.This little piece of plastic is a product I would actually pay for - and here they are giving hundreds or thousands of them away for free. I'm not sure who is crazier... me for taking such a shine to a piece of plastic, or them for giving away what they could be making a few bucks from!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mish said 7:59PM on 1-10-2006
Genius, I've been looking for something like this for using my Treo on the train. I would definitely pay for one, can't find anything on the company website. Where can I get one apart from Macworld?
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Martin said 9:18PM on 1-10-2006
They are not in the retail business, they have no infrastructure for this, so no direct sale. And setting something up or finding/negotiating a sale of the idea of such a low level cheap thing probably has a lower yield overall than just having a great giveaway to hand out that shows off the idea capabilities of the company.
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Jeff said 9:19PM on 1-10-2006
I just sent them a nice note and asked if they would send me a few for my office.
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Jeff said 9:22PM on 1-10-2006
I just sent them a nice note ans asked if they would send some to me.
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Graham said 6:24PM on 1-11-2006
If anyone is looking for their booth, they're listed as Eleksen in the exhibitor listings - booth 239 (far left side of the hall, in the middle, near the John Lennon bus).
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