Filed under: Accessories, iPod Family
The iPod mount for your 'magnetic' personality
See what I did there? Eh? Eh? Magnetic! As in this product from iStik (warning: annoying loud background music) which uses neodymium magnets that let you attach it to workout shirts, jacket pockets, or your backpack.
Of course, neodymium magnets are very strong, and can damage hard disks. It works fine with the iPod nano's flash memory, however. You also might want to avoid wearing the iStik on your shirt front if you have a pacemaker or other cardiac device.
iStik is $25 for the second-generation iPod nano, and $27 for the third-generation "fat" nano. Terrible magnet jokes sold separately.
[Via productdose and Gearfuse.]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
JohnJohn said 1:50PM on 8-26-2008
I would think that inside piece of plastic would get annoying, maybe sweaty. Together it might be kind of heavy on the front or back of a shirt.
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mark said 2:48PM on 8-26-2008
@Robert - I don't think ND magnets are strong enough to corrupt the data on a drive. They're BUILT IN to hard drives to move the head.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neodymium_magnet
"Used for stabilization and angular head motors in computer hard drives"
Robert Palmer said 2:52PM on 8-26-2008
This I know, but I'd feel bad if I didn't repeat the manufacturer's own warnings about the magnets, and then something bad happened.
The pacemaker thing is still worth noting.
Galley said 2:20PM on 8-26-2008
Puny magnets have no effect on hard drives.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/116572/busting_the_biggest_pc_myths.html
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DJCarbon43 said 8:08PM on 8-26-2008
Thats incorrect. I worked as a support tech at an enterprise org. for a while, and this one woman's computer kept dying.... I tracked it down to the hard drive (of which there were a few in quick succession, and found that she had been mounting refrigerator magnets (not very strong) to the side of her case to hold notes..... yeah....
They may not "destroy" the drive, but magnets easily will corrupt the data. This is not opinion, its fact.
Josh said 4:10PM on 8-26-2008
Hey guys,
I wouldn't say they have no effect on flash drives. I worked at the genius bar for a long time after the iPhone came out. I've seen some pretty screwed up iPhones that just happened to be living in magnetic cases. Food for thought.
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Kevin said 12:26PM on 8-27-2008
Magnetic tipped screw drivers definitely screw up HD...forgot which screw driver I was using and seriously messed up a 60 gig HD I had in my old PC...luckily I was still within the 3 year warranty by 2 months and I was able to get most of my data off with a professional recovery program a friend let me borrow
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