Filed under: Accessories, Found Footage, iPhone, iPod touch
Found Footage: Swing yer iPhone 'round and 'round with Danglet
For those of you who have been anxiously awaiting a way to hang your iPhone or iPod touch from your neck or wrist, your wishes have been answered! There's a new accessory called the Danglet that plugs into the dock connector port on the bottom of your favorite device, then clips onto a wrist or neck strap. The neck strap in particular would be an excellent accessory for anyone who needs to have both hands free, yet have immediate access to their iPhone (geocaching, anyone?).
Towards the end of the video above, you can see the obviously unpaid actors swinging their iPhones around by the straps. Personally, I kept expecting to see one of the phones flying off into the trees or pavement. Much to my relief, the Danglet mechanism appears to be well-designed and kept the devices from becoming projectiles.
The Danglet retails for $14.99 and includes both a hand strap and neck strap. Do not use your Danglet to turn your iPhone into martial arts weaponry. Thank you.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9600baud said 12:05PM on 2-23-2009
whatcouldpossiblygowrong
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(01) said 6:30PM on 2-23-2009
yeah, can't wait until one of these gets caught in a car/metro/bus/plane door with the iPhone on one side and the owner on the other...Not to mention it will rip out the dock connector and half of your phone's innards in the process.
Jayson said 12:13PM on 2-23-2009
Umm... not a good idea. For one, I do not trust the dock connector to stay securely on the strap and I do not want my iPhone on display for everyone to see (theifs).
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FearlessFreep said 12:34PM on 2-23-2009
Anyone who buys one of these deserves the separated dock connector board or cracked screen when the phone goes flying. Natural iPhone selection, a.k.a 'Too stupid to own an iPhone.'
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Boyo said 12:36PM on 2-23-2009
Fail
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Hunter said 12:46PM on 2-23-2009
This story is missing its link to Fail blog. This is the worst idea, what kinda 'tard would actually want to risk destroying their iphone by trusting the flimsy dock connector clips.
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michas_pi said 1:20PM on 2-23-2009
This is such a stupid idea.
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samuel said 2:30PM on 2-23-2009
I think not
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Finnschi said 2:40PM on 2-23-2009
Ok another BIG FAIL!!!
Can't you just buy a iPhone cover with strap support(like all those Digital Cameras) and DONE? wtf do you need this, and they WILL get sued by Stupid Americans who break theire iPhone by Hitting something hahah
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Mike Collins said 3:27PM on 2-23-2009
We honestly appreciate your comments. I assure you, however, that we've done quite a bit of testing (obviously) on the Danglet before putting it into public hands. If you have any sort of valid engineering background and have actually seen the internal construction of an iPod, we would be happy to discuss the reasons why the Danglet will securely maintain a safe hold with loads FAR (like REAL far) in excess of what would be expected under any rational sort of usage. And while we certainly don't encourage users to twirl their iPods or iPhones wildly about by their Danglets, there is little risk in doing so.
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NuttyBars said 3:48PM on 2-23-2009
Mike,
If the perception is there (I feel kind of the same way), you obviously need to spend some time overcoming this fear.
Personally, I like the idea of covering the dock so that nothing gets inside. However, I'd be more interested in a wrist strap type thing. I have had my phone knocked out of my hands a few times.
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Corey said 4:41PM on 2-23-2009
It worked well with the 1st gen shuffle, because no one knew or cared about that device. But for the iphone or ipod touch its just a bad bad bad idea.
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Ryan S. said 5:41PM on 2-23-2009
If you don't use it like a toy, it would probably hold up. My iPod cord has those metal things, and it's held it up like that a few times. I'd probably test it in a padded room first, but I'd be willing to give it a try...
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Linda said 6:18PM on 2-23-2009
If you have an old version dock connector (one with the little wings) you can make this yourself. Just cut off the excess wire, leave an inch or so on, u-turn the wire into a loop and fasten with a wire clip of some sort. Or drill out a hole in the connector plastic and connect your won lanyard/hand strap.
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Marc said 11:02PM on 2-23-2009
What a great idea! Thieves are going to absolutely love this! This makes swiping iPods and iPhones even easier than taking candy from a baby!
Time to start a pawn shop.
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turim said 5:23AM on 2-24-2009
a strap-on for my iPhone? not this time...
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Diddle said 2:45AM on 3-02-2009
Only one thing to be said:
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/failwhale.png
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sporobolus said 11:39AM on 3-24-2009
kneejerk critics, wearing the fail meme thin; what a surprise; thank heavens they don't run the marketplace ... oh, they do?
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Labeeb said 4:26PM on 3-24-2009
is there any type of Apple Care that comes with this? Cause you will need it
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