Found Footage: Swing yer iPhone 'round and 'round with Danglet

is there any type of Apple Care that comes with this? Cause you will need it

kneejerk critics, wearing the fail meme thin; what a surprise; thank heavens they don't run the marketplace ... oh, they do?

Only one thing to be said:

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a strap-on for my iPhone? not this time...

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.