iPod nano watch kits nab almost $1 million on Kickstarter
Does anyone out there want to go into business with me with a design for an iPod nano watch kit?
MINIMAL is a design house that decided to fund the development of a line of iPod nano 6G watch kits through Kickstarter. If you're not familiar with that site, it's where you can send your pet project up the proverbial flagpole and see if anyone salutes it with a pledge of funding.
Apparently MINIMAL founder and designer Scott Wilson has captured some attention with his TikTok and LunaTik iPod nano watch kits, since he raised US$941,558 in funding on Kickstarter. Considering he needed a mere $15,000 to go into production, this would be a case of overkill. Wilson's stated goal is to hopefully get these kits into Apple Stores, and with the publicity he's garnered through this highly-successful funding round, he may just get his wish.
For the time being, you can now pre-order the kits (iPod nano not included). The TikTok will sell for $34.95, while the snazzier LunaTik will pull down a cool $69.95. If you were one of the backers of the project, you'll be getting a significant discount. Want to see what all the fuss is about? Check out the video after the break.
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This is pretty cool but I just got this one. The HEX nano watch. Google it. It's even better in person. I'm not joking when I say that it's an absolute conversation starter when you're out. I met a girl bc of it the other night. No sh*t.
December 18 2010 at 11:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI am gonna hop on this bandwagon when the metal/silver bands come into production. That would look amazing. Leather/plastic watch straps are not my thing...
December 18 2010 at 7:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyreally great product. I'm thinking, though, that Scott should've splashed out a couple of hundred bucks for voice-over talent. He sounds incredibly bored by the whole thing.
I'm also wondering how long it'll take someone to jailbreak this and skin it. A Hello Kitty watch face can't be too far behind, esp. as the nano is offered in multi-colors.
It's not running Unix so the term jailbreak doesn't apply. It's essentially on an embedded OS. Seeing how iPod hacking prior to the iOS devices stagnated I don't think it's likely it'll be able to run custom firmware.
December 17 2010 at 1:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI still don't quite get the excitement around this concept. Who the heck wants to essentially have their ears attached to their wrist? I mean that is, after all, what the iPod Nano primarily is, a music device...??
December 17 2010 at 12:43 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAlmost one million dollars worth of donaters get this concept. What was the last great idea you had worth?
[Insert coyote sound here]
The watch is removable from your arm...
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