Bizarre iPod Accessories

I ran across this article on howstuffworks.com about strange iPod accessories, and I thought I'd share the ones that intrigued me the most. Really, there were three of them that either caught my fancy or that I definitely agreed was going a bit too far when it comes to accessorizing the iPod.

Now don't get me wrong. I love my iPod. I think the MP3 player is the best device ever created. I am one of the biggest music lovers in the world as I've often boasted that my iPod contains over 6000 songs and I listen to them all. Most of the ones I don't enjoy I've deleted already, and I continually add more to the list. I am the type of person for which this wonderful device that I described to The Socialite once as "a mini computer that plays music and movies" was created.

My music love goes way, way back. I had a couple hundred CDs before I ever left the Army 13 years ago, and I have no idea how many I have now. I haven't counted them, but I know there's no storage unit large enough to hold them all, so I stacked several when they were in the house. I carried a CD player and a host of CDs when I worked at the fireplace job, and I cycled through them daily. My car even has both a CD player and a cassette player in it. Why a cassette player? Because it doesn't have a aux jack (duh).

Anyway, the first one I find amusing is best referred to as the iBed, although its actual name is "The Pause". It's revered as the world's largest iPod dock. Check it out:

Check out the iPod there on the right. Now, the Queen would never allow such a thing, but I'm a freak when it comes to listening to stuff in bed as well. I've done it for years and years. I had a tape player that I used to play tapes on when I was younger to go to sleep. I listened to CDs with headphones in the military. And even now, I keep my iPod on the headboard when I go to bed with the stock iPod earbuds plugged in "just in case" I want to listen to something. I don't always, but sometimes I just want to listen to something. I just set the sleep timer to shut off in about 30 minutes.

The next one is just cool. I'd never get one, but the thought of having your iPod bulletproof is just too much:

Check that out. It's supposed to be able to stop a .22 caliber bullet. Of course, that's probably just on the backside, since the front clearly has openings for the screen and click wheel, and that can't be bulletproof. This little shell also adds a couple pounds to the weight of the device, so while I'd never get one, the idea of my precious MP3 data being ultra protected gives a warm feeling to my heart.

Finally, the weirdest of the weird. Yeah, I've seen this one before, and the Queen and I both agreed that we'd never purchase something like this. I mean, in all seriousness, who spends enough time in the bathroom to warrant this aberration of nature?

Now those speakers are supposed to be moisture free and the front two are mounted there on the toilet paper holder. It even charges your iPod while you do your business. The only thing I would personally ask (and yeah, this is more of a personal thing), but I would recommend you wash your hands BEFORE retrieving your iPod from the holder. The speakers might be moisture free, but I'm not sure the iPod itself is.

Then again, how many people can boast that they have to plug in their toilet paper holder?

Here's the original article that describes each of these fabulous items, if you want to see the other seven bizarre items in the list.

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/bizarre-ipod-accessory.htm