PED3 Auto Car Mount for iPhone
Company: Thought Out
Price: $50.00
http://www.thoughtout.biz
When the chance came up to take a look at Thought Out’s latest iPhone 3G auto car mounting system, I couldn’t refuse the chance. There is just something about the ongoing hunt for the perfect item that you’re looking for that gets the blood going, no matter what that item may be.
NAJA for 3g iPod nano
Thought Out
Price: $29.99
http://thoughtout.biz/NAJA
The NAJA (pronounced NaHa) is a unique iPod nano holding system. Was it of any value? Read on to find out what I thought of the NAJA.
The NAJA is a soft flexible coil with a bracket at the top to hold your iPod nano. The idea is to use the NAJA to hold your nano rather than hold your nano in your hand – I guess. I’m not really sure?
When you purchase the NAJA you get a 36” flexible coil that can easily be bent into any configuration you can think of. At the end is a holder that you press your nano into.
I coiled the NAJA up like a snake (see the picture) and pressed my nano into the holder. First problem, you have to take your nano out of its case. After taking my nano out of the case and pressing it into the holder I tried to stand the NAJA up.
Second problem, it took several tries to get the unit to balance correctly so it would not topple over. Good thing the holder holds the nano securely.
After you get the whole assembly to stand up, you have to hold it to press the click wheel on your nano, otherwise it will fall over again.
That seems to be the crux of the problem with the NAJA – it falls over, a lot. I tried to think of other ways to use the NAJA, like wrapping the coil around my neck and bending the holder in front of my face so I could see the nano. I think I looked ridiculous. Then I tried to wrap the coil around the rear view mirror in my car, the arm of a chair, and other objects that the NAJA could wrap around. While the coil is extremely flexible, and you can bend it into just about any shape, holding the nano in your hand to look at it is just not so difficult that I would need something to hold it for me.
If I was watching a feature length movie on my nano perhaps I would use the NAJA as a holder, but I don’t watch the nano for extended periods of time like that.
Thought Out sells a version for the iPod Touch and iPhone, the NAJA King. Perhaps these devices are better served by the NAJA than the nano.
Read the MyMac review of the NAJA King
The NAJA can roll up pretty small for travel with its 1/4” diameter coil (it’s made of steel), and the holder can rotate 360° to help get your nano into the proper viewing position.
Perhaps I’m less imaginative then most, but I could not find a good use for the NAJA. Maybe you can.
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Ped3
Company: Thought Out…
Price: $39.95
http://thoughtout.biz/PED3
I had meant to do a video review of the Ped3 iPhone rotating stand, but with a new baby and loud older kids, plus the holidays and Macworld expo, it seems it was not meant to be. But this product is too cool that I have to at least get a written review posted for it!
First, full disclosure. I know the guy who runs Thought Out, the company behind the Ped3. I have chatted with him often, and I have always wanted him to succeed. That being said, when it comes to reviewing a product, I put all that aside. I cannot let anything to stand in the way of honesty in my review, or any review at MyMac.com for that matter.
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FlexPed iPod Stand
Company: Thought Out
Price: $39.99 – $63.99
http://thoughtout.biz
A few podcasts ago, I was talking about how I finally upgraded my car stereo to a JVC model with an audio input mini-jack on the front of the stereo. The reason for this was simple: I wanted to do away with the FM Transmitters I had been using to get my iPod music to play in the car. While many FM Transmitters work well, there is simply no comparison to an iPod connected directly to the stereo for much higher quality music.
The problem I had run into was where to put my forth generation iPod. I was using the docking station that came with the unit, sitting it on my center console, but it was not the ideal solution. First, I had to run two wires to it, and there was no place to mount the base station securely. So my iPod was one quick turn of the steering wheel away from sliding and falling to the floor. Not an ideal situation any way you look at it.
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iPed2 Adjustable iPod Stand
Company: Thought Out
Price: $39.99
http://thoughtout.biz/iPed2.htm
One of the first iPod accessories that came to market once the iPod was released was an iPod stand. When a buyer spends as much money for an iPod as they do, laying it flat on your desktop is not the ideal way to treat it. There have been many, many iPod stands released over the last few years, but I think my search for the perfect stand may be over.
The iPed2 is a solidly built metal stand that can be adjusted for any iPod model, including all four generations of full-size iPods, as well as the iPod minis. (The company also makes an iPed for the iPod shuffle) It will work even if your iPod is in a case or skin, a useful feature that some iPod stands cannot boast.
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iPed Shuffle
Company: Thought Out
http://www.thoughtout.biz/shuffle.htm
Being new to the iPod game, I decided to start off with the 1 gig Shuffle. Now when I went to charge it, I wound up plugging it into the back of my G4 which resulted in me losing an open USB port. Not the way to go for most users, for sure.
Into the picture comes Thought Out’s iPed Shuffle, providing iPod Shuffle users with an alternative to having to become a contortionist to plug their Shuffle into the back of their Mac. Constructed of 11 gauge formed Alloy Steel, the iPed Shuffle is simplicity in design. White, of course, to match the Shuffle, the iPed Shuffle presents a very nice image when sitting on your desk awaiting your Shuffle.
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