School has started again, and so has using my iPod to blare music into my art room as we’re all chillin’ and making stuff. Last year, iPod theft was a huge issue and I can’t help but worry about it myself. Not to mention my sweet Bose stereo. I never worry about my laptop because I have a Kensington lock. Why is there no such device for the iPod? Seriously, I should be able to lock this sucker down so I don’t have to worry about it all the time. Some may say that I should just use crappy music players so I don’t care if they’re stolen… but that would be so 80′s of me and plus I love all of the selection of songs on my iPod (not to mention my SWEET Bose stereo).
Anyway… APPLE – WE NEED A SOLUTION! Please install a lock in your future iPods!!! iPod theft is a huge issue and us users need a way to feel safer about using our iPods.
Until then… any ideas on what I can do to keep my iPod safe?
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Somewhere on the intertron is the story (complete with pictures) of a guy who hollowed out an old walkman and turned it into an iPod holder. I think the various stop/play/ff/rw buttons actually controlled the iPod too.
It’s too bad you don’t know anyone at Apple who could help you with this.
You’re a farm girl. Epoxy the thing to a 75 pound tractor wheel weight. But then I don’t think you’re into heavy metal.
You should get or make one of those casings that they use to cover thermostats. They certainly keep tamperers away and annoyed. Or you could make some kind of cabinet/ entertainment system and build the speakers into it and opens by a key which only you hold and you can lock up tight when you’re out or distracted. Or train Henson to sick ‘em.
Problem is that I need to utilize the dock. Both of my stereos (home & work) and my car cable need access to the bottom of the iPod, and my stereos use docks. I need to be able to drop it in the dock to play. Many of the case ideas don’t work because I’d have to remove the case to put it in the dock and then it’s not locked anymore!
So what you need is a dock lock? What if you just buy another dock, one for each stereo and build a case that will close up around the dock? Maybe I’m not visualizing something correctly…