Hasta La Gadget!

Somehow, Griffin has managed to take a laundry-list of dork-tastic follies and combine them into a single product that actually looks quite good. It’s called the Slap, and it turns your iPod Nano into a watch.

The Slap is a version of those old slap bracelets that are still used to make reflective cuffs for cyclists. Inside is a strip of memory-metal that you can straighten out, but that instantly circles your arm and grips it when you slap it against your wrist.

This strip is encased in brightly-colored silicone, recalling the poor fashion choices we made in the 1980s.

Finally, it copies the already unoriginal idea of turning the clock-faced Nano into a wristwatch.

And I can’t help but love it. Until you try wearing the new Nano on your wrist, don’t laugh. It’s a surprisingly practical place to put it, even if snaking the headphone cable up your sleeve out through your collar is a little fiddly. I have carried the Nano this way, both on my existing watch-strap and (nerd-alert) on a Honl Speed Strap Velcroed around my arm.

Griffin’s Slap has a semi-enclosed capsule for the iPod, with a single hole for the headphones to enter. The volume and sleep/wake buttons are covered, but have raised nodules over them to help you click through. The touch-screen is of course always exposed.

The Slap will be available soon, and comes in a double-rainbow of eye-searingly bright colors. For the boring Henry Fords out there, it also comes in black. $25.

Slap product page [Griffin]

See Also:

• Nano watch – Wired News
• Inevitable Strap Turns iPod Nano into a Watch
• How to Turn the iPod Nano Into a Wristwatch
• Watches