Replug Adds "MagSafe" to Any Audio MiniJack

dculberson

#1 – 8:11 AM October 3, 2007

My jaw is dropped.

I want one today! I would like to [modify one into]/[make using this tech] a "dock" for my iPod so I can just drop the iPod into a fitted pocket in my car and have it mag-safe up.

Anonymous Anonymous

#2 – 9:19 AM October 3, 2007

Sign me up too. I keep ripping my headphone jack out from the front of the computer when I roll over the cable in my chair.

scaught

#3 – 9:25 AM October 3, 2007

Please make an iphone compatible one. It would solve 2 issues for a lot of peoples.

Mark H

#4 – 9:30 AM October 3, 2007

I don't know if it's the same company, but someone has recently started making electric guitar cables using this technology, another situation where it is extremely handy!

Anonymous Anonymous

#5 – 9:48 AM October 3, 2007

This is only a good idea if your headphones cost more than your iPod (or whatever device). I can't count the number of times that my headphone jack *not* coming out has saved my various nanos from smashing on the pavement. I use relatively cheap headphones, though, so the wear and tear on their cables is worth it.

Skep

#6 – 12:24 PM October 3, 2007

"This is only a good idea if your headphones cost more than your iPod (or whatever device). I can't count the number of times that my headphone jack *not* coming out has saved my various nanos from smashing on the pavement. I use relatively cheap headphones, though, so the wear and tear on their cables is worth it"

This thing won't just save your headphone wires when you walk by a doorknob, it saves the jack on your ipod. And my iPod is too heavy to be saved by the cord.

If you kill the jack on you player it may not even be economically worth fixing. I killed a couple of Walkman's that way and I've nearly killed some expensive earmolds that way (as well as nearly yanking my head off).

Want...

edgore

#7 – 1:23 PM October 3, 2007

Good to see that more companies are taking advantage of technology that has been in use on home deep fryers for 15 years. Yea technology.

Skep

#8 – 1:45 PM October 3, 2007

"Good to see that more companies are taking advantage of technology that has been in use on home deep fryers for 15 years. Yea technology."

They probably only did that because of lawsuits...

Technology companies benefit if you break your computer by some method where you know your actions contributed to the problem--like tripping over a cord. But deep fryers will dump boiling oil if yanked over by a cord, so the fryer makers had a little more self-interest in preventing that issue--though probably only because of legal liability not any largess on their part.

But, that is just me speculating...

Anonymous Anonymous

#9 – 11:54 PM October 3, 2007

Hmm, any risk of corrupting your disks in a device with an internal hard disk?? How about those Ipod 60GB??? I imagine in some cases you might need to be careful about that.

Anonymous Anonymous

#10 – 2:12 AM October 4, 2007

Note to the comment about prior use with deep fry gear; this technology is older than that, since it was the basis of the WWII Norden bomb sight, a super secret apparatus of its time. Still a good idea with useful application.

Anonymous Anonymous

#11 – 8:27 PM December 27, 2008

Oh man! I just had a close call with my headphones - almost pulled my MacBook off the table!

...and so I did some Googling and found this. I hope it becomes available soon.