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Take Your iPod Underwater

By Ed Oswald | Published May 17, 2005, 12:38 PM

On Tuesday H2O Audio announced the first commercially available waterproof case for full-size iPods. The company says the product is completely submersible - meaning surfers, water skiers and swimmers can listen to their iPod, even underwater. The case comes with specially designed earphones that are waterproof as well.

"It is now possible to have your full-size iPod in the water with 10,000 songs at your finger tips wherever your sports take you." said Kristian Rauhala, president and CEO of H2O Audio. The case retails for $149.95 USD and will be available in June from select retailers and on the company's Web site.

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roj
May 19, 2005 - 12:09 PM

...and leave it there.

'nuff said.

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imafurby
May 18, 2005 - 2:28 PM

Can't wait for the zero atmosphere, zero gravity version to come out. Then I can listen to crappy acts like U2 and Lenny Kravitz while I'm floating in outer space.

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yleclerc
May 18, 2005 - 11:10 AM

How can we take a look at this "product" when the web site like goes to a different web site? Not sure if the company is the same as the one on web site link.

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Maxwolf
May 18, 2005 - 8:59 AM

Now all you need are water-proof headphones and you can listen to the Indigo Girls at the bottom of the deep end. Damn carpet lickers...

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yleclerc
May 18, 2005 - 11:06 AM

You should have read the article completely! It states that the included headphones are waterproof.

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The-Ancestor
May 18, 2005 - 3:22 AM

wow... i thought i heard it all...this really is one of the weirdest things yet lol...

now we need ipod "jetpacks" that way you wouldnt even have to carry your ipod... it would just float with you.....

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daq
May 17, 2005 - 8:40 PM

Are they insane selling a piece of plastic for that much? I can get 3 really good mp3 players for the price of iPod plus this case.

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se7en11
May 17, 2005 - 7:33 PM

Apparently they forgot to test their web site on anything but IE. Tisk tisk....

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AnthonyB
May 17, 2005 - 9:11 PM

Doesn't matter, there's no content there to view anyway...

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muka3d
May 17, 2005 - 1:21 PM

It's going to allow use of the click wheel, right?

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RobertM
May 17, 2005 - 2:35 PM

Haven't checked it out, but I'm sure it will. You don't need to directly touch the scroll wheel for it to work--try putting a layer of kitchen plastic wrap on top of it and using it. It'll still work. So they've probably got a way to use it with this case, too, maybe by putting a thinner layer of plastic (assuming that's what the whole case if made of) in the wheel area.

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OafyC
May 19, 2005 - 3:35 PM

DV Series - 'Deep Version', designed for SCUBA applications with amplified audio and depth capabilities of 200ft

That's from the website, that's pretty deep.

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