iPod sleeve review: a question of iStyle
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jun 15, 2006 at 3:04am
iStyles, a Singapore-based iPod accessory maker, has launched a line of iStyle Sleeves for the 5G (video enabled) iPod and iPod nano. My daughter Katie and I have had a chance to use one for each model and have mixed feelings. The iStyle Sleeves are a bit too frou-frou for me, but Katie is a big fan.
Each sleeve is made from one of 23 materials, including fabrics, leather, suede leather, semi-microfibre synthetic leather, synthetic fur and straw (mine was made of synthetic leather, Katie’s made of synthetic fur). The insides of each are lined with a micro-fiber cloth designed to protect the iPod from scratches, as well as polish and clean the device when you place it inside the sleeve. Each sleeve also comes with a loop that can be attached to just about anything.
The iStyle Sleeves do indeed feel good to the touch, both inside and out, and the interior does seem to do a rudimentary job of cleaning the iPod as it slides in and out. Also, at US$9.99, the sleeves are reasonably priced.
So it simply boils down to a matter of taste. I prefer my iPod cases tougher—and no, I’m not in constant macho mode; heck, I plan to see the “chick flick,” The Lake House with my wife and daughter this weekend—while Katie likes her cases softer and, for lack of a better term, more “feminine.” She’s using a leopard iStyle Sleeve with her nano that—in touch with my feminine side or not—I wouldn’t be caught dead using.
Like so many things in life, you pays yer money and you makes yer choice.
Dennis’ Macsimum rating: 5 out of 10
Katie’s Macsimum rating: 10 out of 10
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Dennis has been a newspaper editor/reporter (seven years) and teacher (seven years). He has over 4,000 magazine, newspaper and online articles to his credit. He has also covered the Mac and tech industries for over a decade for such online publications as MacCentral, MacMinute and now MacsimumNews.
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