iPod touch Whatever happened to the iPod touch stand?

[4DThinker]

I've got a Kindle, and it's probably the same size the new touchpad will be. I've never felt the need for a stand or prop because I hold it and use it like a real book. Depending on how much pressure is required for a touch to be detected, having it propped up on a desk top may not be practical. It would just slide away or topple, depending on where on the screen you touched. I think it be a lap device or coffee table device, where you're either holding it or it's laying flat on a table.

 

[rancorus]

I never knew what it was until I read a thread on this forum. I thought it was a usb cable cover. On a side note I think apple should have kept the box instead of the plastic since the touch is supposed to be a high end product.

I thought the same thing when I saw how they packaged it from the second generation and onwards. The whole unpacking phase of getting a new high-end iPod was very enjoyable.

 

[Luke1robb]

I've got a Kindle, and it's probably the same size the new touchpad will be. I've never felt the need for a stand or prop because I hold it and use it like a real book. Depending on how much pressure is required for a touch to be detected, having it propped up on a desk top may not be practical. It would just slide away or topple, depending on where on the screen you touched. I think it be a lap device or coffee table device, where you're either holding it or it's laying flat on a table.

I see where you're coming from, but the Kindle is meant to be a book, not a tablet device.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say you'd put this up as a desktop screen to touch. Rather, you would use the stand when you want to type and use the bluetooth keyboard. Then again, you raise a good point of how would you select something when typing... you'd have to pick up the tablet or press the screen.

Perhaps, they will create a stand sturdy enough to hold it tight and strong.

 

[Luke1robb]

Well clearly someone thought it was a legitimate product...

http://goincase.com/blog/2009/08/25/f09-refresh-monochrome-slider-cases-for-iphone-3gs/

 

[PoptheKing]

dang i lost it last summer going to try to find it, i used it alot !!!

 

[CactusChef]

Honestly I think one of the reasons why it was dropped is because most people use a case with their ipod. Using a case makes the iPod thicker, rendering the stand useless. People arent going to take their iPod out of the case to put it on a little stand. If Apple felt the need was strong for the item, they would have made the stand adjustable to accommodate different sizes of cases (though of course that would cost more money). People aren't going to carry around a piece of plastic; of course Apple is going to get rid of it to save every cent they can make.

Say each stand cost 10 cents to make; Apple sells 10,000,000 iPod touches, that's $1,000,000 they can save by eliminating one little piece of plastic that maybe 1 out of 100 (if that probably) people may use.