Thomas Pink iPod tie keeps your nano on your neck

Finally, for the man who has everything -- except a job where he can dress casually -- it's the Commuter Tie from Thomas Pink. The bright pink silk tie has a hidden pocket on the back that's the perfect size for an iPod nano, and includes an extra loop to keep headphone wires from getting tangled (though from Pink's promo pic, right, it looks like the wires will get a bit jammed anyhow, since the headphone jack on the nano is on the bottom). We can't help but worry that using this with anything heavier than a nano would result in a curious tightening around the throat -- not to mention a rather unattractive stretching of our neckwear. And if you're going to spend $95 on a tie, we'd like to think you can also come up with a few bucks for a dedicated carrying case for your audio player. Of course, all of this is irrelevant to us, since we're not in the market for a pink tie -- it would clash horribly with our pajamas.

[Torontoguy @ Feb 23rd 2006 4:30PM]

Isn't it about time that we declare that yet another 'pod-sploitation' doo-hickey no longer qualifies as a 'gadget'? Ipod ties, iPod mits, iPod toilet paper holders...they are all the same and all a big yawn.

[Andy @ Feb 23rd 2006 4:42PM]

It's bad enough that it holds a tie... but then on top of that, it's PINK.

[Alex Hubbs @ Feb 23rd 2006 5:13PM]

Upon decinding placement for where on the tie the nano should go, they came to the conclusion the back of it was the best place. Not for white doesn't go with pink, but for no color does.

[diulei @ Feb 23rd 2006 5:22PM]

I'd imagine having something weighing down your tie must be annoying when eating.

[Brad C @ Feb 23rd 2006 5:27PM]

Someone please tell me how the word "tiePod" is nowhere to be found in this story

[Max @ Feb 23rd 2006 5:43PM]

It actually comes in pink, navy, and red and is priced about the same as every other Thomas Pink tie.

[Pratik @ Feb 23rd 2006 5:52PM]

booooooooooooooo
I bought my ipod to work and i wasnt allowed to listen to it
Whats the point
Waste of money

[giveaphuk @ Feb 23rd 2006 5:53PM]

this is a nifty invention, but i'm wondering why the headphones don't run through the tie @ least to a plug closer to the neck, where another set of headphones can be jacked in...

[Jonathan Vass @ Feb 23rd 2006 5:53PM]

Yeh, i invented this thing for the iPod shuffle about 6 months ago. I built it into my school tie and traced where the controls for it were on my tie, so i could control it all through the tie.
My own tiePod shuffle as i named it.

[nojok3 @ Feb 23rd 2006 5:58PM]

And who wears the same tie everyday? So you either wear the tie everyday of the year or wear it once every time you wear the tie. Fun

tiePod, I'm surprised that wasn't used as the name.

[Fantaz @ Feb 23rd 2006 6:01PM]

We need a new blog devoted to ipod crap.

[Reg @ Feb 23rd 2006 6:02PM]

Regular tie: $20
Pair of scissors: $2
Making your own Nano tie and proving you're smarter than the average fashion victim: Priceless

[Bob @ Feb 23rd 2006 6:35PM]

I do this all the time with a regular tie. You need to undo like 2 stiches then add a velcro band. Its like fifty cents instead of 90 dollars.

[JK @ Feb 23rd 2006 6:43PM]

Could those of you who usually wear Wal-Mart ties instead of Thomas Pink ties please stop commenting? Not that I wear either tie, but you don't see people running around autoblog going "Add a Garmin handheld GPS to that Hyundai and presto! Mercedes Benz!"

$95 is just what TP ties cost. Don't be bitter about your underpriviledged status.

[ET @ Feb 23rd 2006 8:45PM]

Sooo, they do realize the earphone jack is on the bottom of the nano, right? I don't see where the wire would run...

[Stanley @ Feb 23rd 2006 8:57PM]

How cool can this be? A relief from the button down world with an Ipod hidden in plain sight!

[Ethan Fineout @ Feb 23rd 2006 11:08PM]

The picture is wrong, not the idea. If you flip it so the jack is coming out on the 'top' when you look down at the Nano it will be oriented correctly-IE it will be as if it is upright in relation to your viewing angle. Same way that if you clip a watch to your belt you want it 'upside down' when you pull it up and look it is correct.

[Ben Tong @ Feb 24th 2006 3:39AM]

Um. Pretty cool design. However, I don't have a job that require me to wear a tie.

[KurtRoedeger @ Feb 24th 2006 5:38AM]

Where's the remainder of the tie that gets tucked behind the part everyone sees, or is this thing a clip on too? I think it's a clip on, HA!!

[Salman Khan @ Feb 24th 2006 8:29AM]

This inventor could have sold this product to apple's Steve & then it would be the most hot product for the keynotes in his next presentation.
Imagine Steve Jobs wearing this pink tie....but too bad he doesn't have colar shirts....he's very addicted to one n only dress code "black t-shirt, blue denim"

[yuppicide @ Feb 24th 2006 8:48AM]

That's got to be the ugliest tie ever. Atleast if I buy something else in pink they make a donation to breast cancer charities.

[mike @ Feb 25th 2006 3:03AM]

You guys wear pj's to work? Not fair lol

[raj @ Feb 25th 2006 11:27AM]

Thomas Pink iPod tie keeps your nano on your neck looks great. Now we can listen mp3 songs wherever we wanted.

http://cheap-ipods-review.blogspot.com

[MoTor @ Feb 27th 2006 2:15AM]

I'm surprised they didn't call it "iTie". Now days, pretty much everything that has anything to do with Apple's product (or not even so) starts with an "i".

[rachael @ Feb 28th 2006 8:49AM]

oh my god i hit this site what the hell. i'm popular my name is rachael I'm from Long Prairie MN i go to Long Prairie Grey Eagle High School.and in 10 grade
this is the stupidest thin i have ever seen on a web site. no one smart or geeky in our school would be caught dead wearing this. that's because there smart and know what there suposed to wear.
oh yeah i'm single.

[gadgetgoo @ May 23rd 2006 9:58PM]

not to steer the comments away from everyone's own Home-Eckery, but Alex and Andy - pink goes with lots of colors.