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The Free iPod + iPhone Book 4<br />
iDESIGN<br />
While Power Support mightn’t have<br />
been first to release hard plastic iPod<br />
shells, its Crystal Jackets were interesting,<br />
originally clear with molded-in accent<br />
circles that were characteristically<br />
Japanese, and later Illusion Cases - also<br />
known as Mirror Type Crystal Jackets -<br />
the first to transform iPods and nanos<br />
into silver or gold reflective blocks. The<br />
mirrored effect, interrupted only by<br />
the iPods’ Click Wheels and illuminated<br />
screens, was so novel that the normally<br />
innovative Griffin Technology launched<br />
Reflect, an outright clone. At around<br />
the same time, Miyavix created and<br />
Power Support distributed the Kimono<br />
Case, a beautiful fabric design that was<br />
eventually scaled into iPod, mini, nano,<br />
and shuffle versions, each made from<br />
Japanese fabric in Kyoto; the shuffle<br />
version was finished with a tassle. At<br />
times when iPod cases catered mostly<br />
to male buyers or used lazy designs that<br />
made screen and control access difficult,<br />
these companies showed that novel<br />
materials and precision tailoring could<br />
make cases considerably better. The bar<br />
was raised, and we’ve all benefitted.<br />
1 Kimono, Crystal, and<br />
Silicone cases.<br />
2 iPod’s first rubber case,<br />
Silicone Jacket.<br />
3 A 3G iPod version.<br />
4 The Square Type<br />
Silicone Jacket.<br />
5 Crystal Jackets for iPod<br />
touch and 4G.<br />
6 Illusion Cases.<br />
7 Miyavix’s Kimono<br />
Cases for iPod mini and<br />
shuffle, rear.<br />
8 Kimono Cases, front.<br />
2<br />
1 3 5 6<br />
4 7 8<br />
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