Does Your iPod Have You By The Throat?

The new nekFIT lets users wear their iPods on the back of their necks, keeping hands free for exercise or other activities and cables conveniently out of the way.

In today’s culture, it wouldn’t be hard for some people to think their iPods have them by the throat. Sure, we might remember what it was like to go places or exercise without our entire library of digital music at our fingertips but, honestly, do we need to remember that?

Now, the new nekFIT enables iPod users to literally let their favorite portable media players grab them by their neck—or perhaps become the monkeys on their back. The nekFIT is designed to be worn behind a user’s neck, right at the top of the shoulders, providing an eronomic way to keep the iPod handy without restricting freedom of movement or forcing users to constantly worry about being tangled up in earbud wires. The nekFIT handles all iPod nanos and shuffles—including the new video-savvy third-generation iPod nanos—and can be adjusted to fit a variety of neck sizes. The nekFIT also provides large tactile buttons over the iPod click wheel so users can easily change volume and switch tracks just by touch.

“The nekFIT gives consumers the freedom to play when working out or simply enjoying the great outdoors,” said nekFit president and inventor Kurt Eldracher, in a release. “The launch of nekFIT combines award winning industrial design talent with avid fitness enthusiasts to create a breakthrough ergonomic design that is not just a ‘another’ variation of existing products on the market today.”

The nekFIT is available from the nekFit Web site and Amazon.com for $33.95 in gloss black and clear plastic designs.