Accessories personalize your iPod
From appliqué crystals to functional peripherals, more than 400 iPod accessories are on the market. NPD Group, a marketing-analysis firm, estimates consumers will spend $500 million in 2005 on iPod accessories, not including speakers and headphones.
Kristin Cecchettini, 24, is one of them.
"It's been a life-changing experience for me, which sounds ridiculous, but it's true," she says of the 40-GB iPod she got about 1½ years ago. "I got into all of the accessories as part of wanting to have it with me all the time."
Cecchettini started with functional accessories such as the iTrip ($34.95) so she could listen to her iPod through her car radio. Then she moved to fashion. She now has two Kate Spade covers, a J. Crew case, several protective cases known as "skins" and an armband to wear while she's jogging. She's spent about $450 on iPod accessories.
"I was taking it so many places that you have to have a case because it gets really beat up," Cecchettini says. "Now it's just one more way to make a statement."
Hewlett-Packard has developed removable sticker tattoos to embellish your iPod. Cost: $15. Skins, made from a rubbery material, come in many colors. Cost: $30 or less.
Kristin Cecchettini, 24, is one of them.
"It's been a life-changing experience for me, which sounds ridiculous, but it's true," she says of the 40-GB iPod she got about 1½ years ago. "I got into all of the accessories as part of wanting to have it with me all the time."
Cecchettini started with functional accessories such as the iTrip ($34.95) so she could listen to her iPod through her car radio. Then she moved to fashion. She now has two Kate Spade covers, a J. Crew case, several protective cases known as "skins" and an armband to wear while she's jogging. She's spent about $450 on iPod accessories.
"I was taking it so many places that you have to have a case because it gets really beat up," Cecchettini says. "Now it's just one more way to make a statement."
Hewlett-Packard has developed removable sticker tattoos to embellish your iPod. Cost: $15. Skins, made from a rubbery material, come in many colors. Cost: $30 or less.
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