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Macworld: Pacific Rim debuts iPod mini Battery, Magnesium cases
By LC Angell
Senior Editor, iLounge
Published: Monday, January 10, 2005
News Category: iPod Accessories
Pacific Rim Technologies today announced three new iPod products--a new add-on iPod mini battery and two new magnesium cases. The company said its iPod mini battery pack ($15.99) will extend the life of an iPod mini an additional 8 hours using 6 rechargeable AAA batteries. Pacific Rim’s magnesium alloy case for 4G iPods ($34.99) has a clear plastic front and will be available in three sizes for 20/40/60GB iPods. It is available in black or silver. The company’s new magnesium alloy case for iPod mini ($29.99; pictured at right) also has a clear plastic front, but is available in five matching iPod mini colors.
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Does anyone have one of these magnesium cases? They look fairly nice (except for some weird cutouts on the top and bottom), but I’d like to see a review before plunking down $35.
Maybe iPodlounge could do one of their fine case reviews on these?
Posted by Aero2 on January 11, 2005 at 7:56 PM (PDT)
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I just saw their booth at the MacWorld show. Pretty nice case, i just got one for my mini. The top is open for my itrip: that’s why i got it. The bottom give me access to the ipod connector.
Posted by Pixel_Jockey in Hollywood, Florida on January 12, 2005 at 1:03 AM (PDT)