Whats the skinny on xskin?

Lajo said the xSkn will be available sometime this week. He has not provided many details about the xSkn though, so I can't answer your other questions...just wait a few days!

I don't want 'em to get dirty or wet.

Ok...fine, fine, so I'm a wuss.

I have a feeling that even after buying 2 iSkins last week to add to the one I already had...I will be wanting the new xSkn when it comes out. :rolleyes:

If it makes the hold button easier to access, I'm sold.

...and yes, I know I can just cut the one I have now.

I bought an iskin, and plan on buying the xskn if i like it, i went through 4 cases w/ my 2g 20gb ipod till i bought the isee.

i see dead people?

I'd also bet anything that it has a different method of connecting to the dock--perhaps something similar to the "hinged" bottoms that some of us have done.

ok, AptMunich...that's...wrong :p

@mrogers: no "dual 19" LCDs " THAT's wrong...

i'm scratching up the pennies to get a flatscreen as i'm moving into a 1-room apartment with my girlfriend and deskspace is precious and you have 2 (!) 19" lcd's...Very cool my friend :-)!!

you don't really expect lajo only thinks of his customers all day long do you..
Maybe iskin is just his day job, maybe at night his pitch goes something like this:
"Oh yes,it feels VERY lifelike, all products are extremly well designed so your inventory doesn't slip out of your/her hands etc..."

all in good fun lajo, no insult intendeed!!

Originally posted by palexc
I have a Samsung 191t both at home and at work. Love it.

I am thinking about getting 2 17" samsungs with the small border.

I've got 2 Dell 1901fp monitors, the guts of which are from a relatively high-end Planar monitor. The 1901fps are great; I've owned a number of LCDs, so I've learned what to look for. They have fast response times, no ghosting that I have ever been able to see while playing games or watching movies. The color saturation is definitely fantastic in these monitors, which is good because I do web/graphic design. The bezels are nice and thin, they rotate, they've got USB hubs and have multiple inputs. I have a dual DVI GeForce 4 Ti4600 in my main system, so both monitors have their DVIs going into that. Then one of them has its analog input going to my Linux server, and I can hit a button and it will switch over.

I have never noticed either of the two negatives that CNet mentions in their review ( http://reviews.cnet.com/4505-3174_7-30470404.html?tag=search ), it's possible they had a bad unit. And here's the best part about these monitors: if you wait for the right time, you can get them from Dell for about $460 each, like I did. That's DIRT cheap. Every once in awhile Dell has a 20% or 25% off sale on their monitors. Then I throw in a 10% off coupon I got either from a catalog or by email, and then I'm saving serious money. Plus, with the 30-day no-questions-asked money back guarantee, if there's even 1 dead pixel you can send the monitor back and get a different one. Most companies have something like a 5 or 8 dead pixel minimum before you can return a monitor. So, I'd highly recommend the 1901fp -- best bang for your buck, no doubt about it.

Sorry, threadjacks happen. :D

Blame AptMunich. At least we're not flaming.

I thought Dell's 19"LCD"s were Samsung? I told my neighbor to order the one with his because it was the same. When he got it, sure enough it was. (No USB hub though.)

You know,...

if you want to protect your iPod screen & you don't want to buy a new case with a built-in screen protector, you can just cut a square out of a PDA screen protector and stick it onto your Pod screen. I did this & it works great. Allows you to touch the scroll wheel while protecting the screen. It's totally invisable behind my iSkin case.

And it cost [me] nothing 'cuz I had an old pack of PDA screen protectors lying around.

Just a thought for fellow cheapskates...

Yeah.. I use PDA protectors for lots of things. I just got a new cell recently, used the PDA protector for the screen.. it has kept my old (and now broken) archos unit free from scratches. Works great. I'm not sure why more haven't used then on their Ipods.

kent

yay, hopefully I can get some xkns for my 2g ipod other than having the original case <_<

Xskn announcement will be up in a day or so.
Xskn will provide a way for artistic individuals to get into the booming iPod case business by making limited edition and one of a kind art+Xskn cases.