# Anyone where an iPod Nano as a watch? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-where-an-ipod-nano-as-a-watch/599593 "2011-10-14T01:32:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-where-an-ipod-nano-as-a-watch/599593/1 "2011-10-14T01:32:17Z")
Like it? Issues? Watch band recommendations? I’m thinking of doing it basically just to have one less thing to carry around (and I really need to replace my ancient big-ass second generation iPod). ---
**Author:** ![With\_Rye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-where-an-ipod-nano-as-a-watch/599593/2 "2011-10-14T02:47:51Z")
This is the first thing that I thought of when I read the title: [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104350651/tiktok-lunatik-multi-touch-watch-kits?ref=most-funded](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1104350651/tiktok-lunatik-multi-touch-watch-kits?ref=most-funded) It’s a huge hit at kickstarter. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-where-an-ipod-nano-as-a-watch/599593/3 "2011-10-14T03:50:43Z")
wouldn’t it be nostalgic if Siri were on the Nano and made calls? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Niply\_Elder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@The\_Niply\_Elder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Niply_Elder)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-where-an-ipod-nano-as-a-watch/599593/4 "2011-10-14T04:06:45Z")
Just buy an Omega and hum out loud brah… Much classier. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-where-an-ipod-nano-as-a-watch/599593/5 "2011-10-14T04:09:58Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Like it? Issues? Watch band recommendations? > > I’m thinking of doing it basically just to have one less thing to carry around (and I really need to replace my ancient big-ass second generation iPod). I was actually thinking of doing this myself. We can be _watch buddies!_ ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-where-an-ipod-nano-as-a-watch/599593/6 "2011-10-14T07:06:47Z")
Wouldn’t it be kind of a pain in the ass to have a wire running from your wrist to your ear? I think I’d end up getting tangled up in things as I moved my hands around. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-where-an-ipod-nano-as-a-watch/599593/7 "2011-10-14T18:56:48Z")
S–yes, that’s one of the issues I was hoping to hear about. One solution seems to be to run the cord through a shirt when working out and a jacket when out and about. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Harmonix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonix)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2011, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-where-an-ipod-nano-as-a-watch/599593/8 "2011-10-15T06:42:00Z")
I Imagine a elasticized band would be possible, so that you can wear it on your wrist when you’re not listening to music, but then move it up to your arm when you want to listen to music. No idea if such a product exists or not. Or you know, you could just go watchless and use your phone like so many people do these days. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-where-an-ipod-nano-as-a-watch/599593/9 "2011-10-16T02:33:36Z")
OK, I bought this yesterday. I got a silver nano and a Hex stainless steel watch band. It fits extremely well and looks freaking awesome (I thought it might look big and geeky like the old calculator watches, but it doesn’t at all IMHO). I connected up some earphones and then put on a jacket and it was like freaking magic–no need to worry about the wire at all, it just automatically traveled up my arm and to my ears by virtue of the jacket on-putting process. I’m going to love this for walking to/from work in jacket/coat weather. At the gym I plan to try the same thing with a gym shirt–if the wire is weird then I can just easily unclip the nano from the watch and clip it to my shorts or shirt. So, one less thing to carry around. Pretty awesome. I can’t wait until the nano can do everything the iPhone can do, but I’m still happy with what it does now. I got a new watch and a new iPod for about $200, can’t really beat that. ---
**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-where-an-ipod-nano-as-a-watch/599593/10 "2011-10-16T03:26:05Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > So, one less thing to carry around. Pretty awesome. I can’t wait until the nano can do everything the iPhone can do, but I’m still happy with what it does now. I got a new watch and a new iPod for about $200, can’t really beat that. The iPhone doesn’t have a Mickey Mouse clock face. iPod Nano 1, iPhone zero… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-where-an-ipod-nano-as-a-watch/599593/11 "2011-10-16T12:16:34Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Wouldn’t it be kind of a pain in the ass to have a wire running from your wrist to your ear? I think I’d end up getting tangled up in things as I moved my hands around. So embed the iPod in a headband instead. Maybe a helmet with built-in earphones.