Golden..er Shellback protects iPhones, iPods even Zunes from water damage
Tue, 07/22/2008 - 17:51 — Chauncey Dupree
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First things first, hire some Branding Consultants to come up with a new name. Golden Sh...ellback has too many negative conotations. As for the product, wow! If this works as good as the video shows, it should be slapped on every electronic device this side of Wanchai Computer center.
Prediction: It will get turned down by the FDA because it causes some sort of human ailment and we'll never be able to use our iPhones underwater...drat
Wasn't there some kind of water a few years back at "$100 per cup" that was so non-conductive that you could place any electronics in it? I think it was called Flo-Inert or something like that. Maybe they're just putting the devices in tubs of that stuff.
Also, if the battery on the radio was eroded away from electrolysis wouldn't that indicate the coating isn't foolproof or completely coats everything? And I wonder if sliding a headphone plug or dock connector over the terminals wears any of the coating away over time. How do they not coat the terminals anyway so you can make a connection with the dock connector etc?
Can they selectively coat devices and not the terminals? Or does the connector wear away the coating on the connectors and if so, would that indicate it can wear away elsewhere?
They probably cover the connectors before applying the coating. kind of like masking off an area before painting. that's why the connector corroded...
but notice they aren't claiming it's a WATERproof coating, they're claiming it's a SPLASHproof coating, and probably for that reason - it'll be impossible for them to coat everything, and it probably wears off to some extent.
the other thing they don't show is how it might effect the operation of touch screen devices. Does it change the surface characteristics of the device? who knows...
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Golden Shellback protects
Golden Shellback protects from golden showers. Come on, it is too easy
Protected?
Wasn't there some kind of water a few years back at "$100 per cup" that was so non-conductive that you could place any electronics in it? I think it was called Flo-Inert or something like that. Maybe they're just putting the devices in tubs of that stuff.
Also, if the battery on the radio was eroded away from electrolysis wouldn't that indicate the coating isn't foolproof or completely coats everything? And I wonder if sliding a headphone plug or dock connector over the terminals wears any of the coating away over time. How do they not coat the terminals anyway so you can make a connection with the dock connector etc?
Can they selectively coat devices and not the terminals? Or does the connector wear away the coating on the connectors and if so, would that indicate it can wear away elsewhere?
This sounds like what people
This sounds like what people at the Golden Computer Centre can come up with. : )
They probably cover the
They probably cover the connectors before applying the coating. kind of like masking off an area before painting. that's why the connector corroded...
but notice they aren't claiming it's a WATERproof coating, they're claiming it's a SPLASHproof coating, and probably for that reason - it'll be impossible for them to coat everything, and it probably wears off to some extent.
the other thing they don't show is how it might effect the operation of touch screen devices. Does it change the surface characteristics of the device? who knows...