Hello Kitty continues reign of terror with iPod mini

Hello Kitty (and Sanrio) will not rest until every gadget has been infiltrated—but we know this. Now she lives in symbiosis with the other gadget that never sleeps; may we introduce the Hello Kitty iPod mini? You knew it was only a matter of time, didn't you? Still, we comfort ourselves in being the innovators of the original Hello Kitty iPod. That's how you found out about us, isn't it?

[Wendy @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

I had to put my foot down after purchasing the Hello Kitty toaster. No more pink for me.

[Toni @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

OH. MY. WORD.

I want this Hello Kitty iPod! Shame that it's so expensive though...and that it looks like it's only available in Japan.

[Robin Cohen @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

I was wondering how one goes about getting a hello kitty iPod - any information would be helpful

[Sandig @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

I want. Now. It looks freaking awesome! What on earth are those keyring things?

[marika @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

so effin cute I think I will explode.

[Phil @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

something tells me apple will make a killing on these insipid devices

[OddManOut @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

"What on earth are those keyring things?"


Go to Japan and you will find no electronic gadget that you either speak into or that speaks to you (which includes virtually everything overthere) is complete without some kind of bauble hanging from it. This includes the cell phones I saw on many a cop's utility belts - usually minature gourds or lanterns or bhuda figures etc.

Throwing those in with the IPod is probably just designed to facilitate the pervasive infiltration process mentioned above...

Or maybe they actually are just keyrings...

[Andertoons @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Oh dear lord... What's next? The Hello Kitty Home Colonic Kit?

http://www.andertoons.com

[kerry @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

RE: keyring things
It's true that damned near anything portable and/or electronic from/in japan either has little baubles or the potential to hang little baubles. What's weird is that none of the iPods have a wrist strap/useless bauble notch. So where is one expected to hang their little teddy bear charms from? The case? (which, by the way, they should make for all the other ipods because i'd buy them in a heartbeat. Sanrio gets all my money, i get scads of kawaii crap. it's a little deal we have.)

[Steve G @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Turns a diamond into a lump of coal

[Glue @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Those key chains ar Kubricks, they were like the hotest thing about 1 or 2 years ago... seems like you poeple lived in a cave...

[brian @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

"Still, we comfort ourselves in being the innovators of the original Hello Kitty iPod. That�s how you found out about us, isn�t it?"

that's so funny... because it totally is. engadget, you know the inner workings of my soul. i have no secrets.

[Miss Pistola @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

That'll go nicely with my Hello Kitty vibrator. Rawr!

[Dante @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Oh my god I hate that thing, the colours, it must be the devil itself. But @Miss Pistola: The Vibrator was not intended as a vibrator, in fact it was a "shoulder massage stick" ;-)

[Toxic Bomber @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Whats sad is that...yes the iPod Photo Hello Kitty hack was how I found out about this most wonderful place of informative technological babble...

go ahead and laugh...it's okay, i'm already dead inside...*sniff,sniff*

[herekitty @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Actually, it was the Kitty Ferrari that led me here...

[Emily @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

The mascots (the keychain looking things) can attach to the earphones, or so it's written. FYI.

[the dark goddess of replevin @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Priceless. If they made a Hello Kitty Treo 650, I would snap one up in a heartbeat.

[Rhys @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

"Still, we comfort ourselves in being the innovators of the original Hello Kitty iPod. That�s how you found out about us, isn�t it?"

Too right.

[Xavier @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

That is, in fact, how I found out abount you!!! wow

[karla @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

OMG I love this, is it expensive but if freaking cute, great for any HK lover. =(>.<)=

[Santaduck @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

There's more: the pink iPod mini Bearbrick set from Sanrio
http://i-kitty.jp/index_pc.html

One of the few places you can still get an iPod mini. I saw one recently in the Honolulu Sanrio store.