Golden Shellback weatherproof coating now on sale

We'll be frank -- we had kind of forgotten about the altogether astounding Golden Shellback after seeing it work its magic on video this summer, but now the weatherproof coating is on sale, and it's mighty tempting. For the argonauts out there (or just you clumsy kids) who can't seem to honor the natural separation between gadget and liquid, this coating keeps your precious gizmo safe from the occasional splash of rain, mist, fog, steam or Seltzer water. Granted, such protection won't run you cheap (does it ever?), with a coating for the BlackBerry Pearl running $120, the iPod shuffle $60 and the iPod touch $120. GS will also encase a few other select devices, and honestly, they'll probably wrap up your Palm III if the offer is right.

Read - Official website
Read - Coated iPod shuffle auction

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Nov 28th 2008 10:16AM]

I've never damaged or broken a device by liquid so its pointless for me but is a rather hefty price for a small problem.

[iEye @ Nov 28th 2008 10:42AM]

I did, I deliberately took all my old cell phones and make videos of them being submerged in a glass of water...

[Patriks7 @ Nov 28th 2008 10:54AM]

iEye, send me a video of your iPhone you put under water.. can't wait to see it

[dandaman @ Nov 28th 2008 11:21AM]

A friend of mine once gave his iPod a sponge bath. He brought it to the genius bar and they told him they wouldn't replace it. but, the genius was cool and gave him a new one for $20.

[iEye @ Nov 28th 2008 12:00PM]

here you go... (not rick rolled, spam or iPhone related)

Nokia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fffeKPfKJys

Ericsson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5TpVmTmqKA

Oh, I have plenty more... once I got the iPhone I scrapped all other phones I could not give away...

[Gavin @ Nov 28th 2008 12:07PM]

@ieye

Yeah i watched those vids and u just added those today! if you claim that u did this when u gir your iphone you should have posted those vids long ago.

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Dec 2nd 2008 1:10AM]

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cell+phone+water&search_type=&aq=f

[Marko @ Nov 28th 2008 10:16AM]

I am waiting for the chinese knockoff 10$ DIY kit to coat my iphone....

[mobileme @ Nov 28th 2008 10:27AM]

@IEye


"the superior iPhone"

... you either need an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optician or a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychiatrist ....

[iEye @ Nov 28th 2008 10:32AM]

more like

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straitjacket

Because I am talking about the 1st gen iPhone!!!!

[iEye @ Nov 28th 2008 10:17AM]

Wow, the coating for the iPod shuffle costs more than the iPod shuffle...

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Nov 28th 2008 10:19AM]

So really you just by another shuffle if it is damaged.

[iEye @ Nov 28th 2008 10:24AM]

Or just buy 5 iPod shuffle clones for the price of 1

[Ignatius @ Nov 28th 2008 10:46AM]

Or you just skip the iPod altogether and buy a better mp3 player.

[FLaSHBaCK @ Nov 28th 2008 10:23AM]

if it doesn't save it from gettting submerged in water its useless. chance are if you device gets splashed with a little rain its gonna be fine, in the worst case you'll have to let it dry.

[the old articles @ Nov 28th 2008 10:25AM]

look at them

[Jake @ Nov 28th 2008 10:31AM]

100% waterproof shuffle: http://www.swimman.com/

-jp

[FvS @ Nov 28th 2008 10:56AM]

.

[jiggajayd @ Nov 28th 2008 11:23AM]

I wonder if they'll be doing digital cameras? I think that would be worth getting waterproofed.

[Robertq @ Nov 28th 2008 11:47AM]

Someday, people will get smart and just start making electronics waterproof right out of the box.

[Dralite @ Nov 28th 2008 11:49AM]

Am I the only one who would want to listen to music while swimming?

[Esat Dedezade @ Nov 28th 2008 11:57AM]

*Raises hand*

[Patriks7 @ Nov 28th 2008 12:24PM]

I do to! I just haven't found anything for my iPod Nano that would allow me this :\ and those that I did find, I can't get in Europe :\

[ajfarson @ Nov 28th 2008 2:07PM]

Golden Shellbacks should get it for free or at least at a hefty discount... Its a lot of work to cross the equator so many times! Luckily we only had to smear our faces in the greasy belly of a chief once though. Ah... memories!

[JerkfacedFed @ Nov 28th 2008 2:13PM]

Is it just me or does everyone else hate iEye and want him banned off of this site? Thanks

[Smileypanda @ Nov 28th 2008 2:37PM]

My Apple Newton must be protected...

[StupidAE86man @ Nov 28th 2008 3:26PM]

Nah, it's all about the Apple Powerbook Duo 2300.

[Tohe @ Nov 28th 2008 2:53PM]

Cool, I'll cross my fingers and hope they will do this for the motorola s9, I'm on my second pair already, and I can't help but sweat when I jog.

[Jeff Haynes @ Nov 28th 2008 4:14PM]

once again, why isn't this just sapphire?

http://science.slashdot.org/science/04/04/14/1621235.shtml?tid=126&tid=134

[Tohe @ Nov 28th 2008 5:04PM]

Hi Jeff, thanks for the pointer. I never heard of sapphire before. The problem with the s9 is that the switches and their bridges are glued together, and when that glue gets moist, it gets displaces and blocks those components from making contact. I'll have to look more into this and see if I can get my hands on it. Thanks.

[Tohe @ Nov 29th 2008 4:19PM]

Ok I read more on "sapphire" and it appears to be a fire-suppressant, used in place of water to protect expensive equipment. All that is good and mighty, but nowhere did I find any information on how it would protect a gadget from water.

[Dorit @ Nov 29th 2008 12:32PM]

I wonder how components that rely on electric contact, like the head phones jack and buttons. Since the material is (of course) is non conductive. How do they prevent the contacts inside the buttons to get coated and thereby cease to function?

[Tohe @ Nov 29th 2008 4:25PM]

it could be a well bounded substance that gets vacuumed after applied.