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I have made a small collection of things at Macworld that seemed very odd to me. Here goes:

This is from a company called Atech Flash Technology. Remember when people installed phones in their bathrooms before the age of cordless phones? Well if you do, this is a throwback to simpler times. I noted that it isn’t any special anti-bacterial plastic, just plain old plastic (score 1 for the bacteria!). It features 2 tweeters, 2 woofers and four speakers. It is compatible with everyipod except the 2nd gen shuffle (you’d have to use the base station)

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Next we have two smart marketing schemes by Maxtor. The first is basically re-wrapped ‘Lifesavers’ candies, but with Maxtor labeling. I thought it was quite comical.

The marketing technique used by Maxtor was to simulate how much infromation actually gets lost if you don’t backup your computer early and often. It is quite striking to actually see how much some people have on their computers in real-world terms.

Next was another throwback to simpler times. I can’t imagine who would actually want an actual Jukebox iPod speaker system. The idea is interesting, but it just seems impracticable.

The last odd thing (for today) was a handout I received from ‘FastMac’. It was quite funny, take a gander:

Thats all for today in the way of Macworld Oddities. Stay tuned for more to come tomorrow!