{"id":307975,"date":"2010-02-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5469475"},"modified":"2010-02-11T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-11T15:00:00","slug":"hey-ipad-we-got-your-iballz-right-here-get-it-get-it-accessories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/307975","title":{"rendered":"Hey, iPad, We Got Your iBallz Right Here! Get It? Get it? [Accessories]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/500x_iballs.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" \/>So how do you drum up publicity for a conceptually basic accessory to a product that&#8217;s not even out yet? You put &#8220;ballz&#8221; in the name! That&#8217;s Marketing 101. But actually, these shock-absorbing attachments could come in handy.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re actually pretty well conceived: four balls, connected by stretchable cord, protect your e-book reader from drops by absorbing the blow, and also keep a resting device elevated just high enough off of a table to save it from spills.<\/p>\n<p><!-- videoId: rIC23rG3L4o --><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nnewVideoPlayer( {\"type\":\"video\",\"player\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/v\\\/rIC23rG3L4o&hl=en&fs=1&fmt=22\",\"customParams\":[],\"width\":500,\"height\":412,\"ratio\":0.824,\"flashData\":\"\",\"embedName\":null,\"objectId\":null,\"noEmbed\":false,\"source\":\"youtube\"} );\n<\/script><!-- \/videoId: rIC23rG3L4o --><\/p>\n<p>A set of four iBallz can be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iballz.info\/\">pre-ordered now<\/a> for $15, and they&#8217;ll work just as well on a Kindle or <a class=\"autolink\" title=\"Click here to read more posts tagged #sonyreader\" href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/tag\/sonyreader\/\">Sony Reader<\/a> as they will on the iPad. But &#8220;Sony Reader Ballz&#8221; just doesn&#8217;t quite roll off the tongue. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iballz.info\/\">iBallz<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/gadgetlab\/2010\/02\/iballz-give-phones-some-stones\/\">Wired<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=911a5f3574d3f9b11ca7a030e6dddbef&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=911a5f3574d3f9b11ca7a030e6dddbef&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=zeBhXw6ySnY:tbU1FUhB7K8:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=zeBhXw6ySnY:tbU1FUhB7K8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=zeBhXw6ySnY:tbU1FUhB7K8:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=zeBhXw6ySnY:tbU1FUhB7K8:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=zeBhXw6ySnY:tbU1FUhB7K8:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=zeBhXw6ySnY:tbU1FUhB7K8:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/zeBhXw6ySnY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So how do you drum up publicity for a conceptually basic accessory to a product that&#8217;s not even out yet? You put &#8220;ballz&#8221; in the name! That&#8217;s Marketing 101. But actually, these shock-absorbing attachments could come in handy. They&#8217;re actually pretty well conceived: four balls, connected by stretchable cord, protect your e-book reader from drops [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5460,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5460"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}