07-02-2004, 05:00 PM
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Belt-Clipping Going Mainstream?
I was walking down the street to my office in NYC this morning, and couldn't help but notice a casually-dressed female walking by, with an iPod and a cell phone on her jeans belt. This has become increasingly commonplace here, due to the huge popularity of both cell phones and iPods, but it never really struck me that, all of a sudden, it's no longer a guarantee that only uber-geeks would be caught wearing two electronic devices on their belt. 8O
OK, so what I saw wasn't exactly this Urban Utility Belt, which is probably over the top. Still, I can't help but wonder if we're on the cusp of a belt-wearing revolution, given that some electronics devices are becoming necessary "lifestyle" items. The fact that many female jeans don't have pockets big enough for electronics only seems to speed up this trend -- it's either a bag or the belt for them. The true irony is, I personally don't wear anything on my belt - it's pockets or backpack for me. It just isn't a comfortable feel with anything there. What about you?
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07-02-2004, 05:28 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2004
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Utility belt? ha! My old buddy Greg had what looked like a gun vest for cops in which he'd carry his devices (cell phone, palm pilot (sadly, tahts what he used..), blackberry, and one for his extra phone battery). He was never caught without it on, and he moved away but we all considered him too geeky.. I still think it's over the top :lol:
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07-02-2004, 05:39 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Oct 2003
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I have to carry a pager and cell phone at work, as well as an ID/keycard. The pager goes on my belt, the phone (SE T616) goes on my belt in a case that holds it sideways, and the ID/Keycard gets clipped to my belt or my shirt pocket if I have one that day. For the phone I use a krusell case with sewn-on belt loops for sturdiness since I'm constantly bumping the arms of my chair, walls, getting hung up on equipment racks, etc.
I've tried carrying my 2215 in my covertec case on my belt as well, but I just feel too geeky doing that. Funny, the phone and pager don't really make me feel that geeky, maybe because they are so common. I usually carry my PDA in my pocket in an aluminum case.
When I go to the gym though, I use a little Jansport thingie that holds my pda, gym card, money, my earbuds, spare battery, wifi cf, and cf radio card. It has a belt-loopy velcro thing that I wrap around the handlebar of the lifecycle and it keeps everything in place while I pedal. I put the whole case under my weight bench or near my machine when I'm lifting, so I can whip out the PDA and make entries in MySportTraining between sets.
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07-02-2004, 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by delfuhd
Utility belt? ha!
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Well... I didn't mean utility belts universally. I changed the title of this post to make it a bit clearer... 
--janak
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07-02-2004, 05:52 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Dec 2003
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In other news, suspenders are coming back into style to support pants with 10 pounds of stuff hanging off them. :lol:
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07-02-2004, 05:52 PM
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Most polls I can find an option that fits. Not this one. I don't put them on my belt because too many of them have popped off. Not so bad if it happens while I am bouncing on the bed, but at the top of several flights of concrete steps, it's bad for the hardware.
They are usually in a briefbag (it's not a case), or in a pocket, e-vest mobile pants, etc.
Oh, and it's not that women's jeans have small pockets, they wear them so tight a dime would have trouble fitting in there. Not complaining mind you, just an observation.
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07-02-2004, 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Sven
Most polls I can find an option that fits. Not this one. I don't put them on my belt because too many of them have popped off. Not so bad if it happens while I am bouncing on the bed, but at the top of several flights of concrete steps, it's bad for the hardware.
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I'd put that under "comfort" -- mental comfort. 
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07-02-2004, 05:54 PM
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Mystic
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Yesterday we were joking about the RetroPod over at Digital Media Thoughts. I'd say the hip look is back, but my phone, my PDA and my iPod stay in my pocket.
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07-02-2004, 05:59 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
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I used to keep stuff at my hip but now I've gone back to pockets.
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07-02-2004, 06:02 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
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Originally Posted by Sven
Most polls I can find an option that fits. Not this one. I don't put them on my belt because too many of them have popped off. Not so bad if it happens while I am bouncing on the bed, but at the top of several flights of concrete steps, it's bad for the hardware.
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That and you don't have to worry about someone running behind you and yanking your stuff off your belt. It's a little harder to steal a PDA when it's in your pocket.
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