That privacy hood for the BlackBerry I mentioned recently took the cake for goofy product ideas, in my view. The need to hide what a user is looking at on their phone is not great enough to offset how ridiculous the owner would look using it. I ran across a similar product for laptops on Amazon today and I have to admit I’m scratching my head over who would actually use one of these in public.
The Think Tank Pixel Sunscreen is basically a hoodie for your laptop that is designed to block the sun from the screen. I don’t think the makers are worried about your laptop getting a tan; no, they’re thinking that it can be hard to see a notebook screen in direct sunlight. The theory is you pop the Think Tank over your notebook and you work away outdoors, all the while avoiding confrontations with those aiming to take your lunch money. I don’t think so. Just go indoors if it’s too sunny to see the screen, ‘mkay? Retails for $69.
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