When Apple released its diminutive sixth generation iPod Nano back in September 2010, Steve Jobs quipped that one of the board members at Apple was planning to use it as a watch. And since then a number of different companies have put forth various watch strap solutions that can integrate with the iPod Nano. The latest of these is from right here in Japan, and comes courtesy of Tokyo-based entrepreneur Enrique Bonansea and his company emonster.
I had a chance to catch up with Bonansea recently, where he showed me his Nanox watchstrap conversion solution for the Nano. He told me that he had looked at existing Nano watch kits out there, but didn't really like any of them. Since he had always been good with his hands (he notes he likes fixing cars and making things) he decided to create his own.
It was clear that Bonansea respects the original Apple design of the Nano and wanted to build something that approaches that same standard. He says that he doesn't build anything inferior, noting that "If it isn't any good, then why bother making it?"