Simple is good. Simple is great, actually, and adding inexpensive can make it all the better. Such is the case, pun intended, with the Mobi Products Clip Pouch. It’s way simple, does its job well, and doesn’t lighten the wallet too bad.
This convenient little “sack” holds and protects whatever you care to entrust to its clutches: Treo, iPod, sunglasses, digital camera, or that extra deck of cards you keep around in case you run into some greenhorn gamblers. In fact, the pouch won’t know or care if you use it with (gasp!) a non-Treo.
For $9.95 you get pretty good protection for your Treo – or whatever else – in a nice looking, padded pouch that snaps onto any ring or threads onto a belt or strap. No bells and whistles, but not much need for them, either.
While the Treo is in the bag, so to speak, it’s not very accessible. You can hear its (somewhat muffled) ring tones, but you probably won’t be able to feel it if you have it set to vibrate. You have to open the pouch and remove the phone to answer it. I found this to be a two-handed process, but maybe with some practice you could manage it with one hand. Juggling experience might come in handy.
Whatever you entrust to its smooth, soft interior, the pouch does a pretty good job of protecting it. It even provides a Velcro-equipped strap that lops over the top opening to secure the pouch’s contents – for the most part. The strap covers only a fourth of the width of the opening, so if the device you stow in there is narrower than about 1.75 inches (4.5 cm), it could slip out around the latch. Knowledgeable reports (translate: idle conjecture and vicious rumors) peg the impending Palm Centro at a width of 53.6 mm (2.1 inches). My slim and trim Treo 680 is 2.375 inches (60.3 mm) wide. All of the above, give or take the standard fudge factor, naturally.
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