Ok, so I had Devo on the brain! Anyway, for some Christmas gifts, I bought a laptop Skinit for a geeky friend of mine (meant that in a good way, of course), and another one for my kid’s hand-me-down iPod, to give it a fresh look. Both gift recipients were very happy with their skins, and neither had any problem applying their Skinit - I watched them do it in just a few minutes. The laptop skin was not the same team as the SkinIt New York Rangers Laptop Skin shown in the picture below, but it gives you an idea of what it should look like.

The material is a 3M product that provides a thin, but tough protective layer to your techie gear, preventing surface nicks and scratches. You can skin your computer, laptop, cell phone, mp3 player, printer, router, etc. - there are even skins for that Guitar Hero guitar you got for Christmas! There are an endless array of designs to choose from - Sports - NFL, Collegiate, MLB, Music, Art, Cartoons - or design your own.

They are custom fit to your laptop - and for you Mac users, the skin even has the Apple logo cut out to perfectly match that glowing piece of fruit on your screen’s lid! As with the laptops, the skins for the iPods are custom fit for each generation of the player - the one we bought was for the 3rd generation iPod with the 4 round buttons. It looks like the SkinIt Florida Panthers Ipod Skin pictured below, just with the 4 holes cut out.

There are easy-to-follow instructions that come with your Skinit - if you take the time to read them and follow their advice, you will have no problems. Just remember that when installing, you need to take it slow in order to avoid bubbles. If you do happen to get a few (as we did with the iPod) they work out easily by gently pushing the bubble towards the end of the skin.