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Various embodiments relate generally to a mobile device (e.g., cellular phone) case and neck lanyard (with integrated headphones and microphone) allowing hands-free use of the mobile device. An embodiment magnetically couples the case to the lanyard. Other embodiments are described herein.

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1. A system comprising: a lanyard including a lanyard junction end that has a first magnetic element;a headphone coupled to an audio cable, at least a portion of the audio cable to be included within the lanyard and the audio cable including an audio cable junction end generally coterminous with the

1. A system comprising: a lanyard including a lanyard junction end that has a first magnetic element;a headphone coupled to an audio cable, at least a portion of the audio cable to be included within the lanyard and the audio cable including an audio cable junction end generally coterminous with the lanyard junction end when the audio cable is included with the lanyard;an audio interconnect; anda case to contain a mobile communications device, the case including a case junction end having a second magnetic element;wherein the first magnetic element is configured to magnetically couple to the second magnetic element when the lanyard junction end couples to the case junction end. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein the audio interconnect has an audio interconnect junction end. 3. The system of claim 2, wherein the audio interconnect junction end is configured to couple to the audio cable junction end. 4. The system of claim 3, wherein the audio cable junction end includes one of a male node and a female node and the audio interconnect junction end includes a node that is physically complimentary to the one of the male node and the female node. 5. The system of claim 3 including an accelerometer. 6. The system of claim 5 including a current source, wherein (a) the current source is to supply current to one of the first and second magnetic elements at a current level in response to an output signal from the accelerometer; and the (b) current source is one of self powered and powered from the mobile communications device. 7. The system of claim 3, wherein the audio interconnect junction end includes one gender neutral node and the audio cable junction end includes a gender neutral node to couple to the gender neutral node of the audio interconnect junction end. 8. The system of claim 3, wherein (a) the audio interconnect junction end includes a flat faced node and the audio cable junction end includes an additional flat-faced node to directly connect to the flat faced node, and (b) the first magnetic element includes one of a magnet and a metal and the second magnetic element includes another of a magnet and a metal. 9. A system comprising: a lanyard, including a lanyard junction end having a first magnetic element, configured to couple to a lanyard audio interconnect; anda case to contain a mobile communications device, the case including a case junction end having a second magnetic element;wherein the first magnetic element magnetically couples to the second magnetic element when the lanyard junction end couples to the case junction end. 10. The system of claim 9, wherein the case includes a case audio interconnect having a case audio interconnect junction end. 11. The system of claim 10, wherein the case audio interconnect junction end is to couple to a lanyard audio interconnect junction end of the lanyard audio interconnect. 12. The system of claim 10 to couple to an accelerometer. 13. The system of claim 12, wherein one of the first and second magnet elements is to couple to a current source to receive current and provide magnetic attraction at a current level in response to an output signal from the accelerometer. 14. The system of claim 12, wherein the first magnetic element includes one of a magnet and a metal and the second magnetic element includes another of a magnet and a metal. 15. A system comprising: a lanyard including a lanyard junction end and a means for coupling to an audio cable;a mobile communications device case including a case junction end; anda means for magnetically coupling the lanyard junction end to the case junction end. 16. The system of claim 15 including a means for communicating audio between the lanyard junction end and the case junction end. 17. The system of claim 16 including means for supplying current, to the means for magnetically coupling, in response to movement experienced by the system. 18. The system of claim 17 wherein the means for supplying current includes an accelerometer coupled to the system.