As ryric says, the purpose of the rod is defeated by the necessity of retrieving/holding it. Unless maybe you suspect that you'll be subjected to a grapple or something, and start the encounter with it just in case.
Something like earrings of still spell would be more useful though, if you can talk your DM into it.
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Tequila, oddly enough having no somatic components doesn't make casting in a grapple any easier in Pathfinder.
Unless noted otherwise, you must be holding a rod to use its abilities.
If your plan is to cast arcane spells in full plate with a tower shield, you might as well just take the feat Still Spell and cast more than 3/day.
Basically the reason the rods don't exist is that for most concepts they are self-defeating. Were I your GM and you wanted a custom rod I might raise an eyebrow but I don't think it's broken.
Pathfinder Reference Documen-It has the official rules for the game there online.
There is no metamagic still rod. Here is a link to the rods.
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I was thinking about an Eldritch Knight that only casts spells to power/buff himself. He wouldn't need that many uses a day and would have the money when the time comes. Use rod, drop and pull out weapon. So far, metamagic traits are an option for level 1-2 spells. When level 3 spells come into play and magical knack is one of your traits, arcane armor training and mastery would replace the need for the feat, and mithral full plate would only have 1/20 chance to stop spellcasting.
It's doable, I guess, but the rod would make it so much easier...
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While it doesn't exist, it would be cool for a still spell rod that could be brought to the wielder's hand as per a metamagiced mage hand still spell (that would affect only the rod, despite it being a magic item).
There is a spell that put's your wand in your weapon. Level 1. So it wouldn't be much of a bother if you have the time.