Cardboard ideas: Part I (a.k.a. This is as close to an Apple iPod dock I could ever be...)

Blog Posts, posted: 26-Jul-2008 21:53

I don't want to spend $75 on an iPod dock out there... and I only need USB connectivity to sync and charge. So who cares about spending money on a dock, when you only need cardboard?

Materials:

Cardboard from a cardboard box
Some tape
Your iPod dock connector adapter (usually supplied with many iPods out there)
Your iPod USB 30-pin dock connector

Unfortunately, because of the lightweight cardboard, you will also need a weight, or Blu-Tac (you can see some of it up there) to hold it firm onto the table (otherwise, you'll find your iPod smashing it's head out hard!)

I'm not for aesthetics - only for practicability, not that beautiful Apple products should come with good looking accessories.

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Comment by lugh, on 27-Jul-2008 17:34 , user id: 5002)

Hmm, open source Apple dock?

Author's note by manhinli, on 27-Jul-2008 17:43 , user id: 31860)

I've got something comin' up... it's Cardboard ideas: Part II

Comment by Dratsab, on 27-Jul-2008 20:13 , user id: 26563)

Apple source?

Comment by johnr, on 27-Jul-2008 21:18 , user id: 3672)

Classic i love it ROFL

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