Easiest Hack Ever: Build Your Own iPhone/touch Stand Out of Practically Nothing
by Aric Annear
on January 28, 2009
In a world choked full of iPhone docks and accessories, sometimes you don't want LED lightshows and holographic penguins dancing along the countertop--you just want something that'll hold your iPhone or touch upright. And there are several ways to get just that using some household items, as some clever modders have discovered:
- Shiela at Nfocus Designs made a stand out of Tinkertoys:
- Got five pencils? Got four rubber bands? Then you've got an iPhone easel.
- How about a stand made out of a cleverly-folded business card?
- That still too high-tech for you? Here's a stand made from a single paper clip.
(All credit goes to the authors/stand creators listed in the linked articles.)
--Aric A.
--Aric A.
Courtenay Inchbald on January 29, 2009 at 02:08 AM
Buy a BatRest for $4. It fits in your wallet. www.seskimo.com.
zac on May 26, 2009 at 06:55 AM
My dad bought an Iphone stand for over fifty dollars!
Now, thanks to this website he can save by making a stand out of simple paper clips!
( EVERY THING I JUST SAID WAS A LIE! iF YOU DIDN'T KNOW TO MAKE YOUR STAND INSTEAD OF BUYING ONE THEN YOUR JUST A IDIOT....)
Dean on September 13, 2009 at 09:40 PM
Hi! I'm the creator of the iphone paper clip stand. I've got a new product that's the best portable stand out there. It's called the GOGOSTAND and it also fits in your wallet. However, the gogostand is the most portable because it's the same size as a credit card. Yes, that's right; it fits in a credit card slot. All the other portable stands out there are bigger and require more consideration for fitting inside your wallet. Get it at www.gogostand.com -- free shipping too.