You’ve heard everybody talking about it. Wherever you go, you can hear people in discussion about only one topic. Yes, that’s right. The rest of the world, and I, are talking about the new iPhone.
When we were all spent 60 seconds watching WWDC (okay, not everybody), we marveled over the new things that the iPhone had. Of course, there were those that were annoyed that the new iPhone did not have video. What a lot of us find interesting is that the iPhone isn’t cheaper. The cost of the plan has increased. To top it off, 3G coverage is limited, so it’ll be difficult to those that like to travel around. You can find AT&T’s coverage map here. As you cannot view the 3G coverage in the continental 48 states of America when zoomed out all the way, I have created a map with images from AT&T stitched together.
It’s a large image, 1819×729 pixels PNG, so this isn’t for dlaup, folks.
So, instead of finishing off this post by asking if you’re going to buy an iPhone, I’m instead going to ask, “What do you see in the future of the iPhone?”
If you have seen (pictures of) my previous iPod dock, you might be looking for a slightly simpler iPod dock. I doubt it because I think a mousepad, CD case, and the box that the iPod came in is pretty simple to construct.
If you are of the sort that wants even more simplicity in building your own iPod dock, you can go with the DV cassette case. With the previous iPod dock, practically any portable device that came in a box similar to the on that my iPod came in would work. With the one that I am demonstrating now, you can only put in a portable device that fits inside the DV cassette. Note that there is no hole in the bottom for the iPod charger/transfer cable to go into.
Still, I think it’s a handy way of propping up my fifth generation iPod video.
It sure has been a busyday at CodingExperiments. After dealing with countless bugs in Wordpress, I decided to chill out with my fifth generation 30 gigabyte iPod video.
My iPod video needs an iPod dock, though. Docks for an iPod are more expensive than they’re worth. Besides, plenty of people have written DIY articles about how to make your own iPod dock. It couldn’t be that hard.
I decided to make my iPod dock out of the box that it came in. It took some digging around to find the box as I bought my iPod in 2006.
I decided that it wouldn’t be that hard to cut up the box and make an iPod dock, so I wouldn’t need to read anybody’s DIY tutorial on how to make one.
After some cutting, I ended up with an iPod dock. It looked pretty bad, but it worked well. It wasn’t propped up, so it laid flat. That made it difficult to read the song that it was playing on the screen.
I decided to add in a jewel CD case. The swiveling cover would be perfect to prop it up. The only problem with that was that there was no grip on it. It would simply lay flat again.
I looked at my mousepad, and found inspiration. I could tape the box to the mousepad and then tape a small, circular “grippy thingy” to the jewel case and the “grippy thingy” would grip the mousepad well.
This ended up working perfectly and I got an iPod dock that doesn’t look good at all, but I’m still proud of it
