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The $100 iPhone/iPod Touch Stand Made from a Piece of Paper
Posted by Addy Dugdale at 2:51 AM on December 11, 2007
Origami fans—or just people who like money and have a lot of it lying about—might find Enrique Pardo's iPhone accessory interesting. The Swiss photographer and graphic designer folded a $100 bill in all sorts of clever ways and turned it into a stand for either jesusPhone or iPod Touch. How-to video is after the jump, plus a quick Q&A session with Enrique.
Gizmodo: Hey Enrique, how did the idea come about?
Enrique Pardo: I made the stand because I had thrown away the little plastic stand that came with my iPod touch. I was taking the train to Paris and spent 3 hours thinking of how I could make my iPod stand to watch a movie."
G: Euros or dollars?
EP: My first stand "cost" 20 euro in fact.
G: So why did you make one using a $100 bill rather than a $1 bill?
EP: I made the video with a $100 bill just as a joke to say: here's what to do with your $100 Apple rebate for the iPhone—that doesn't come with a stand!
G: And finally, what denomination would you use to make a Zune stand?
EP: Concerning the Zune, I have never held one so I can't tell you if this stand would work but if ever I had the chance I'd try to tweak the origami to make a Zune version—why not?
G: Thanks for your time Enrique
EP: Thanks for writing and for the link on Gizmodo! Have to look after my bandwidth allowance now ;-) [YouTube via SwissMiss]
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ScotteusMaximus
Posted 3:41 PM 10/12/07
@ScotteusMaximus:
oops, i should have watched the video to the end to see that it holds the phone horizontally for videos. my bad =P
ScotteusMaximus
ScotteusMaximus
Posted 3:39 PM 10/12/07
"EP: I made the video with a $100 bill just as a joke to say: here's what to do with your $100 Apple rebate for the iPhone-that doesn't come with a stand!"
maybe the european iPhones are different, but don't they come with a dock here in the states? at least mine did...
ScotteusMaximus
iomatic
Posted 3:02 PM 10/12/07
Damn Europeans throwing our cheap money around! Sniff.
iomatic
rhetty
Posted 2:40 PM 10/12/07
anyone know the music in the background? im really diggin it..i probably wouldnt have watched the whole video if not for the music
rhetty
dvheil
Posted 2:36 PM 10/12/07
Can you send me that $100 so that I can double check that it works? ;)
dvheil
Brian Sexton
Posted 1:36 PM 10/12/07
Is it just me or does that ticking draw anyone else's attention away from the content of the video to how long it is taking?
Brian Sexton
kevinXnaked
Posted 1:26 PM 10/12/07
@king_of_fools: Haha word!
kevinXnaked
ImTheKing
Posted 12:45 PM 10/12/07
@yougottabekidding: As long as Bush is in office, that wont be long before it happens hahaha
ImTheKing
king_of_fools
Posted 12:36 PM 10/12/07
Only a mac fanboy could find a way to make the iphone cost another hundred dollars and think it was a good idea.
king_of_fools
yougottabekidding
Posted 12:27 PM 10/12/07
I'll wait for the $100 model to go on half price clearance before I buy it. :P
yougottabekidding
coach
Posted 12:01 PM 10/12/07
I wish that guy could fold just a little quicker.
coach
oo0cyst0oo
Posted 11:24 AM 10/12/07
that is cool looking.
oo0cyst0oo
cylonite
Posted 10:46 AM 10/12/07
@Crazysamz: Actually you can fit a lot into an iPhone if you re-encode the video. Using x264 and aac, 40 mins of TV comes to 100Mb. A whole season comes to about 2.5 Gb, which is great for travel :D
cylonite
baltwade
Posted 10:39 AM 10/12/07
@Xidius: You're an idiot
Please read STRIDER_MT@X's comment.
baltwade
trojan
Posted 9:51 AM 10/12/07
This is great, it not only allows me to be cheap and still hang with the rich crowd (use a $1 bill), but it also folds up nicely for travel purposes.
On the downside, that same cheapness factor won't allow me to purchase an iPhone.
trojan
strider_mt2k
Posted 9:32 AM 10/12/07
I forgot to add that the video was awesome and that I like that better than any hunk of plastic I've seen yet.
Not to mention it's far more recyclable. :)
strider_mt2k
strider_mt2k
Posted 9:27 AM 10/12/07
Yeah, because this couldn't be an artistic exercise or anything.
No statements being made in the process or anything, nope.
Good morning folks, coffee's almost done.
Yes, have some.
strider_mt2k
Crazysamz
Posted 8:46 AM 10/12/07
Wouldn't this work with other video players, such as the Zune?? all you have to do is fold the bottom edge a little wider and you get a Zune stand!! Besides, how much video are you going to fit along with your music on a 16GB player??
Crazysamz
Xidius
Posted 7:28 AM 10/12/07
Is it just me or does this look more like a zune accessory?
Sorry, but it's my general opinion that most people who buy an iPod Touch or iPhone have the funds and / or style enough to just buy a decent case with that sort of functionality.
A paper iPod Touch holder.... sigh... seems to rank right up there with that guy who made a laptop stand out of some junk wood he nailed together. =\
- Xidius
Xidius
ab3
Posted 6:19 PM 10/12/07
I tried this with one of the many $100 bills i have just laying around... I wish. The plastic one that came with the touch still works better although it is not as cool
ab3
DJJS
Posted 5:27 PM 10/12/07
@king_of_fools: LOL : )
But preatty cool..
DJJS
mferrari
Posted 6:44 PM 10/12/07
@Crazysamz: just did it w/ 1st gen zune= huge pain in teh a$$ & much less sexiness of stand kuz it is pretty big now
mferrari
tostinni
Posted 5:31 PM 10/12/07
@rhetty:
For background music it's indélédébile from LEGO it's a free album under CC, go download it, you'll certainly enjoy it.
Cheers
tostinni
tostinni
Posted 5:26 PM 10/12/07
@RHETTY:
For the background music it's "Indélédébile" from LEGO [blue.jamendo.com] it's a free album under CC, download it you'll enjoy it.
Cheers
tostinni
SkinCancer
Posted 3:49 PM 10/12/07
Definitively it is an interesting idea, but I would not use a bill of 100
SkinCancer
thechansen
Posted 8:11 PM 10/12/07
iphone came with stand and the touch didn't. this guy is half right.
thechansen
teexcue
Posted 8:00 PM 10/12/07
Go buy a dock....scratch that, go buy three docks!
teexcue
rhetty
Posted 10:55 PM 10/12/07
@TOSTINNI:
sweet, thanks
rhetty
mongchacha
Posted 9:40 PM 10/12/07
i have a zune30. and it seems to hold up just fine. i like this - it's a good simple solution to a stand. i used a somewhat crumbly dollar bill so on completing it i thought it wasn't gonna hold up...but when i put the zune on it, it seems to stiffen up a little.
mongchacha
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