Cradles

TomTom Car Kit For iPod Touch Now Available

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1:00PM January 28, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Remember how excited we were about the TomTom iPhone app? How young and foolish we were! And how disappointed iPod Touch owners were that the cradle didn’t work with their device. Well, as of yesterday, TomTom officially caters to iPod Touch owners as well! More »


Kensington Windshield Mount Lets You Use The iPhone’s GPS

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12:38PM October 23, 2009 | Nick Broughall

It’s been months, and we’re still waiting for TomTom to release their cradle for the iPhone. Fortunately, Kensington’s just released their Windshield Mount in Australia, which means you’ll be able to use the satnav apps on your iPhone in Victoria. More »


Automated Cradle Rocks Your Child Back to Sleep

12:30AM March 19, 2009 | Mark Wilson

You could wake up in the middle of the night for a short period of your life and tend to the spawn you insisted upon this world. Or, you could just buy an automated cradle.

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Microsoft Patents Shows Smartphone Cradle for Media Streaming, Peripherals

10:21PM January 30, 2009 | John Herrman

The Register stumbled across a patent for the “Smart Interface System for Mobile Communication Devices”, a smartphone extension dock that lets you easily plop your phone onto your home network and connect peripherals.

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Personalised Bobblehead iPhone Holder (Yes, Someone Went There)

6:30AM November 6, 2008 | Mark Wilson

What do you get for the Apple lover who has everything? This. You get them this. It’s a personalised bobblehead iPhone holder. The subject sends in three different shots of their face, chooses the skin, hair and eye colour, and through the magic of…well, we don’t know exactly how they’re built…a figure arrives that looks somewhat like someone, somewhere. But there’s more!

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HTC Touch Diamond Gets Classy Desktop Dock, Headphones

4:00AM May 14, 2008 | Jason Chen

The HTC Touch Diamond is pretty classy already, but this desktop cradle/desktop dock gives it a nice house on your desk for it to sleep and dock. From the looks of it, it’s even got earbuds and a 3.5mm jack for you to connect to a set of speakers as well. The footprint looks slightly large compared to say, an iPhone dock, but we can throw some crap on the floor to make room. [Clove via Tracy and Matt via Tech Digest]

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Gaming

Sony Announces PSP Cradle

12:07AM March 5, 2008 | Mark Wilson

In retrospect, it’s surprising this didn’t happen sooner—Sony has announced the PSP Cradle for Japan. Meant to take full advantage of their 1seg tuning abilities, the cradle allows users to do the normal cradle shtick (charging the unit while outputting to the television, plus getting an IR remote). Arriving April 24th, the cradle with A/V cables will cost US$62, while the cradle without will run US$46. Yes, it seems a tad pricey, but Sony knows that the cradle addicts among us will just have to get one. [kotaku]

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