Can’t stand your iPhone? PED3 to the rescue!
The iPhone and iPod touch are definitely the best video-watching portable devices that Apple—possibly anybody—has ever created, but they still have their shortcomings. For example, while the touch ships with a plastic stand that lets you prop up the iPod for longterm watching, poor iPhone users are condemned to a life of hand cramps from holding their iPhone on that transatlantic flight.
The PED3 rotating stand is here to save you that trouble. It can hold the iPhone vertically or horizontally, and rotate three hundred sixty degrees so that you have your choice of viewing angles. And should you want to connect the iPhone to your computer or a power source while watching, the PED3 also helps control cable clutter.
Sure, you could make your own stand out of a spare business card, but come on: if you’ve already spent the hundreds of dollars on a portable video player, you can probably afford $40 more for the quality of plastic steel, right?
[via Gizmodo]
Category: Hardware
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Comments (5)
But can you pack it? It looks like a single piece of plastic. It would be awkward at best.
Posted by Dave-O | November 6, 2007 3:29 PM
I'm pretty sure it's mostly metal, if I recall the demo correctly. Still not paying 40 bucks for it, though.
Posted by JustMarci
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November 7, 2007 6:07 AM
This thing looks totally lame- it's not collapsable or in any way portable. I might as well be watching on my mac book pro instead of lugging that thing around. Someone should make a foldable portable stand that wont take up much room in a backpack.
Posted by Nate | November 7, 2007 10:16 PM
We appreciate the post, but the information is incorrect. All of our PED's are 100% STEEL not plastic (and made in the USA).
Also, it was not intended for casual travel.
Posted by Mike Talmadge | November 8, 2007 5:33 AM
Way to miss the point. It doesn't fold up into anything resembling a convenient form factor.
Posted by Dave-O | November 8, 2007 9:12 AM