iPod nano box becomes DIY nano dock

by Ryan Block, posted Sep 20th 2006 at 4:11AM

Making a DIY dock out of a cardboard box or even the packaging your iPod came in is all well and good, but making a DIY iPod dock out of the old not-good-enough-for-Steve-anymore iPod you're replacing -- now why can't someone do that?

[Thanks, Ken]

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

Tags: diy, dock, hack, ipod, nano

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Adam @ Sep 20th 2006 7:52AM

"What will they think of next!?"

@open source pro

An ipod sock? ;)

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z @ Sep 20th 2006 5:00AM

Just needs a good paint job and you've got something classy!

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muaddib420 @ Sep 20th 2006 10:56AM

don't even need to repaint it, just replace the inner paper with a white or colored cardboard paper... pretty clever.

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bob nojob @ Sep 20th 2006 5:06AM

you wishing someone would hack up and old ipod is hardly gadget news. Keep it on point boys.

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Richard Lai @ Sep 20th 2006 5:24AM

It's good to see how iPod users can be quite creative. :)

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z @ Sep 20th 2006 7:20AM

And how Creative can do iPods! ;-)

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Alex @ Sep 20th 2006 6:52AM

It's good that the new nanos come in those boxes. It would be harder to use the paper ones.

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Richard Lai @ Sep 20th 2006 8:31AM

Nice comeback :D

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blackout @ Sep 20th 2006 8:20AM

i really want to mod my old nano now. XD

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Cade Kachelmeier @ Sep 20th 2006 8:46AM

Because there aren't enough iPod docks?

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AJerman @ Sep 20th 2006 9:25AM

I still don't understand what's so hard about just laying your iPod on the desk. It's not like there is anything on the screen worth seeing while it's syncing.

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Neko Tsukimi @ Sep 20th 2006 10:18AM

Wow, I didn't know the new nano box was so cute. But that's a really good use for it. Nice and sturdy too. But I do agree, a nice paint job or some pretty tissue paper and some LEDs would make this stand out.

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Brad @ Sep 20th 2006 10:35AM

Why do I get the feeling that iPod docks are the new bongs?

"Duuude, you could totally make a dock outta that!"

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Shet16 @ Sep 20th 2006 11:17AM

hmm paper box was easy too...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWwYb08bU2A

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Pasha @ Sep 20th 2006 10:49AM

As soon as i saw the box mod, i was looking at my newly purchased nano, and contemplated doing just that.
Now that it's been done, i have no reason to wait.

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Andrew Monks @ Sep 20th 2006 8:46PM

hmm? iPod dock out of old iPod, you say??
good idea!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24436271@N00/

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ps2 @ Sep 21st 2006 3:30AM

maybe apple should get a clue from this and just make their next package a dock. should give them green points. i mean, after you graciously reduce the packaging to save landfills, why not actually make the packaging reusable like this? hmmm...

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Nathan @ Jan 4th 2009 6:31AM

Hello, i was wondering what did you use to cut the box?

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