The DIY iPhone belt: please don't

If you're still using terms like "bling" and "pimp your [insert consumable]" to show how down you are with the kids, then perhaps you're also interested in wearing your new iPhone as a belt buckle in support of your poser persona. In fact, why not strap on a set of speakers too and show everyone just how ghetto you really are. Ok, ok, we'll admit, the design (bottom picture) shows some promise and the cats at Maya are only in the early stages (as in, the iPhone's only been out for 13 fargin hours) of their how-to. Besides, we know how desperate you are to show off your new gadget. Believe us, we know. Peep some early samples of the speaker-less version of the belts after the break.

[wasabi @ Jun 30th 2007 7:30AM]

OMG!!! might as well wear a fanny pack. either way you're gonna get jumped.

[Camperton @ Jun 30th 2007 7:31AM]

I would slap somebody for wearing that.

[tekdroid @ Jun 30th 2007 7:42AM]

I won't rest until http://www.levis.com or - better yet - a far better value chinese jeans manufacturer releases jeans with a decicated iPhone pocket.

[Don Wilson @ Jun 30th 2007 7:47AM]

Jesus.

Enough iPhone news.

[marc peterson @ Jun 30th 2007 8:42AM]

too funny, i heard they did it in 4 hours as a stunt!

[Rob @ Jun 30th 2007 10:05AM]

Anyone who wears this and walks around the city is just begging to get jumped.
Besides, it looks ridiculous.

[Mike10010100 @ Jun 30th 2007 10:22AM]

Why not use "fracking" instead of "farging".... much more geek cred, as it comes from Battlestar Galactica.

the belt is pretty cool, but i always thought those types of belts were a bit odd.

[John Delaney @ Jun 30th 2007 11:10AM]

Damn. That reminds me of the belt buckle from the first Star Trek movie. Yes, I am that old!

[Chris K @ Jun 30th 2007 11:42AM]

Bling and pimp? You mean those phrases we've heard CONSTANTLY on Engadget for the past two years?

http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=bling
http://www.engadget.com/search/?q=pimp

What's next? "The new hotness" isn't so hot anymore? "Rocking an iPhone" won't be so rocking?

I've long wished Engadget would dispense with the nerd slang, but I never thought I'd hear you guys make fun of the very same slang you use!

[John Doe @ Jun 30th 2007 12:05PM]

I want to meet someone who does this. I'll smash the damn thing "accidentally". Why? Not because I hate the iPhone. But because anyone wearing this isn't about using the iPhone for a function but as a way of making themselves feel "special" and bragging to the world about it. Such people are the dregs of society and deserve to have their toys taken away from them. I'm thinking the back of my Sanyo 2300 in direct contact with the screen. Yah forget the satisfying crack of the screen. I'd just like to see their reaction. Fashion trendy assholes.

[Jamar @ Jun 30th 2007 1:00PM]

"Yah forget the satisfying crack of the screen."
"Yah"- and focus on your now-bleeding hand that needs to be stitched up at a hospital. The iPhone's screen is made of glass, not plastic.

[alex @ Jun 30th 2007 1:03PM]

iFriedMyBalls with an iPhone wearing an iBelt

[zach @ Jun 30th 2007 4:30PM]

Does anybody know if you can put a version of SQL on the iphone...if so can you provide a link or a name for it?

[zach @ Jun 30th 2007 4:31PM]

Does anybody know if you can put a version of SQL on the iphone...if so can you provide a link or a name for it?

[Frankenstein Black @ Jun 30th 2007 4:37PM]

Hey! Why does my new Baby have 3 eyes!!

[Rolland Castro @ Jun 30th 2007 5:30PM]

One of the greatest features of the iphone is the ability to turn heads in a "that's awesome" type of way. This fellow found a way to hack that feature and mod the iphone to turn heads "I know you are a geek, so I'll rest my case in silence with awkward stares" type of way.

[Wolfticket @ Jun 30th 2007 7:32PM]

D I why...? (heh heh heh)

[adelossa @ Jul 2nd 2007 6:12PM]

the new bat-belt?

[Jake @ Jul 4th 2007 8:13PM]

Absolutely pimp, indeed! I made one and I'm blinging wearing it right the bling now. In fact, I'm writing this tricked out message on it. People in this urban atmosphere in which I am now standing are all like, "check out that Fashion Trendy Asshole" and shit.


Let it be known that there is absolutely nothing funny about this particular pimping. This is the serious shiznizzle and I have no time for the haterz.


By the way, engadget, you said, "peep some early samples of the speaker-less version of the belts after the break" and I'm really interested in this unusual turn of phrase. "Peep"? Like a marshmallow peep? Like peeple of the world, peep? Help me out here. I'm pimped, blinged and i-phone belted, but I want to be even more down with the kids. I want to peep.

Thanks.

[Mytake @ Jul 3rd 2007 2:43PM]

GOSH! If I was writing for Engadget, and I found through these posts that all I'm doing is writing for assholes, I think I'd quit. Quit doggin on the guy and get back to whatever all-important, life-changing thing you were all doing!