CP Dock, because your phone is way too cool to rest on a table or floor
By Jacob Schulman 
posted Dec 24th 2008 7:41AM
posted Dec 24th 2008 7:41AM
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Chargehand is an alternative that has been around for almost a year now:
http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/product/1881.htm
Normally £8!? Outrageous!
Yeah I was about to say, I've already seen something similar over the summer. The product I saw looked better than this too cause it actually had some color in it.
The Sanctuary from BlueLounge looks better.
At $130 it should!
This is completly rubbish.
Actually, this is genius Engadget and Mr. Tom Robinson. I HATE it when I have to untangle my charger cord every time I want to charge my phone. Then other cords get tangled with it or someone ends up tripping over it... or it just gets in the way. Then I have to wrap it back up and go through all the stuff mentioned above AGAIN. It's worth $13 to me to protect my sanity.
My name is Tom Robertson as it clearly says 4 times on this page.
Agreed! It looks complete rubbish. The designers of something similar
pitched it on TV, and the judges pointed out that if someone whacked it, then
it would not only break the shelf, but also the power outlet, leaving the wires exposed.
There is only so much strength in that support...
Hey Tom,
Why don't you add your address and phone number, too? Seriously, what's the fun of the interwebs if you go by your full given name? Also, way to waste a post because you were mad someone didn't get your name right. Classy.
Love,
Wellington Rogers (the "S" is silent) Hildebrannd (two "N"s) Bertone the 9th
Well, at least my name is better than yours.
As long as the guy from oxy clean or the shamwow commercial premotes this product I don't see it selling all that well. I can see the infomercial now 19.95 plus shipping and handling gives not one but two phone cp docks and if you call now we will throw a car charger in free
Hi, Billy Mays here...
In the netherlands, they gave away a very similar thing for free. Its actually seriously useful, I love mine.
NO. Just no.
They'll be in loads of christmas stockings. Last year.
My dad found something similar to this once for £1...so he bought 2!
i had that phone. it sucked, but was indestructible.
I still have one. I had to use it when waiting for a new phone to arrive. Indestructible is right. Everything else pretty much sucks about it, but I'll never throw it out.
My wife had one. She dropped it, and it was chewed numerous times by a dog with separation anxiety, and kept on tickin'.
a friend of mine took mine one time and threw it against a wall as if she was pitching a softball. the battery popped of but other than that nothing. probably the best built phone I have ever used. needless to say it was ugly as all hell, but it did its job
What happened to laying your phone/mp3/ whatever on a nearby table and then plugging the charger on a wall? Isn't that cheaper? And how about places where the plugs are horizontal and not vertical in orientation?
I guess that depends on how expensive your table was. :)
Ikea. Guilty. :D
Maybe you can use the extra parts to build one of your own.
What if there isn't an available surface, like a hotel room? I've been in plenty of hotels where there isn't an available outlet near a desk/table. What about at a convention on "the floor"? In those cases I've had to put my phone on the disgusting floor and risk having it stepped on. It's easy to say "why" when you look at only your situation, but others may have a need. I presonally think $20 is a little steep, but I could certainly see a niche need.
I saw this on the UK Dragons Den about a year or so ago... it didn't look as nice then however and one of the dragons just kicked it and it smashed into about a million bits... needless to say the two guys who's brain child it was were laffed off. You just can;t keep some people down I guess
From the owner's manual: "IMPORTANT: To prevent your cell phone from falling directly to the floor, American and European owners should use the top socket of their electrical outlet. Australian owners should use the one down under."
I wouldn't diss this too much. I actually bought one of these for my wife (or an original version, it was two years ago) and she loved it because it keeps the cable so tidy.
Moral of the story: Always consider the lady's take on the gadget
Saw this (by an alternative company) being sold.
Last year.
That lower plug looks terrified at this contraption!
you stole the words from my mouth, buddy.
OMG that is hysterical
LOLing at the office
thanks
For the college student who's batshit poor and can't afford a table.
Well then he probably hasn't got any furniture anyway, he could just put his phone on the floor.
Milk crates FTW.
or there is fedex furniture...
...unfortunately fedex got fed up with it...
...Sorry I couldn't resist. See more about it at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FedEx_furniture
Guano actually has very good economic value.
They've had something like this at Bed Bath forever.
This is probably one of the most unnecessary things ever invented
plastic so close to an outlet? reminds me of those plug in air fresheners that started house fires.
i'm not going near that thing.
thinkgeek.com has a similar item for much less... http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/952c/
lol CP
Seriously, people need to make sure these acronyms or whatever aren't being used already.
LMAO! love the title "...because your phone is way too cool to rest on a table or floor"
Well, at least my name is better than yours.
http://www.driinn.com/
Purchased the EZmount cell phone station last year best product ever purchased for the money. The built in key hook feature is great!. I purchase the Plung in shelf yesterday and will use for travel.