http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/ Engadget Comments for DIY smartphone car dock: 10 minutes, $2, and worthy of a MacGyver sense of accomplishment http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Yeah, what the heck is up with that car?]]>Jan 22nd 2010 3:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/
I thought the xA was the only one with the instrument panel in the middle, I could've sworn the xB was normal.

That definitely is a Scion for sure though, I'd recognize that AC vent anywhere. :)]]>Jan 22nd 2010 6:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/
it's an '04-'07 Scion xB. i drive an '05 and that's exactly what my dash looks like.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/
If I hadn't done that, I'd have given the pvc pipe concept a go, something I would imagine any remotely industrious geek would've thought of ages ago on their own.]]>Jan 22nd 2010 3:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/
I paid £40 for something that looks quite similar that's made by belkin.

Though it charges the phone, and broadacasts anything coming out of the audio over FM..

I still think it was worth the £40, since the iPhone's loudspeaker is nowhere near loud enough for handsfree talking while driving (what with that being the law in the uk, sensible anywhere in the world).]]>Jan 22nd 2010 3:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/
Oh, and how about when your badly sellotaped together joints fall apart and your iPhone hits you in the testicles while driving round a sharp bend...]]>Jan 22nd 2010 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/
learn it, live it, know it]]>Jan 22nd 2010 4:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/
To be a legal car dock in aus, it has to be a commercial product so you can use it while driving... But hey +1 for effort!

]]>Jan 22nd 2010 5:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/9247/guyver3.gif )???]]>Jan 22nd 2010 5:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 6:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/More like MacGruber!]]>Jan 22nd 2010 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/
I got mine for $37 from an electronics retailer and it is great.
]]>Jan 22nd 2010 6:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/
$1000 iPhone?]]>Jan 22nd 2010 7:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/CultOfOne Posted Jan 22nd 2010 6:39AM
Ah yeah why put a $1000 (3GS 32 GIG) smart phone in a $2 dock that could ruin it.
I got mine for $37 from an electronics retailer and it is great.
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Go drink some KoolAid]]>Jan 22nd 2010 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/The holder was $37 not the iphone. Thats what iphones cost out right in Austrailan Dollars. Sorry I should have been more clear]]>Jan 22nd 2010 7:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 7:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 7:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/
User sues Apple for the phone doing serious damage after rear-ending somebody while texting ]]>Jan 22nd 2010 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/]]>Jan 22nd 2010 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/Jan 22nd 2010 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/22/diy-smartphone-car-dock-10-minutes-2-and-worthy-of-a-macguyv/There's your TV/movie plot, now you guys put a love interest in it please, and I don't mind if it involves the driver being saved by a korean gadget model.
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