ArkHippo: at last, a cure for your iPhone's portability
By Donald Melanson 
posted July 12th 2010 8:56AM
posted July 12th 2010 8:56AM
Ever wish your iPhone was less pocket-friendly and more throw-across-the-room-friendly? Then the ArkHippo may just be the case for you. Made of a proprietary material "similar to Crocs shoes," the case (said to be "coming soon") promises to let you comfortably rest your iPhone against your shoulder, prop it up to watch a video, or simply toss it around to your heart's content. Still not sold on it? Head on past the break for a quick video -- and don't worry, we're pretty sure the final version won't be made of foam.
@phearme Putting a phone on your elbow would be useless! There would be no way to hear the person.
...Wait, by elbow, do you mean shoulder?
And maybe she doesn't want everyone to hear the conversation, hence the lack of speaker phone.
I want a q-pot case for my iPhone 4!
I kinda like it for my spare iPhone that always gets lost on my desk. easier to find
Does it fix the antenna problem?
Why would you prop it against your shoulder when you can turn on the speaker phone? If you throw it around like that I guarantee that those solder points will break.
LMAO that video is hilarious. Is this thing a joke? Like, seriously? That's a straight up brick. So it changes a thin and sleek modern phone into a Motorola brick from the 80's? Who the hell would ever buy this? I shouldn't ask that question...I know there will be some iT@rd out there that will actually buy a thing like this. But I see them getting annoyed with it and returning it the next day. And why the hell is engadget reporting something like this? It seems like anything Apple, especially iPhone related, gets a story, no matter how dumb or ridiculous it is. I can see it now: "New iPhone app lets you wipe your butt with your iPhone and utilizes front facing camera to check to make sure you got it all!" And according to the commercial all it does is 2 things, but they throw in some catchy music and make the thing dance around a bit, show some trendy girl flipping through a magazine, and people will buy it. I've got a better idea: normal sized case/glove with a built in kickstand, and a hands free device. PROBLEM SOLVED.
@jawman
Maybe engadget posts crap like this for a good laugh. They read the hilarious comments and it brightens their day. Like a commenter before me said, this looks exactly like something you'd see on Onion news. Oh yeah, speakerphone ftw.
@jawman "New iPhone app lets you wipe your butt with your iPhone and utilizes front facing camera to check to make sure you got it all!"
That's actually a pretty good idea. iPoo?
iDoorStop...
I think the bottom notch is supposed to be for a speaker opening... they've got it on the wrong side... hope they catch that.
It's designed to keep Naomi Campbell out of jail...
@JTVD
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
Hey, if you drop your calls, at least the other caller won't get hurt.
:X
I can see this being a good item for people with kids to buy. Surely those iPhone owners out there with rugrats know how often they want to play games and such on it? Paranoid they are going to drop it or give it a toss? Wrap in one of these fugly monstrosities.
Or not.
I can't wait to see some Apple fanboi touting this while i'm getting my bacon, egg, and cheese bagel at Einsteins. So I can laugh at his dumb ass.
This design confuses and infuriates me
Whuck?
another animation from arkhippo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PNzqnAa2iM&playnext_from=TL&videos=MreRmwdVhxs