DIY

Can’t Wait for the iPhone 4? Get This DIY Paper iPhone 4 Now

We're still about 2 weeks away from the official release of the iPhone 4. If you're like me, you're probably counting every minute of it. Rejoice because the wait is almost over.

You can now get your very own iPhone 4 in paper by downloading the template here and by cutting, folding and sticking the different parts.

Alright, it's now time for me to go show off my paper iPhone 4 at the mall. Later!

iPhone External Keyboard

This is an interesting concept developed by Ralf Ackermann...

An external iphone / ipod touch keyboard - using a more "mainstream approach". The keyboard (it's a standard Freedom Universal Keyboard) uses the Bluetooth SPP (Serial Port) profile to talk with a Robotech Bluetooth module ( www.tigal.com/product.asp?pid=1124 ). This module is placed in a modified iphone battery sleeve and connected to the iphone serial port. The jailbroken iphone runs veency (a VNC server) and a tiny libvncclient based VNC client for keyboard event injection to whatever application you use.

All schematics and source code to appear on www.ubiqkom.org soon.

More photos here.

DIY iPhone Speakers

These speakers could have easily been designed by MacGyver but it's designer Dmitry Zagga who came out with this brilliant, yet simple idea. Made out of 2 cups, 2 toothpicks and a set of earplugs, these DIY iPhone speakers won't compete with your real speakers but it will certainly increase the volume of your earbuds; the sound being magnified due to the shape of the cup. More pictures after the break.

DIY iPhone Landscape Stand

Inspired by Nathan Barry's iPhone alarm clock stand, gbzphoto decided to create his own DIY alarm clock stand. The result is pretty amazing. gbzphoto has more images on his Flickr account.

DIY iPhone Alarm Clock Stand

In the DIY series, we had the paperclip iPhone stand, the iPhone binder clip dock, and now we have the iPhone alarm clock stand. Nathan Barry, the creator of this cheap alternative to an iPhone stand, used the plastic packaging that the iPhone 3G came in and used a sharp carving knife to craft it. Nathan says:

I'd been after a nice looking digital clock for the bedroom for ages, so I was pleased with the 'Digital Clock' app from the iPhone App Store. It's quite customizable (colour, brightness and digit style) and auto-rotates. Only problem is you have to leave it on all night - which used to drain the battery almost flat, until I discovered the 'Airplane Mode'!

You can see his pictures on Flickr, here and here.

DIY iPhone Binder Clip Dock

If you liked what I posted earlier this week on how to make an iPhone stand with a paperclip, you will appreciate this video found on Make on how to make an iPhone dock, using binder clips. It doesn't look really easy to do but the result is pretty good. If you try this at home, please send us pictures!

DIY paperclip iPhone stand

How smart is this guy? While some of us would spend $50 in an iPhone or iPod Touch stand, our friends Dean and Ying created their own for just about $0.01. How? Simply by using a paperclip. That has to be the cheapest iPhone accessory you can find. The guys were kind enough to also provide you with a PDF template to make your own. Check them out!