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"fonejacker hacker" my retro iPhone speaker dock hack (video)
youtube.com - 12/9/2008
"fonejacker hacker" my retro iPhone speaker dock hack (video)
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(c 1940s) Retro rotary dial phone now a hacked iPhone speaker docking system. With touch sensitive controls and remote. In black and red colours. Demo, Pleas...

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Gizmodo:  DIY iPhone Retro Rotary Docking Station [DIY]

iPhone Hacks:  DIY: Turn an Old Phone into an iPhone Docking Station

iPhone Hacks:  DIY: Turn an Old Phone into an iPhone Docking Station

Cult of Mac:  DIY Rotary Phone Dock for your iPhone

iSmashPhone:  Back to the Future: Rotary Phone Becomes iPhone Speaker Dock

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DIY iPhone Retro Rotary Docking Station [DIY]
Gizmodo — Interestingly enough, a retro rotary phone lends itself well to iPhone docking. Plus, building one yourself looks to be a fairly simple procedure (so long as you are willing to cannibalize a speaker dock). According to the project page, a version with a microphone on the handset is also in the works along with a compatible iPhone app. That would make it possible to use it for actual phone calls—kind of like the commercial retro handsets that have become so ubiquitous these days. [fonejackerhacker via Boing Boing Gadgets via Hacked Gadgets] ...

DIY: Turn an Old Phone into an iPhone Docking Station
iPhone Hacks — We have seen some interesting do-it-yourself (DIY) projects for the iPhone, the most recent one was the Airplane Holder for the iPhone which quite a few readers thought was an excellent idea. But you got to love this DIY project by fonejackerhacker which turns an old phone into an iPhone docking station, just for the retro look and the effort that seems to have gone into making it.

DIY: Turn an Old Phone into an iPhone Docking Station
iPhone Hacks — We have seen some interesting do-it-yourself (DIY) projects for the iPhone, the most recent one was the Airplane Holder for the iPhone which quite a few readers thought was an excellent idea. But you got to love this DIY project by fonejackerhacker which turns an old phone into an iPhone docking station, just for the retro look and the effort that seems to have gone into making it.

DIY Rotary Phone Dock for your iPhone
Cult of Mac — If you’ve got an old 1940s style rotary phone ...

Back to the Future: Rotary Phone Becomes iPhone Speaker Dock
iSmashPhone — Leave it to the country that stuck a time machine in a police call box -- and made Cardinal Richelieu the punchline of numerous Monty Python sketches -- to create something this retro for the iPhone. UK-based FoneJackerHacker, consisting of person or persons going by the moniker "M Booth," has truly put the "retro" ...

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