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New iPhone Car Integration

Posted by clay on Jul 23rd, 2008 | Add Comment | no responses

When I bought the new iPhone I FULLY expected to be able to plug it into my existing iPhone cradle and have it magically work.  Silly Clay…that would be too easy.  I detailed out my original iPhone car integration here.

The new iPhone is about an 1/8 of an inch wider that the first one which means the cradle from ProClip is useless.  I was able to get in touch with someone at ProClip who told me they would have a new cradle, but not for a couple of months.  If you know me, you know that I don’t have that kind of patience.  Enter the Dremel tool!  I was able to carve out some plastic and spead it out with some plastic spacers.  Worked excellent, but I will still buy the right one when it comes out.  This works for now.

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Sitting In Line For My New iPhone

Posted by clay on Jul 23rd, 2008 | Add Comment | one response

Ok, let’s get this striaght…I love my new iPhone (16gb White One), but like any product, it has its downfalls. I wanted to experience the launch day frenzy so I planned to head to the Apple store at the Mall of America for the 8am store opening on July 11. I got there about 6:30am and got in line with about 60 people in front of me. I was quickly bored after checking out my line-mates.

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