Etsy Find: Mmmmmmmm iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Etsy Find: Mmmmmmmm iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 20 Aug 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You may have seen them before for MacBooks, but did you know you could get great great decals for your iPad as well? Follow on after the break for some of my favorites!

Here’s one from Dieter as well. Did we miss any other great iPad decals? Let us know in the comments.

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I really enjoyed seeing this retro handset base for the iPhone (even if I did mistake the shipping charge for the price -- sorry about that). Now, iPhone Savior has a nice piece up about the base's designer, Florida artist Scott Freeland. Since news about the set went live, he's apparently been bombarded by requests, and he's actually been working on making it easier to make them and deliver them to customers; he's currently working with two resin molds and has tweaked his process a bit. It sounds like the iRetrofone is already a successful product.

When you hear what he has to say about the handset, it's not hard to determine why. The model is based on a 1937 phone, and Freeland says it hit him in the same nostalgic way it does most of us: "As a sculptor, when I need something in my life I make it ... That was the phone I had as a kid. I looked online until I saw a phone that looked like what I had, and then I made it." He's making more, too. As you can see above, he's got pink and clear models being made already, and he says he wants to make about six to eight more versions, including crazy ideas like "a skull with the iPhone in it."

That one doesn't sound quite as, ahem, nostalgic, but it's still interesting. The iRetrofone is available on Etsy for US $195, and while it's on back order right now, the page says it'll be available in about two weeks.

Behind the scenes with the iRetrofone's creator originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 12 May 2010 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Behind the scenes with the iRetrofone's creator originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 12 May 2010 23:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It's the weekend, which seems like the perfect time for a groovy retro item like this one. The iRetrofone is a handset base for the iPhone that brings an old-school aesthetic to your new-school touchscreen cell phone. We've seen cool handsets before, but this one goes all the way. Any iPhone can sit firmly in that space where the rotary dial would be, you can pick up a dialer app from the App Store, and then there's room for the dock to get plugged in, and the handset itself plugs into the headphone jack.

"But Mike," you may say, "there's no actual value to that. All it does is make the slim and trim iPhone into a bulky mass of resin." And you'd be right. But the shape of that bulky mass of resin happens to bring back some excellent memories for me, of cradling a handset while chatting with friends and family, and hanging the phone back up when it had fallen off the hook, and carrying the base with me while pacing during an important call. While the item on Etsy is now sold out, if it was there, $15 would be a small price to I'd happily pay* to revisit those memories.

[via TDW]

Update: Whoops, $15 is the shipping -- the handset is $195, which seems much more reasonable for a custom-shaped piece of resin wired and ready to go. That's not such a small price, but the memories are still powerful.

Beautiful retro handset base for the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Beautiful retro handset base for the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You knew with a name like the iPad, the jokes they would follow but Hiphandmaids on Etsy takes it to a new level.

They have developed a real, usable case which is in the form of a feminine napkin — and yes it has wings. Etsy is selling these “cases” for $30.00 US for the month of March as a promotion.

Here is how Etsy describes the case on their website:

>With its durable vinyl outer layer and plush, quilted-cotton sleeve, the iMaxi helps keep your iPad clean and dry. Plus, the iMaxi’s Velcro-latched, advanced wing design wraps snugly around your device, so your iPad always stays where it should. Best of all, it shields it from all those unsightly and embarrassing data leaks that would make any motherboard worry!

>Each handmade iMaxi can be easily customized to fit your active lifestyle. Please view other listings for different color options including our “lived in” red thread interior. If you don’t see a color you like, just ask!

So if I bought one for Rene, which should I get, white or lived in ?

A couple more pics after the break!

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That headline is probably a bit of an overstatement, since this is probably the only iPhone stand made out of cutlery. ForkedUpArt of North Salt Lake, Utah, is actually selling two different stands. ForkHead, who you see standing at attention at your right, and SpoonHead, ForkHead's smarter brother.

Sold through our favorite iPhone accessory store, Etsy.com, the ForkedUpArt iPhone stands can be customized if you want, and according to the artist, "I'm making these guys as fast as I can."

How much will one of these unique items put you back? About US$20, plus shipping. That's less expensive than some of the fancy-schmancy stands you can buy through more traditional sources, and let's face it -- these stands are really cool.

[via iPhone Savior]

The most awesome iPhone stand ever made out of cutlery originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The most awesome iPhone stand ever made out of cutlery originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There's a huge world of creative, crafty people on Etsy.com, and we're always hearing about new Mac or iPhone-related products that have been developed.

The latest, by Etsy shop owner and artist "PlayingGrownUp," is the cool iPhone Chalkboard (US$25.00 plus shipping), The chalkboard is hand cut and painted to look just like the iPhones that Mom and Dad use. It has a wonderful funky folk-art feel to it, which is exactly why I want one in my office.

Judging from some of the pictures accompanying the iPhone Chalkboard, you can use either regular chalk or Chalk Ink markers to draw on the surface. The artist notes that she will customize orders, so if you'd like an iPhone Chalkboard showing one bar of AT&T 3G service or your favorite grouping of home apps, you might be able to have one made. There's no word from PlayingGrownUp on whether or not an iPad Chalkboard will be forthcoming after the end of March.

[via iPhone Savior]

iPhone chalkboard lets kids be adults and adults act like kids originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

iPhone chalkboard lets kids be adults and adults act like kids originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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