Gear Diary The CrystalCore TiltDock photo

Since I got my iPhone 5, I have been using it a lot, way more often than my iPad.  I use it for pretty much everything from watching TV to taking notes to reading books to playing games.  Which is great, except when I want to prop it up and read while I’m eating, or use it to take notes when I’m using the Bluetooth keyboard, or something.  Which is why this particular crowdfunding item caught my eye: The CrystalCore TiltDock. There are three versions planned to take care of all smartphone users — a 30 pin version, one with a lightning connector (pending Apple’s MFI program approval), and a version with a MicroUSB.

The TiltDock has 3 pretty cool-looking features:

  1. Tilting backrest.
  2. Fit’s your phone with 99% of any cover, bumper or case.
  3. Look Mom, One Hand!

I liked the look of these things so much that when they become available for testing, I’m going to give one a good workout and report back to you all on what I think.  But in the meantime, if you’re thinking it looks good to you, why not surf on over to their web site and check it out, or contribute to their Indigogo funding project.  And if you do, be sure to let us know what you think below!

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Doug is a nerd from way back, falling for a Commodore PET at the age of 15, and never looking back. Riding the nerd wave, he got a Computer Science degree and entered the tech industry at a young age, deciding after a year and a half of front-line phone technical support that he should try something, *anything* else. He settled on technical writing, and has been cranking out documentation for companies like Unisys, SGI, Cisco, Juniper, and many others ever since. He is nothing short of ecstatic to be working for H-P from his home base in Austin.


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