Give your iPhone 3G a telephoto lens

From the “really strange looking iPhone accessories” department, we present for your inspection the mobile.brando.com.hk Apple iPhone 3G Mobile Phone Telescope. Dave mentioned this in passing a few days ago, but since Apple noted it today we went back and took a closer look. This product definitely wins the Apple award for the longest name for an iPhone add-on. In case you’re wondering what the function of this device is, the website says it all — “Overcome the short coming of camera cellphone that can only near-sighted, it also makes distant view for you at the moment.”

The idea is to take this plastic “crystal” case, put it on your iPhone 3G, and then put the telescope onto the case. This gives your iPhone a 6X telephoto lens. But it does more! Once again, from the website — “The new design to run of rays can effectively avoid the contortion of image, and makes the super wide angle, the larger luminous flux, the higher visual acuteness, good for color reduction, which makes the high quality of photography.”

Huh?

If you really need a telephoto lens for your iPhone 3G and don’t mind the abuse from friends, you can order one for the bargain price of US$19 plus shipping. For more mind-boggling details or to order the telescope, click the Read link below.

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Silly accessories: The Steve Jobs iPhone dock

This thing is right up there with the iPod sex toy and toilet paper dispenser. The Steve Jobs iPhone Dock features a plastic bobble-head doll of Mr. Jobs, gesturing elegantly (as elegantly as a plastic doll can gesture) towards your docked and charging iPhone. Unlike many cool bobble-head dolls (including those that are life-sized), this thing says, “I’m a fanboy of legendary status.” Expect your friends to treat you accordingly.

Originally intended to be a one-off piece, the scuptor has put four up for sale on Ebay. Impress your geek friends and scare away potential dates with one of your own.

Other Apple-inspired oddities include

• a 60x optical zoom lens for the iPhone camera
• iLidz, which is a hat-based multimedia viewer for the iPhone/iPod touch
• The R2D2 projector (a steal at $2500)

And finally, this list would be incomplete without the KNG iPod DJ Dock. Oh, yeah.

[Via MacUser]

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Brando’s iPhone Battery Gets a White Version

Brando’s cheapest iPhone supplemental battery just got a white version today. You obviously know if you’d want one, so there ya go. Still $25. [Brando]

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Lightning Review: Timbuk2 MacBook Air ‘Steve Sleeve’

The Gadget: It may be seven months late to the party, but Timbuk2’s Steve Sleeve is the latest MacBook Air sleeve to fashion itself in the likeness of a manila folder. Read the rest of this entry

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Make Your Old iPhone Dock Accommodate Your iPhone 3G’s Bulbous Ass

There’s no dock in the iPhone 3G’s box. And the iPhone 3G doesn’t fit in the original iPhone’s dock. You could pay $29 for a new one.

Or you could just make the damn thing fit in the dock you already have. All you need is steady hands, a Dremel and a buffing cloth. Carve, buff, voila. Here are the happy, frugal results:

Of course, your original iPhone might not fit so harmoniously after this mod. [Hard Mac via Apple]

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