• Wooden iPhone Dock Does Retro Right

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    Thursday, May 19th, 2011


    Think of this as a passive iPhone dock. It’s not powered nor does it do anything electronic. But that’s fine. It just holds an iPhone and looks oh-so-sexy doing it. The dock (or rather holder?) is designed by Jonas Damon to be reminiscent of the classic flip clock radios. There’s room in the beechwood block to snake a dock connector cable, which sort of secures your iDevice while charging it. The only thing missing is the slight flapping noise made by the number cards as they count the time although there’s likely an app for that. [$39.99 via Gadget Lab]