The paper clip solution

[slitchfield]

Call this a quirky weekend item if you like, but the humble paper clip came to my rescue today and I thought I'd share what happened. After a week trialling the Nokia N96, I'd become really attached to its kick stand, enabling it to prop itself up for comfortable 'by your side' video watching. How could I apply this to my other S60 smartphones? Read on...

Read on in the full article.

I just saw this recently somewhere, but______hmmm______I don't remember where cool and handy trick by the way.

[ChaosFire]

If only using symbian60v3 phones could be that simple. .
Neat trick though.

Found it |-)

symbian-freak.com/news/008/03/nokia_n95_desktop_stand.htm

[Tzer2]

In our local supermarket they had a product on sale called "clothes dye fixer", which helps if you dye your own clothes using stuff like Dylon etc.

If you look closely at the ingredients list though, it's actually made up entirely of "Sodium Chloride", which is of course common salt. They were charging four times the price of salt in a normal packet though! :-)

Maybe someone should do the same trick here, put paper clips in some smart packaging and call them "portable smartphone multimedia stands" or something along those lines. They could make a mint.

[slitchfield]

but. But. I already linked to the N95 piece in my text! 8-)

[snoyt]

Congrats with the N82. Still enjoying mine here. Though if the E71 had a 5Mpixel... Concerning low tech solution. A 50 eurocent or a 1 euro coin leaning in the flash depression does the trick too. It's a bit pricier, but its still valid after use. Your micro-SD card works BTW too.

I don't want to get you into trouble with the wife. But did you try the/a wedding ring? :-P

i use my eye glasses case, open or closed, both works.

[sjhong]

To me, even bending the paper clip seems too high tech. I use virtually anything as a stand for my N95. Books, my wallet, whatever is at hand. However, if you guys feel the need for something more elaborate, please check the following video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU36zTVkOTY

It'd for the iPod but I bet it works for any phone.

[malerocks]

I once read an article somewhere that a guy glued on a 3.5 mm pin on an old tripod, then inserted the pin in the audio jack of the n95 (which is on the side of the phone). This way he had created a crude tripod for use with the n95 camera.