For those who are tired of hearing their friends going ga-ga over the iPhone, but are too cheap to shell out $500 for a phone (or if you live in Vermont), I present to you something you can make for about $2 - behold, the iToid: the iPhone Altoids! From a distance, it looks quite like the real thing, so your co-workers may scoot over to your cubicle for a closer look. If they're disappointed that you don't have the real thing, there is a plus side to it: you can offer them an Altoid.
If the process isn't obvious to you, here's how to make it:
Step 1. Get Yourself a tin of Altoids | |
| Step 2. Paint the red parts black. You can also use permanent markers, though I happen to have black paint. Update 7/4/07: Apparently, licorice flavored altoids already comes in black, so you can skip this messy step. | |
Step 3. Print the iPhone Picture Download the iPhone picture (JPEG | PNG formats) then print it and cut it out. (You may need to open it with Photoshop or Fireworks rather than printing it straight from the browser.) | |
| Step 4. Glue and Affix Glue the printed paper onto your altoids tin, and voilà! You've got yourself an iPhone Altoids! | |
Step 5. Celebrate by Eating an Altoid |
Mints are a fun gift, but you can also make some with paper maps, paper calendar, post its and small pen inside (credit card PicoPad from www.picopad.com should work too). Micro calculators and watches are a good addition too.
Could you also post instructions of how to make an i(can)Phone tin can phone? I hear the connection is easier than AT&T.
I can't wait to see the tech comparisons between the iToid and the iCan.