Two super simple DIY hacks for the iPhone

I've been using the iPhone in the car by placing it speakers-down in one of the front cup holders. Works fine and the sound level is good enough to listen even at highway speeds. I'm not concerned about this being less than top-quality audio. I'm just happy to be able to listen to 'my' music while on the road.

My only complaint (suggestion) is that the music should be playable through my Prius' bluetooth connection. In this way, it would take full advantage of a good audio system. Why can't/hasn't this been done already? It doesn't sound very hard to so. Could Apple be holding this feature for a future release?

I've also been using this hack for a while now. It's ok if the ambient noise is low but in a place with lot of background noise like in a car at high speed or in the shower it's not really usable.

Also, in shower be very careful not to get moisture in the phone or the speaker will stop working (until it's dry again). Oh, and in my experience glass can scratch the iPhone. Big plastic cups are probably best but even a normal coke cup you get from mcdonalds is fine.

p.s I got a jbl onstage speaker in the end. Works great in the shower room.

I used to use a large fruit bowl in the kitchen when listening to podcasts or just bounce it off a surface when in the bathroom. I don't take it in when I'm having a shower as way too much moisture.

When I am trying to show people the videos that my son has created, I usually just CUP my hand around the speaker end of the iPhone which has a similar effect. It works quite well.

you could just use the 3GS’ voice over function to read the recipe aloud to you

Do you get feedback using the glass as a speaker phone?

combine the 2 tips: put the iPhone in a baggie and then put it into the pint glass full of beer... everyone knows how well sound travels through water, how does beer fare?

Best reason I can think of to schedule conference calls to happen at the pub.

The pint glass hack should not be needed. It merely serves to highlight my longtime complaint with the iPhone: Crappy speakerphone. The 2G was abysmal! The 3G was somewhat better but still didn't even compare to most other phones. I haven't used the 3GS so I can't really say about that. My 3G died in a battle with my washing machine so I took the opportunity to save some money and get away from ATT and I went to sprint. The pre is definitely no iPhone, but the speaker rocks and I save like $40 per month on my bill.

I've been using this "pint glass tip" for a loooong time, works quite nice all the time!

But... *cough* uhm... last summer I actually managed to drop my iPhone 2G in a glass when trying to show off my l33t - half filled with beer. Yes, I was THAT dumb. Well... one can guess that my iPhone 2G didn't like beer as much as I did and it refused to work or respond to my dumbas*-fingers a few hours later - just in time for a new 3GS btw... talk about coincidence! ;)

So, just in case: be careful with this when trying it with (half) full glasses! :P