DIY Landscape Desktop stand

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Cumbersome, isn't it, that usb port located on top?

But remember that inlay in which the Galaxy was packaged inside the box?

I turned mine into a landscape desktop stand, so i can use the Galaxy as an alarm clock without ugly triangling cables to the top of the phone (like i have seen on some cradles)

The plastic stand is made of Lexan, which is available in DIY shops. It can me made to size by sawing with a fine tooted saw. I used a belt-sander to even the sides before bending. Bending is done by putting the piece of Lexan in a vice and applying heat with a hot air gun or a flame burner (gentle or the Lexan will start bubbling).
First i tried to make a fixed micro usb connector where now the cable sits in the Galaxy, but because micro usb is so micro, it would take more fiddling to put the Galaxy in the stand than putting in the cable first.

Impressed, looks very nice & good use of packaging.

Just a shame my Orange (Uk) branded SGS came in something akin to a cardboard egg crate

Nice ideea. I think I'm going to do this.

Something like this was posted earlier as well, but yours look much better, even better than some of the docks available on eBay and the Samsung dock. from where did you find that transparent plastic thingy ?

Originally Posted by PhoenixFx

Something like this was posted earlier as well, but yours look much better, even better than some of the docks available on eBay and the Samsung dock. from where did you find that transparent plastic thingy ?

The plastic is called Lexan, it's available in DIY shops. It can be made to size by hacksawing with a fine-tooted saw, and bent by applying heat with a hot-air gun or a flame. I sanded the edges before bending by holding the sides to a belt-sander.

Nice

What do you have running on the screen?

Very nice and clean job

I was thinking about using the foam casing too, but it didn't have enough room to accommodate my phone case.

Originally Posted by TieNN89

Nice

What do you have running on the screen?

Hi, its called Alarm Clock Plus V2, you can find it in the market. It has a nice screensaver also.

time to visit the Dollar store and pick up one of those acrylic things for restaurant menues

i'll make one for standing upright

Here's one i made, i wanted to still be able to get to the power and volume buttons so mine is more of an open design.

Its made using a wire coat hanger and fish tank air tubing lol, I put black paint inside the tube as it helps hide the wire and being inside also means it won't rub off onto the phone. An advantage of using fish tank pipe is that it grips quite well to surfaces so that when i push the screen (i.e. alarm snooze) it stays put

The OP's does look more fancy though