$29 For A Hot Dog Bun And A Pen? The DockMinimal [Indiegogo]
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DockMinimal is – surprise! – a minimal dock. It’s only minimal in looks, though, as this thing not only holds your iPad at pretty much any angle you want, it also works with almost any tablet-like device you have.
Hell, there’s even a hidden stylus.
I’m sticking by my beloved PadPivot for all my iPad and Kindle-propping needs, but the DockMinimal doesn’t look too bad. Its cylindrical body has a cutout along one edge, into which you insert the correct rubber bumpers to match your tablet. And in the back you stick a little, uh, stick to keep it from rolling over.
It’s like a hot dog bun with a biro jammed into it.
That stick also has a stylus inside (and why not, right?), and a hole inside the plastic bun accepts various charging cables thanks to some interchangeable clamps.
Want one? You’ll have to wait. Like most of the product announcements in this pre-CES week, the DockMinimal is a crowd-funded project, this time on Indiegogo, and the minimum pledge to get one is $29.
Charlie Sorrel sits in his gadget nerve-center in Barcelona, Spain, and spits out words about various weird plastic widgets while the sun shines outside his iCave. Previously found at Wired.com's Gadget Lab covering cameras, power cables and sneaking in as much Apple-centric coverage as he could, Charlie spends his rare moments outside perched atop a bicycle and snapping photos. You can follow him on Twitter via 
