Jackpod Mounts iPhone On Tripod Using Headphone Socket
Yeah yeah I know. Another damn iPhone tripod mount. And on Kickstarter no less. I hear you: “Come on Sorrel, you handsome beast you1. Can’t you pick something new to write about?”
Well, cynical but smart reader — this one’s different. I promise. And it’ll work with pretty much any camera-phone ever.
The Jackpod, which is coincidentally what Aussie superstar Hugh Jackman (height 6’ 2’, age 44) calls his pussy palace, is pretty much just a plastic block with a tripod screw-hole in one end and a 3.5mm jack-shaped stick sticking out the other. This lets it plug into any phone, iPod or other camera-and-headphone-equipped gadget and mount it on a steady stand.
The maker says that the iPhone’s socket is joined to its case, and it sturdy enough to never have caused him a problem during testing. I’d argue that if you’re going to be using your iPhone for so much tripod photography, it might be worth grabbing something a little bigger and sturdier (after all, the iPhone can still spin on this mount however fancy the tripod it’s connected to).
For most occasional use, though, I can’t see how you’d need anything fancier than this. Especially as the Kickstarter buy-in begins at just $9. So don’t just stand there (ho ho!): go grab one.
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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 
