I’ve always been compelled and mostly amused by the amount of cool things that iPhone entrepreneurs are always looking to create. That’s why for the past few weeks, I’ve been taking an interest in keeping an eye out for the newest endeavors that show up on Kickstarter. If you don’t know what Kickstarter is, it’s basically a website that allows people with unique ideas (not just iPhone) express those to a huge community willing to help “kickstart” the whole process of making a product. By donating as little as $1 to project, people help boost cool or revolutionary projects reach their money goal so that the project can materialize and the people that donated, and the ones that didn’t, can be happy when the projects are released.
The website hosts all kinds of projects whether they are actual, solid things are simply abstract things. I’ve compiled a list of all of the things that I, personally, found were interesting:
(Successfully funded)
Now, these things are super sweet, so I thought they should be first to be listed here. They’re really speakers, that, because of their clever design, don’t run on electricity and will amplify your music solely with the aid of your earbuds. You just hook up your buds, and they do the rest without you constantly worrying about charge and such. What’s even cooler is that the trunks are light, are 100% invincible to water, shock and dust and will be available in 4 bright colors when they soon launch.
(Successfully funded)
Ok, don’t make fun of me but I do like to sing in the shower along with some music in the back as well. The only problem was the only real place to put my iPod is directly next to the sink, which resulted in my paranoia of my iPod getting wet or some other unthinkable thing screwing up screwing up my device. So the WALdok appeals especially to me since its genius design allows you to plug it in to any standard wall outlet, dock your iPod/iPhone and play music while your device charges at the same time. It looks sleek, portable and most all something that I would most definitely use to satisfy my singing habits!
(Successfully funded)
Creativity comes into play with the Oona, on the customers part in that they control what it actually does. This genius, nicely made, piece of aluminum serves multiple purposes as the several parts they come in can be built differently, allowing for an almost endless amount of uses. To name a few, it can be used as a stand, tripod adapter, magnetic stand, GPS stand and much, much more.
(Successfully funded)
We all know that Apple tends to stick to more grayscale colors, save for the fact that they have the nano chromatic line. Well, some people just don’t like black, white or gray over a bright green or baby blue; in this case, the people behind Juices appeal to iPhone, iPod and iPad users who hate their white colored charge and sync cables. The Juices or basically Apple’s cables transformed into a wide array of colors. Personally, I don’t really care what color my charge and sync cable is, but believe me, I wouldn’t mind getting a Juicy (if that’s the singular form of the product?)
(Successfully funded)
Freemium endeavors on the app store have really hit it big, as they boast free, usually social, gameplay that tends to appeal to tons of iDevicers. Me, I’m not really a big fan of freemium titles, but Turf caught my eye the other day as I was scrolling through the projects on Kickstarter. It’s going to be a free, location-based game, in which the object is to earn coins, hang with friends, and purchase customizable property. The idea is average, but the game is constructed with the pixel artwork that I’m a true sucker for. I truly can’t wait for the game to be released, so you can definitely expect a full review once it is out.
Those are pretty much all of the projects that I found to be interesting and to be worth keeping a close look at. But of course, there are plenty more that I didn’t cover that have both been funded and are in the process. You can check them out at Kickstarter
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