iPhone 3G GPS Details, Power Adapter, and Industrial Design

Alan Forkosh (apparently) - 02:37pm Jun 17, 2008 PST
via email

One of the neat things about the current Apple Power adapters is that
the prongs for US plugs fold into the base. That makes for smooth
package for packing or storing. It appears that the prongs on the new
iPhone adapter are fixed in place. While the image in the Tidbits
article doesn't clearly show that side of adapter, a picture in the
Macworld article <http://www.macworld.com/article/133856/2008/06/iphone_3g_hands_on.html
> does.

While there does not appear to be enough room for the prongs to fold
down, it would be nice if there could be a way that they could slide
back into the base, like the prongs on Kensington's Travel Plug
Adapter <http://us.kensington.com/html/5519.html>.

Alan Forkosh Oakland, CA
aforkosh

mac.com

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Nigel Stanger (apparently) - Jun 21, 2008 1:54 pm (#1 Total: 1)

via email - Dunedin, New Zealand

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Re: iPhone 3G GPS Details, Power Adapter, and Industrial Design

On 18/06/2008 10:37 AM, "Alan Forkosh" <aforkosh

mac.com> spake thus:

> One of the neat things about the current Apple Power adapters is that
> the prongs for US plugs fold into the base.

I always liked the Newton power adapters. They came standard in US flavour,
but could be easily converted to other standard by removing a screw, folding
down the prongs, and attaching a local prong adapter on top using the same
screw. Electrical contact was achieved by proxy through the original
folded-down US prongs. Very elegant and quite robust.

--
Nigel Stanger, Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND.
http://xri.net/=nigel.stanger

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