50 Uses for your old iPhone

Tom Hand  July 11 2008 02:03:38 PM

Now that Apple is releasing its new 3g iPhone, I expect the "in crowd" will be clamoring to upgrade. This begs a question, where will all those 1 year old iPhones go? I thought it would be helpful to make a few suggestions so that as you trip over a pile of them next to the trash bin outside the AT&T wireless store, you can grab a few and recycle them into something useful.

1) Move heavy furniture (put one under each leg, slides easily over carpet)
2) Use one as a bookmark
3) Air hockey puck (or ice hockey if you’re into that)
4) Paint dots on them and play dominos
5) Jenga anyone?
6) Tile a floor or wall
7) Ninja star (may need to sharpen the corners)
8) Skipping stone
9) Build a short brick wall
10) Tape two together to make a protective case for your new iPhone
11) Flip one to make a decision (black or silver side up)
12) Attach to the bottom of your shoes for ice skating
13) Glue felt to one side for a chalk board erase
14) Paper weight (boring but still useful)
15) Tape several together to make yourself a suit of armor
16) Hollow out a pair, attach together, instant castanets
17) Tie strings on a few and make a wind chime
18) Press flowers with a stack of them
19) Glue one to the end a stick for a fancy new golf putter
20) In a pinch, you could use one as a butter knife
21) Put paste on one side and use them as sticky notes
22) Fly swatter
23) Sanding block (save a tree)
24) Put your name on one and pin it to your shirt as a name tag
25) Drill a hole in the back of two and tape them together for some sporty goggles
26) Door stop (one may not be tall enough, use two)
27) Write on the back and send them out as postcards
28) Hollow one out, attach a hinge and mirror you have nice make-up compact
29) Paint dots, bamboo, characters, wind, dragon and flowers on some for a cool new mahjong set
30) Tie a hook to one (deep sea fishing lure or sinker)
31) Glue them to construction paper on arts and crafts day
32) Stick on your car bumper, let the world know you have upgraded
33) Arrange appropriately along the perimeter of a wheel (instant paddle wheel)
34) Garden stepping stones (may be a bit small)
35) Substitute brake pads (maybe not)
36) Pet rock (just add googly eyes)
37) Glue two to a mitten for an oven mitt
38) Take off the glass front, use the shell as a cookie cutter
39) Doggy chew toy
40) Heat up a pair, keep them in your pockets for hand warmers
41) Replacement skeet shooting pigeons (harder to hit though)
42) They make really nice drink coasters
43) Stick one in the ground (instant sundial)
44) Drill holes along one edge and add reeds for an awesome harmonica
45) Slip one into each shoe to make yourself 1/2 inch taller
46) Glue hundreds to the surface of a large sphere (disco ball)
47) Add bristles to one side for a cool hairbrush
48) Stencil 3g on them and sell them on eBay
49) Add one to your time capsule along with a record player, floppy disk drive, cassette player, zip drive, and of course your past PC.
50) Rumor has it you can also play music on one :)

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