A Joke iPhone Sticker Turns Into a Business

Freakin brilliant.<p>If there's one thing people love, whether they want to admit it or not, it's to show off that they have an iPhone.<p>Now there's a colorful band-aid that goes on the base of the iPhone 4. It might as well just say "Look, I have an iPhone" right on it.<p>Some iPhone owners would love a way for it to stand out even more that they have an iPhone - well, here you go.<p>With this product, the FLAW in the iPhone has become a way for people to decorate their phone so that EVERYONE will notice they have an iPhone, and not just any iPhone, the latest and greatest iPhone!<p>Little success stories like this are fantastic.

This one is much better. Adding function to form: <a href="http://twitpic.com/262n5r/full" rel="nofollow">http://twitpic.com/262n5r/full</a>

Not mentioned in the article, but this band aid style sticker is a reference to Job's joke at the press conference (from memory):<p><pre><code> We will be giving bumber cases until September 30th. By then there might be some other solution, maybe Eminem will release a band aid for the iPhone which everyone will want to use.</code></pre>

I'm reminded of Jason L Baptiste's comment/post about becoming a millionaire in 3 years:<p><i>"Look for the accessory ecosystem ... "</i><p>(<a href="http://bit.ly/cjXq8f" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/cjXq8f</a>)<p>Good example

Just curious, how do they produce them? Or is it just repackaged generic band aids? It's one thing to come up with a joke, another to come up with a production channel...

Well deserved, if nothing for their funny advertising copy:<p>For those who haven't seen it: <a href="http://antenn-aid.com/" rel="nofollow">http://antenn-aid.com/</a><p><i>"Technical Specifications: Uhm... it's a sticker"</i>

I wonder if a thin coat of clear nail polish would accomplish the same thing in a less ugly way.

The interesting point is the infrastructure behind this. Have an idea and instead of needing to build factories, employ salesmen, visit customers - you can build an online store in minutes (all the billing and payment handled by a dozen sites), get the stickers printed by another online store and advertise on HN, Reddit etc.<p>Build a business empire (ok a small principality) in an evening!

How did the handle supplies/manufacturing? Is it already available bandaid with narrow dimensions?

I was thinking the other day that iphone users need a little handle that folds out (like a stand on a picture frame) so they can hold the phone from the back instead of the phone itself.<p>You'd just slip your hand through the handle and never touch the phone.

It looks a lot better than the official bumpers.

Absolutely brilliant. Such a simple (and a very trendy+elegant!) solution to a well-publicized problem.

Hmm, I wouldn't touch it unless I know it will come off w/o much residue, which the site doesn't say.

It looks like there might be a few more people unhappy with their antenna than Steve Jobs wants us to believe.