Kickstarter Fundraising Record About To Be Broken

The article would have been approximately 88 times better if the writer had bothered to mention what the hell the Elevation Dock does, why anyone is interested in it at all, etc. As it is, it just leaves the reader saying 'what the hell does it DO? Are the people interested in it mad?'

Forgive me my sarcasm, but the posterboy of crowdfunding will be a piece of hardware that is designed for people who are too lazy to use two hands to undock their smartphone?

This doesn't break the trend of the most funded Kickstarter projects being accessories for Apple products.<p>Afaik, you don't have any legal obligation to deliver perks to people that fund your project. A decent scam would be to come up with a "dream" iAccesory that generates a lot of interest and pocket the money without going through the mess of actually manufacturing and shipping the product.

I'm really not big on accessories (I prefer universal/multifunction devices), but I have to say, this dock is pretty impressive (if it works as advertised).<p>Most docks are like 80% there, this dock's attention to detail brings it close to 100% (perfection), kind of like the MacBook Pro...

I love the idea and execution of Kickstarter, but I do find myself disappointed that much of its "funding" (at least the high profile stuff) is really just pre-ordering.

The only problem with this is the risk that the next iPhone coming out a few months after this ships could have a different body and might not fit.

This dock is gorgeous and innovative and I'm not even thinking about buying one.<p>I do love the easy 30 pin charging on the elevation dock but to me the killer feature of a charging dock is a simple landscape swivel (i.e. no engine).<p>I haven't seen one that does it right but all the talk about the Elevation Dock this morning got me looking though docks and this is about the closest I could find to what I'm looking for:<p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Swivel-Mount-USB-Desktop-Cradle-Charger-GM-iPhone-4-/330597524997?pt=PDA_Accessories&#38;hash=item4cf925e605" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Swivel-Mount-USB-Desktop-Cradle-Char...</a><p>Ideally I'd like something that leaves the lower speakers free though.

There's a good chance their time at the top will be short-lived. Double Fine just posted a proposal to fund an old school point-and-click adventure on Kickstarter.<p><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adventure" rel="nofollow">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/66710809/double-fine-adv...</a><p>At this moment they are at "2,951 BACKERS $156,197 PLEDGED OF $400,000 GOAL 33 DAYS TO GO" and rising very fast.

It's funny that the Apple dock has this problem, given that ye olde original Palm Pilot dock had a big chunk of steel in it just to avoid this very issue.

Watched the video, Did anyone really remove their iDevice from the doc like that? I know I didn't. Nice design thought.

I want one, and I don't even own an iPhone.

What was the previous record? Diaspora?