Well the idea is obviously OK but it looks really bad in my opinion. Who buys an iPhone and uses this gigantic, bad looking case for day-to-day usage? How many of those have you sold already?
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Starting a Hardware Company with $60K
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Re: Starting a Hardware Company with $60K
#12Well the idea is obviously OK but it looks really bad in my opinion. Who buys an iPhone and uses this gigantic, bad looking case for day-to-day usage? How many of those have you sold already?
Ha, well I'll take the first part as a compliment!
We are actually proud that our case is slimmer than most other battery cases on the market. We didn't want our case to be bulky so we designed our own custom lightning connector that snugly fits the phone: https://cobattery.com/connector
What don't you like about the case's look?
Re: Starting a Hardware Company with $60K
#13I was surprised your step 1 wasn't "build a working (but ugly) prototype out of pre-existing breakout boards and components."
I might have a pencil sketch or two, but I wouldn't be doing anything in CAD until I knew my idea was feasible and had some grasp of exactly how it might fit into a finished design.
What stages did you go through for the conceptualisation and prototyping of the idea? As someone in the hardware business, I know the circuitry involved is common and simple enough that you probably had little difficulty. But I'd still love to hear how you discovered what you needed where to source it.
Good effort anyway, we need more guides like this on the web!
Re: Starting a Hardware Company with $60K
#14I was surprised your step 1 wasn't "build a working (but ugly) prototype out of pre-existing breakout boards and components." I might have a pencil sketch or two, but I wouldn't be doing anything in CAD until I knew my idea was feasible and had some grasp of exactly how it might fit into a finished design. What stages did you go through for the conceptualisation and prototyping of the idea? As someone in the hardware…
Yea, that's actually a great point!
I glossed over that pre-CAD prototyping in the post since we built those first "duct-tape prototypes" a long, long time ago. So we don't have pictures readily accessible and it was harder to remember the exact process.
To start with, I think we modified another battery case and basically stuck batteries on the back to try out swapping.
I'll think about how to incorporate that step into the post and see if I can dig up some old photos.
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#15The Da Vinci is _not_ a Makerbot knockoff. Its a printer based on open source designs of Reprap.
Makerbot should never get credit for it after they chose to leave the community. Markerbot is actually a Reprap ripoff!
That said, I will be waiting for the next set of articles. This is good! :)
Re: Starting a Hardware Company with $60K
#16Your product looks interesting. I like that you can swap out batteries without removing the case. Also that you aren't blocking the headphone port. (You should list that as a feature ).
One thing that I feel that is missing from your site is how many maH the battery is. I wouldn't know this is a good deal unless you listed this.
Re: Starting a Hardware Company with $60K
#17Your product looks interesting. I like that you can swap out batteries without removing the case. Also that you aren't blocking the headphone port. (You should list that as a feature ). One thing that I feel that is missing from your site is how many maH the battery is. I wouldn't know this is a good deal unless you listed this.
Yep, that's something that accidentally got removed on the most recent re-design...
The batteries are each 3,000 mAh.
Re: Starting a Hardware Company with $60K
#18Is the battery held in by friction and the connector? If so does it ever fall out?
How do you deal with the lightning port being used the headphone jack?
Re: Starting a Hardware Company with $60K
#19Well the idea is obviously OK but it looks really bad in my opinion. Who buys an iPhone and uses this gigantic, bad looking case for day-to-day usage? How many of those have you sold already?
Ha, well I'll take the first part as a compliment! We are actually proud that our case is slimmer than most other battery cases on the market. We didn't want our case to be bulky so we designed our own custom lightning connector that snugly fits the phone: https://cobattery.com/connector What don't you like about the case's look?
Everything. The case looks like a giraffe's tongue, and giraffes suck.
Just kidding. The case looks fine. I'd briefly wonder whether dropping it on the metal connector at the bottom would damage it, and I'd prefer the battery color match the case, but those are just nitpicks.
Re: Starting a Hardware Company with $60K
#20The Da Vinci is _not_ a Makerbot knockoff. Its a printer based on open source designs of Reprap. Makerbot should never get credit for it after they chose to leave the community. Markerbot is actually a Reprap ripoff! That said, I will be waiting for the next set of articles. This is good! :)
Ha you are clearly more knowledgeable about 3D printers than I am :).
Reprap for anyone reading this is totally awesome. I didn't include it in my post but Reprap is an open source 3D-printer that can make itself...
It's basically the hardware version of the singularity: http://reprap.org/