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Upon purchasing my new iPhone 3GS, many of the current accessories did not work. Probably the one most present was Pivotal’s Podium Revolution. An iMac like stand like for the iPhone would elegantly raise my first generation iPhone to a comfortable angle where I could use it like secondary display. After purchasing the 3GS, I was excited to it as a secondary camcorder but I remembered that the actual piece that held the iPhone was first gen only. After contacting Pivotal asking to purchase just the adapter without success, I looked for a cheap stand for my iPhone, so that I could occasionally use it to record videos at a respectable angle.

That is when I ran into the Twist Pod. A 10 dollar universal tripod- stand for all electronics. Quite simply, it was a Gorilla Pod rip off, but what was interesting, was not the tripod but held the electronic. It was a plastic mount that would grip the sides of the device. Although it looked quite cheap, it held the iPhone well with or without a case. With a push of a button, the mechanism inside releases the device. Talk about ease of use.

Another plus for the device is that the actual mount is removable. I wasn’t a fan of the Gorilla Pod ripoff tripod, and wasn’t very impressed that it couldn’t securely grip onto anything. But the bottom of the mount connects to the tripod by a standard tripod mount. Eureka! Any tripod I chose could hold be used as an iPhone stand, a great flexability when I finally want to record some videos with the device. Bottom line, I’m quite satisified with my purchase. For ten dollars I found a somewhat mediocre flexible tripod, and a quite functional iPhone tripod mount.