- A Road warrior carrying
case for the MC16
How to make a carrying case for the MC16 and a
mobile telephone in such a way that the MC16
allways is ready for surfing, for example when
you are riding a buss.
- Why did I want a case like
this in the first place ?
Well, I was annoyed with the case that
came with the MC16, firstly because it had no
zipper to seal it, and secondly because there was
no space in it for a cellular phone beside the
MC16, and thirdly because I thought iwould be
cool to read my e-mail on the bus, but without
this special case you have to balance the MC16 on
one knee, and the phone on the other, which
seemed risky...
So I decided to design a case of my own.
- The Case itself
I found that Filofax had a cower for their
calenders which was sealed by a zipper, and it
seemed to have the right dimensions. I bought it
and removed the binder mechanics of it, and
luckiliy enough it showed that it was big enough
for both the MC16 and the cellular phone.
- How to keep the MC16 and
the cellular phone from falling out of the case
Next step was to find some self adhesive
velcro tape, and glue a lot of it to the inside
bottom of the cover, and of course to the bottom
of the MC16 and to the cellular phone.
- And finally, how to make
them see each other in the eyes ?
The last problem was that the IR-eye of
the phone and the IR-eye of the MC16 didn´t face
each other
while they were on place in the case. I found
that if I cut out a piece of white cardboard and
arranged it in the case (with more velcro) so
that the light from the MC16 was reflected from
it towards the phones eye, it was enough to
provide communication between the units.
- Well, does it work then ?
Yes ! I´ve tried it while riding in a
buss between Stockholm and Uppsala, and it was no
problems at all to surf or handle e-mail and
faxes from the buss. It was every bit as cool as
I´d thought it would be :-)
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