How-to: hack your own DROID dock with magnets and cardboard

Motorola decided to use magnets in its new DROID car and “multimedia station” docks. Based on the positioning of a couple of magnets, the phone auto-loads the pertinent application — the multimedia station at least offers a charging plug, but the car dock is all stand. Lucky for us it’s not hard to figure out where to place a couple of magnets and spoof the phone into acting like it’s docked. For now check out our Engadget’s very own multipurpose homebrew DROID:

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