For those who aren’t yet familiar, Apple touted the dockability of its iPods starting back in 2003 with the addition of a bottom-mounted “Dock Connector” port, which when connected to Apple and subsequent third-party accessories allowed the iPods to recline, recharge, output audio, and synchronize with computers—assuming that you had the right, generally inexpensive cables.

iCrado arrives as nothing but a stand, specifically a vertical one that’s made from black or silver metal, and dependent on you to insert your iPhone’s or iPod’s included USB-to-Dock Connector cable into a hole in the base. The hole accommodates official Apple cables of the most recent variety—the stubby little Dock Connector ones—using a plastic insert that holds such cables in place, as well as larger, prior-generation…