Increasing iPhone Speaker Volume - Silly but it works

I was watching a movie on my iPhone and I discovered a simple way to markedly increase the volume of the iPhone speakers. As we all know the iPhone speakers are on the bottom of the unit. When operating the iPhone in the landscape mode the speakers are then obviously to the right.
While watching the movie and holding the iPhone someone asked me a question and I moved my right hand which was partially holding the iPhone (my left was holding the other end obviouysly). The speaker volume went down considerably. With my curiosity in full gear I began playing with the placement of my right hand on the iPhone (the speaker end). By putting ones fingers under the right end of the iphone and cupping the palm slightly towards you you will find the volume increased considerably. I also tried this with the speaker phone on calls and the same effect was noticed.
Try it, you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Mini + iPhone Mac OS X (10.4.10)

wow, that's a pretty cool tip! I'll have to give it a try.

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