Hasta La Gadget!

You know, a beanbag might be good for the occasional portable movie viewer, but if you’re cubicle bound and liable to look to your iPod touch or iPhone for news and entertainment on a regular basis, you’re going to want something with legs. Here we have a couple prime examples of devices fashioned from good ol’ fashioned LEGO brand building blocks that do the trick with the style befitting one of America’s favorite childhood choking hazards. Itching to get in on the action? Hit the read link — but not before peeping the video after the break.

Read – LEGO iPhone/iPod Touch Rotating Dock
Read – iStand

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Filed under: Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video

Battle of the homebrew LEGO iPhone docks originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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There’s a certain low-profile shindig going on today, and in its honor we thought we’d show off a new accessory you might need for your brand new something or other. Altec Lansing has updated its InMotion line of iPod / iPhone docks with the Classic, which takes the iM600, washes off most of the ugly, slaps on a multifunctional handle, and asks for the same $149 MSRP. An auxiliary input, FM tuner and rechargeable battery make it decently versatile, while the remote and the “cubby hole” for its storage score cuteness points aplenty. Unfortunately for Altec, the “cute” price range doesn’t quite extend to the heights of its asking price, so it’ll be down to sound quality to deliver the final verdict.

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio

Altec Lansing’s InMotion Classic has good looks, bad price originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ll be honest, it takes a whole lot to get us excited about iPhone / iPod docks or digital picture frames these days, but congratulations Sony, you’ve managed to pierce through our hardened hearts with the ICF-CL75iP Dream Machine. Sony Insider brings word of the actually quite handsome bedside attraction, an assimilation of those aforementioned products with an alarm clock to boot. We’re looking at a 7-inch WVGA LCD screen, 1GB built-in memory, FM / AM radio, and a retractable dock — in case you don’t feel like capitalizing on the total synergistic package. Photos can be pulled directly from the Apple handheld or loaded via USB, and your wake-up options include built-in presets, a customizable 10-second voice recording, or the iPod / iPhone itself. Our only knock at this point is the minimal codec support — MP3 and WMA for audio, and MP4, M-JPEG, and AVI for video — but if the $149.95 price on a cached SonyStyle listing stays accurate, we can be a little forgiving. In fact, throw in Chumby widget support and we’ll be downright smitten — make it happen, Sony.

Update: Turns out it’s actually up for pre-order right now through Sony Style Canada, CAN $199.99 (that’s US $180) and shipping out October 1st.

[Thanks, Neil!]

Read – Sony Insider
Read – Sony Style cached listing

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Household

Sony ICF-CL75iP alarm clock / digital frame / iPod dock a surprisingly attractive assimilation originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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SendStation has impressed us before with its PocketDock line, back in 2007 releasing a tiny nub to suck audio, video, and even get a USB out from an iPod. The company’s latest, the PocketDock Line Out Mini USB, is far smaller — no bigger than Apple’s own charging plug — yet sports a Mini-USB port for charging and a non-powered 3.5mm line out that enables better quality tunes from your pod when connected to an amplified device. The kit even includes a set of tiny stereo RCA jacks that would like nothing better than to mount the front of your receiver. This latest PocketDock is available right now for $29.95 on the other end of that read link, and we’re told they’ll be showing up in Apple Stores, too.

[Via SlashGear]

Continue reading SendStation’s latest PocketDock is slightly larger than a penny, has much better audio quality than a dime

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Portable Audio

SendStation’s latest PocketDock is slightly larger than a penny, has much better audio quality than a dime originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not to knock cellophane tape as a method for in-car iPhone navigation, but if you want to use the new TomTom app in a more proper setting, you’ll want the official TomTom car kit. In addition to enhancing the GPS signal and charging your iPhone, it’s also got hands-free dialing and a speaker that’s (presumably) better than the phone solo for giving directions. At a rumored price of just under $200 with software, it’s not a bad deal if you were planning to shell out $100 for the US maps, anyway. We’re still on the fence, but the hypnotic soundtrack of the promotion video is admittedly alluring. See for yourself after the break.

[Thanks, Arthur]

Continue reading TomTom’s iPhone car kit promo video is enticing, but still no mention of price or release date

Filed under: Cellphones, GPS, Transportation

TomTom’s iPhone car kit promo video is enticing, but still no mention of price or release date originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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