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You know, that’s totally a recreation of Oikake up there holding that iPod, wouldn’t you agree? In the spirit of Pac-man, Speakal has delivered the iBoo sound station, an iPod-friendly device that’s cute enough for your kids and retro enough for you. For the low, low price of just $89.99, you too can join in the fun by grabbing one in red, blue or white. Specs wise, the device features an obligatory iPod dock, a 3.5 millimeter auxiliary input, touch volume control and music navigation, 15 watts of total power and a mini remote for controlling things from afar. Don’t deny it, you’re in love.

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Speakal iBoo: when iPod docks and Pac-Man ghosts collide originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Although IDG is still planning on holding a Apple-less Macworld Expo next year, it’s going to have to start fighting some pretty big competition for exhibitors — the CEA and iLounge.com just announced that CES 2010 will feature an iPod and iPhone-oriented iLounge Pavilion, dedicated to accessories for Apple’s handheld devices. That matches up nicely with rumors that the CEA is making a push for more Apple-focused products at next year’s show, and while we wouldn’t ever expect Apple itself to show up at CES, we can definitely see Macworld fading into irrelevance as companies jump ship for a show guaranteed to attract a ton of attention with or without a Stevie J. / Philly Shills keynote. We’ll see how it plays out over the next year — for right now we’re stoked to know that all the iPod docks at CES will be in one, focused location, allowing us to more or less ignore it just like we do the CES North Hall.

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CES 2010 to feature iPod / iPhone-centric iLounge Pavilion originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nothing too groundbreaking here, but Acoustic Research has a new pair of WiFi radios on tap at CES. The first one is the ARIR200 Infinite Radio, which pulls double duty as an internet / AM / FM radio and a traditional alarm clock. It provides direct access to Slacker content and comes bundled with a prepaid subscription to WeatherBug. Moving onto greener pastures, we’ve got the ARIR600i, which adds in a “subwoofer” and includes an iPod dock for charging your PMP and playing back tunes while docked. They’ll be available in February / mid-May, respectively for $129.99 / $199.99.

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Acoustic Research ARIR200 / ARIR600i WiFi radios bring weather alerts, iPod support originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iHome certainly isn’t starved for iPod docks or speaker systems these days, but it looks like the company just couldn’t pass up the opportunity of expanding its line-up at CES, and this new so-called iP1 system looks to be leading the way. At first glance, this one sure seems to hit most of the right marks, with it packing 100W of power, two four-inch woofers, two one-inch tweeters, and Bongiovi Acoustic’s proprietary Digital Power Station processor, which iHome says helps make this the most advanced speaker system they’ve ever developed. You’ll also get a standard AUX input to accommodate your other devices, plus an A/V output and, of course, a remote control. Unfortunately, there’s no word of a price or release date just yet, but we’re guessing iHome won’t be holding onto those details for too much longer.

[Via iLounge]

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iHome debuts iP1 iPod / iPhone speaker system originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Come to think of it, this mod wouldn’t even be necessary (though, we suppose it would still be useful) had HTC bothered to put a 3.5-millimeter headphone jack on the T-Mobile G1, but alas, we’re stuck with some random ExtUSB port. In order to make that output jack compatible with the litany of iPod peripherals (namely sound systems), the modders over at WebNetta figured out what pins linked to what in order to connect the G1 to Made for iPod gear. Best of all, the secrets of the connections are all spilled out in the read link should you care to try this yourself, but please, tidy things up a bit if you do.

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Inelegant hack connects T-Mobile G1 to iPod dock originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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