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Okay, now this is just getting ridiculous. We know Onkyo has a long history of building iPod docks, but to see the company build an entire all-in-one PC around the feature is a little much, especially when — once again — the iPhone isn’t invited to the party. No, when the E713 series ships in Japan next month at or around the ¥99,880 (about $1100) price point, it will include up to a Core i5-650 processor, 4GB of RAM, a digital TV tuner, Blu-ray drive, 1TB hard drive and loads of ports behind that 23-inch, 1920 x 1080 LCD screen, but a slide-out iPod classic / nano / touch dock that apparently can’t accommodate the iPhone’s portly frame. That’s discrimination, right there — or at least we’ll keep on telling ourselves that, since we’re all out of sour grapes.

Onkyo’s E713 all-in-one PC is the space station to your starfaring iPod originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 May 2010 04:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hey, you know that whole Silent Hill design theme you’ve been aiming for, with the faceless nurse mannequins scattered about and the constantly running fog machine? We think we’ve found a coffee table for you. It’s (naturally) called the Horus and its made of “ultra-high performance concrete,” offering a spot for you to dock your iPod or iPhone on top, a pair of speakers down below, and an illuminated glass plane bisecting the thing. It’s the creation of designer Stephane Thivend and, while it doesn’t appear to be available in red nor does it come with a giant sword, it would certainly serve as a visual symbol of your guilt over spending so much on high-concept furniture.

Horus coffee table/iPod dock will make friends question your sanity originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Say hello to Harman International’s home, media and mobile updates for the spring, bringing its audio expertise to those who aren’t quite ready to step up to its higher end line of standalone receivers and the like. Promising to perfect the audio performance of any car audio setup in just 10 minutes, the $799 JBL MS-8 is as interesting as it is specialized. The HKTS 20 and HKTS 30 ($799 / $999, March) are standard 200w 5.1 surround sound setups, and while they promise improvements over their predecessors the Go + Play Micro boombox ($399, March), On Time Micro & 200P clock devices (both $249, April) and On Stage Micro II ($129, April) probably aren’t hiding anything too surprising underneath those iPod docks, but we’d suggest perusing the gallery just to be sure.

Harman Kardon, JBL spring forward with refreshed audio lineups for 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iLuv rolls out iMM178 Vibe Plus iPod dock with built-in ‘bed shaker’ originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Buffalo Dualie takes two of the most ubiquitous items around — namely iPod and HDD docks — and does the inevitable by splicing them into one device. You should already be familiar with it from our CES coverage, but just to refresh your memory this is a dual-purpose docking station, accepting hard drives and iDevices of most colors and creeds. It comes bundled with a swish-looking 500GB storage drive, and we hear Buffalo is pretty cheerful about satisfying Apple’s stringent standards to make this an Apple Store exclusive. Yep, that means you can only buy this direct from Apple, but if you’ve already tasted the forbidden fruit once to get your iPod or iPhone, another bite shouldn’t really hurt, should it?

Buffalo Dualie dock hits Apple Store shelves originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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