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17:54 - iPod Your Everything
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iPod accessories a-go-go!
iPod your car!
The ice>Link Plus plays high quality music from your iPod through your existing car entertainment system's CD changer port. There is no longer a need for cassette adapters, cigarette lighter chargers or bulky FM transmitters. You can start enjoying crisp, clean CD quality music with charging and iPod control from your exisitng car entertainment system. Imagine having access to over 10,000 MP3s at the touch of a button. The sleek design of the ice>link cradle will compliment most vehicle interiors as if it were offered form the factory.
When used wth compatible vehicle entertaiment systems, the ice>Link Plus starts and stops the iPod as you enter and exit CD changer mode on your car's entertainment system. Fast Forward, Rewind, Search and seek commands are passed to the iPod also - this is really great for vehicles with entertaiment controls. You can also select your first five playlists by selecting disk numbers 1-5 on your radio.
Better than the BMW solution, certainly! Now if only there were a better way to hook it up than splicing into the wires behind the dash.
iPod your house!
Sonance today announced that the iPort, its in-wall docking station for the Apple's iPod that lets the iPod's music play over any in-home audio system, will ship this month. Compatible with Sonance's full line of IR control systems, amplifiers and accessories, the iPort turns any room into an iPod concert hall. Sonance also announced a suggested retail price of $600. "The iPort is the first product that lets it slip seamlessly into a home audio system. It’s a great new accessory for existing multi-room systems as well as for new installations, in one room, or in every room of the house."
You know, this is precisely what I thought of doing as soon as the iPod first came out. I wanted to stick it into a sconce in the wall, in a central location like the hallway, tap power from the Romex going by, and pipe music into the rest of the house. I had all kinds of ideas for how to dock the thing (this was before the dock existed) to update the music supply, how I wanted to design the little shrine-like alcove for it... but it turns out AirPort Express is a much more elegant (and technically impressive) solution anyway. Still, if this Sonance thing makes a bunch of money, I officially now have a reason to grumble and listen intently to those Invention Submission Corporation ads on late-night cable. Yay!
Ah well. I begrudge them nothing. Apple's stock's up to $64.
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Brian Tiemann
