The iPod Nation

Philips’ Wake-up Light is than your traditional alarm clock, it is a “dawn simulator.” It uses light to ease you out of bed gently instead of jolting you with an annoying loud buzz. Their latest version of the Wake-up light includes an iPod dock. Not only does it wake you up, it can charge and play music from your iPod or iPhone, it also includes an FM radio and choices of four natural wake up sounds: a relaxing beep, morning birds in the forest, soft wind chimes or the sounds of the Afican jungle (lions and hyenas?). The light wakes you up by gradually intensifying the light to 300 Lux over a span of 30 minutes before your set wake up time. There is also a “dusk simulation” feature that gradually dims both lights and sound to help you drift off off to sleep. Check out the Wake-up Light HF3490 at the Philips site. Oh and it still includes a good old fashioned snooze button.

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The Eton P’9120 is a stylish iPod dock and clock radio that does all the cool things a clock radio does, like play the radio or iPod tunes and wake you up, but this one isn’t like all the other clock radios out there. This one is designed by Porsche, yea the guys who build fast cars. Not only does it play FM radio stations that the commoners listen to, it plays XM satellite radio as well. The Eton P’9120 designed by Porsche goes for about $600.

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JVC has announced their new line of LCD TVs that feature an iPod dock called the TeleDock. The TeleDock allows you to connect your iPod to your HDTV without extra wires or a separate dock. The dock just flips down allowing you to connect your iPod and enjoy your music and video instantly. The remote included with the JVC TV also controls the iPod so you can use both devices from the comfort of your couch. The TeleDock also charges your iPod as its connected to your HDTV even while the TV is off. The JVC HDTV also features 720p with their 32-inch model and 1080p with all their larger models.

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iLuv has just released their il255 iPod dock and DVD player. This is more than just an iPod dock to listen to your music with, it features a 5.1 surround-sound capable DVD player which can read CD, VCD, MP3, JPEG CD as well as Kodak Picture CD’s. The il255 comes with dock adapters allowing it to work with iPod Classic, iPod touch, iPod nano as well as video iPods. The il255 also charges your iPod and allows you to watch videos from your iPod on your TV. Unfortunately no HDMI connections are available as of yet for the iLuv dock. It does feature S-Video, coaxial digital audio output, and 5.1 analog. The il255 dock from iLuv retails for $149.99 which is a great price for an iPod dock, let alone one that includes a DVD player as well.

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[Source: Macworld]

A new docking station for the Apple iPod , the 170iTransport from Wadia Digital, will include digital audio connections. The 170iTransport will make your iPod act as a component with your audio and visual home entertainment systems. It will feature a S/PDIF digital audio output connector as well as an analog audio and S-video outputs. The 170iTransport will be compatible with the third-generation iPod nano, iPod classic, iPod touch, as well as fifth-generation iPods and second and first-generation iPod nanos. The dock lets you charge your iPod as well. The 170iTransport retails for $379.

This will be a great addition to any high-end audio/visual entertainment system.

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[Source: Macworld]