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Mint Studio hands-on and impressions

Digital Signature’s new Mint Studio iPod dock may not look all that different than the company’s previous Mint 130 model on the outside, but it’s gotten a few fairly significant upgrades to its internals, which was enough to get us interested in it again. The biggest of those are some improved wireless capabilities, which still rely on the same tried and true 2.4GHz band as before, but promise an increased range of up to 100 feet (up from 45 before), and less interference from other devices thanks to some new channel-hopping technology. The real kicker, however, is that the wireless transmitter is able to support up to three of the systems simultaneously, making the Mint Studio a cut-rate multi-room audio solution of sorts — although anyone looking for anything close to Sonos-level functionality will want to look elsewhere. Read on for our full impressions.

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Mint Studio hands-on and impressions originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted: October 8th, 2009
at 6:24pm by Donald Melanson


Topics: DigitalSignature, Dock, IpodDock, MintStudio, WirelessIpodDock, digital signature, features, ipod dock, mint, mint studio, wireless ipod dock


DIY – A wooden hand crank iPhone dock


So you’re finally decided that you have too much finely shaped plastic, aluminum, and steel in your life. You’ve got a woodworking shop in your garage that would make the amish cry, and you just can’t figure out where to put your iPhone when you’re not using. Worry no more friend, you can make a hand crank-able wooden iPhone dock, just like this man did.

Sure, you could go buy a dock for $10 and call it good, but where would you get that sense of accomplishment that only comes from crafting something with your hands?

All joking aside, this thing is pretty cool. It’s something called “Automata” and seems to be a pretty big thing on the web right now. It’s not quite and done to death and steampunk, nor does it have the freakish followers. This is I trend I might be able to get behind. Even though I secretly love steampunk keyboards.

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Posted: October 6th, 2009
at 1:00am by Dave Freeman


Topics: Automata, DIY, Dock, Headline, iPhone


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