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Kenwood AS-iP70 converges picture frame, alarm clock, FM radio and iPhone dock into one

We know, you’ve seen enough iDevice docks to make your eyes bleed with frustration, but if your bedside table is growing a bit cluttered with all the appendages and chargers you have lying around, you might wanna check this one out. Kenwood’s 7-inch AS-iP70 can serve as a picture viewer, a music player, an alarm clock, or an FM radio, while also packing USB and SD card inputs for alternative media sources. All in all, it looks quite slick and has plenty of buttons to play around with, but be warned that its 800 x 480 resolution is intended for pictures only, there’s no video playback to be had. If that and the ¥25,000 sticker (about $270, launching in Japan this April) have you running scared, you might want to check out Sony’s cheaper, AVI-playing alternative right over here. More pictures of Kenwood’s new hotness can be found at the source.

Kenwood AS-iP70 converges picture frame, alarm clock, FM radio and iPhone dock into one originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted: March 29th, 2010
at 8:30am by Vladislav Savov

Topics: AlarmClock, Dock, FM radio, FmRadio, IphoneDock, IpodDock, IpodTouch, Kenwood, KenwoodAs-ip70, PictureFrame, alarm, alarm clock, as-ip70, frame, iPhone, iphone dock, ipod, ipod dock, ipod touch, kenwood as-ip70, picture frame, radio

ReNu solar panels announced for iPhone charger, sound dock, LED desk lamp

Sure, we’ve been frustrated by solar-powered iPhone chargers and amused by the irony of solar-powered lamps in the past, but that doesn’t mean we’re not looking forward to the day when we can meet our gadgets power needs without relying on fossil fuels. That’s why we’re pleased to note that a company called ReNu has just announced a solar panel that can be used to charge your iPhone or iPod, power the device’s sound dock, or even keep your desk light shining sans mains power. Featuring a modular design, the panel can dispatched to your window to soak up the rays for 10 or 20 hours (depending on the amount of sunlight it receives) and then returned to your dock for about nine hours of music playback, recharge your iPhone (twice!), or provide about four hours of light with the LED desk lamp. Of course, most people are going to hang this thing in the window once, forget about it, and then spend the next several years powering their devices with the included AC adapter — but at least they’re trying, right? Available for pre-order now, the ReNu solar panel ($199) and the Renu panel / iPod dock combo ($249) both ship in February 2010, while the Side Light desk lamp ($89) ships in next March, and the Sound Dock ($149) should see the light of day sometime in April. Hit the read link to place that order, but not before peeping the galley below.

Gallery: PR shots for Renu’s solar powered iPhone charger, desk lamp

[Via TreeHugger]

Filed under: Cellphones, Household

ReNu solar panels announced for iPhone charger, sound dock, LED desk lamp originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted: October 26th, 2009
at 2:57pm by Joseph L. Flatley

Topics: Dock, Green, IphoneDock, IpodDock, Renu, SolarPanel, SolarPanels, SoundDock, iPhone, iphone dock, ipod, ipod dock, regen, solar panel, solar panels, sound dock

Dreamcast-mounted iPhone dock sends VMU into jealous rage

It was just over 10 years ago that Sega made the ill-fated move to release the Dreamcast, taking it down a road that would result in the company ditching the hardware scene entirely — well, almost entirely. Out of the deal we got this wonderful white console, which Jay Hauf has remembered with this bit of simple hackery. He’s popped the D-pad out, removed the controller’s bottom-mounted cable, threaded an iPhone dock through, then, apparently, went back to creating cute little box-headed figurines. It’s perhaps not the most amazingly complex controller mod of all time, but a worthy one nevertheless.

[Via iPhone Savior]

Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming

Dreamcast-mounted iPhone dock sends VMU into jealous rage originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted: October 5th, 2009
at 9:31am by Tim Stevens

Topics: IphoneDock, JayHauf, Sega, SegaDreamcast, dreamcast, hack, iPhone, iphone dock, jay hauf, mod, sega dreamcast

Wooden Automata iPhone Dock Cranks From Vertical to Horizontal [DIY]

This Automata iPhone Dock by Murtaza Lakdawala is clever and useful, a combination rarely found in DIY projects. All you have to do is crank and the dock turns from vertical to horizontal.

Just like in cars, the next evolution is to eliminate the crank and have an automatic version. Preferably one that you can push down on once and it’ll crank all the way, but that can also turn slowly when you hold it down, for a more dramatic rotation. [Freewebs]

Posted: October 2nd, 2009
at 5:00pm by Jason Chen

Topics: Apple, Automata, Automata iphone dock, DIY, Wood, crank, iPhone, iphone dock, iphone docks, wooden

A Dreamcast Controller Is a Weird Place To Put an iPhone Dock [DIY]

We’re not exactly sure what Jay Hauf was thinking when he modded a Dreamcast controller into an iPhone dock, but at least that iPhone cable looks a lot like the original Dreamcast cable. [iPhone Savior]