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Sony's (Yes, Sony's) ICF-CD3i the Neatest Looking iPhone Clock/Radio Dock Yet
Posted by Wilson Rothman at 11:30 AM on September 11, 2008
Sony Insider has uncovered Sony's newest Dream Machine, the ICF-CD3iP, the most attractive iPhone/iPod Clock/Radio Dock I've seen yet. No telling what it sounds like, but for the US$100 or so it will cost when it eventually surfaces, I'm guessing it would be somewhere between "tinny but decent" and "hey, that's not so bad."
SI mentions the fact that it has an iPod/iPhone remote, and that its alarm can co-exist with iPhone/iPod alarms; I don't believe that's a first, but it's a good thing to hear. By the looks of it, that iPod dock slides out, too, a nice thing for those who might not care for iStuff. If the round face hasn't tipped you off already, it's also a CD player with MP3-CD playback, and it has a line in, in case you still want to patch in your 120GB Zune. What? Sony still makes MP3 players? Huh. [Sony Insider via iPodNN]
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Claystil
Posted 12:00 PM 11/9/08
yeah, that thing is hideous.
Claystil
Weihovah
Posted 11:59 AM 11/9/08
it looks like sony hired some laid off sharper image designers. apple should have some kind of minimum design requisite for 3rd party accessory manufacturers
Weihovah
Metkis
Posted 11:53 AM 11/9/08
I don't get it, I don't think it looks that neat.
*confused*!!
Metkis
SouthendXGF
Posted 11:47 AM 11/9/08
you know, i think i like it... i might just consider this one.
SouthendXGF
SherriffBacon
Posted 11:36 AM 11/9/08
It looks a little cheap to me, but I need an to buy the new iTouch before I look into a clock radio.
SherriffBacon
snakepliskin
Posted 11:34 AM 11/9/08
Thats kind of pretty awesome. I need something like this, for under a hundred dollars ill buy it. Knowing sony however itll probably be like $300.
snakepliskin
collusioned
Posted 11:34 AM 11/9/08
Looks terrible to me :( Looks like they just rigged a dock to an average everyday alarm clock... no integration at all...
collusioned
XBudd
Posted 12:16 PM 11/9/08
I think I will stick with my trusty iHome for now!
I'm still trying to figure out what this "C-D" thing you speak of is... :P
XBudd
se.genius
Posted 12:11 PM 11/9/08
giant piece of cheap plastic...yay!
yay = boo.
se.genius
nathangimpel
Posted 12:11 PM 11/9/08
@Weihovah: I have to agree. That thing just screams Sharper Image. Something tells me that it also doubles as a back massager, nose trimmer, and ionic air purifier. All of which occurs simultaneously.
nathangimpel
jhlavenka
Posted 12:08 PM 11/9/08
I think we have different definitions of 'neat'
jhlavenka
jmckee
Posted 12:08 PM 11/9/08
It looks cheap, I would never have that bedside.
jmckee
twilight-arc
Posted 12:08 PM 11/9/08
It looks like one of those designs you will easy love or hate.
twilight-arc
Groggy Banana
Posted 12:46 PM 11/9/08
I don't know who, but one of those two look like they're about to kill the other one.
My money...Well...just remains in my pocket.
Groggy Banana
schmere
Posted 1:50 PM 11/9/08
I'm a Sony fan and I would never buy that.
schmere
Tedinasia
Posted 1:47 PM 11/9/08
Who designs these things ? iPhone in back so you can't see it if you on the left of this...this ... CD playing XL dog dish ? & what does it use for power with all that extra space, 6 "D" Cells ?? H3LL, I live in Japan and that's even FricknFugly by Japanese standards. I am assuming the speakers are in the back and facing the wall...right ?
Tedinasia
greatpear411
Posted 2:43 PM 11/9/08
Just curious... in the image, why is the iTunes Music Store icon on the right side of the screen instead of the left? Because, everytime I rearrange icons on my iPhone, they all left justify.
Just saying... unless I'm clueless (which is a distinct possibility) than this is odd.
greatpear411
ajlafontaine
Posted 3:22 PM 11/9/08
@greatpear411: The only way I knew of how to do that is by jailbreaking it, then moving the three icons that would be there, to a categories folder and it would stay. So basically it means Sony is using a jailbroken iPhone in it's ads.
ajlafontaine
soopafly
Posted 4:27 PM 11/9/08
Nm.. i see what you're saying. :-)
soopafly
soopafly
Posted 4:25 PM 11/9/08
@ajlafontaine:
Huh?? Just press and hold the icon until it jiggles. Rearrange icons, and press the home button
soopafly
Turbostraw
Posted 8:04 PM 11/9/08
In the previous iPhone version the Music Store Icon was above the iPod icon. It is a small visual cue (the arrow in the Store icon points at the iPod. Songs go from store to iPod).
Wait...err i mean:
ZOMG SONY is teh devil!
Turbostraw
WTF?! Ponies!
Posted 10:00 PM 11/9/08
This is not going to make me give up my aromatherapy alarm clock which wakes me with the rich savory aroma of BACON!
WTF?! Ponies!
Spotz
Posted 12:52 AM 12/9/08
a.k.a. the Roll of Duct Tape Clock Radio
Spotz