Filed under: Accessories, iPod Family
Hammacher Schlemmer, the purveyor of expensive crap no one needs, has added an iPod Remote Control with Display to their catalog. This $139.95 device works with any Dock Connector equipped iPod. The screen on the remote displays the currently playing song, as well as playlists and what have you.To get an instant map to any address, just go to your Address Book and right click on the address field of any one of your contacts and select "Map Of." The address will then be revealed in Google Maps on Safari. You can do the same if a data detector determines there is an address in an e-mail in Mail.
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Mark said 4:08PM on 5-26-2006
I can tell how impressed you are by the product by the word count of the post: 55.
That's less than the previous post about StevieJ's clothing: 129 words!
http://www.tuaw.com/2006/05/25/steve-abandons-new-balance-for-nike/
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Scott McNulty said 4:10PM on 5-26-2006
There is only so much you can say about an iPod remote. :)
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Steve in Denmark said 4:25PM on 5-26-2006
That's nasty. Looks like I made it.
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Mitch said 4:30PM on 5-26-2006
It looks like a breathalyzer. That is the most usless iPod product that I've seen in...hours.
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Matt J said 4:41PM on 5-26-2006
I think we may just have found something uglier than that SanDisk MP3 player.
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rob said 5:22PM on 5-26-2006
To me it looks like a minature (albiet uglier) iPod. So basically you're using an iPod as a remote control for an ipod!
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Bobby Koerper said 6:40PM on 5-26-2006
while its nice to see a display on a peripheral,
it would be nice if a /remote/ didnt occupy the same amount of space as the ipod or be 1.5oz HEAVIER
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Glenn said 7:28PM on 5-26-2006
How useful, a remote for a device that is tethered to your ears by approx. 3 ft of wire.
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David B. said 1:10AM on 5-27-2006
You know what scares me is not that someone came up with this idea but that some respectable individual sitting in a corporation looked at that hapless inventor and said "by god! A remote for something already tiny! You've GOT IT!"
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Brandon Hays said 1:59AM on 5-27-2006
This appears to be just the ABT iJet 2-way, announced months and months ago. It does have some uses, since the remote is weather-resistant (I assume, all other ABT iJet products are), and RF. I've had my eye on this for use in the car as a substitute for the Harmon Kardon Drive + Play and to take snowboarding.
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