Filed under: Accessories, iPod Family
Elements of iPod integration
Accessorizing the iPod is big business and the consumer electronics industry has responded in a big way, producing a wide range of iPod-compatible accessories. CE Pro has just published an article about iPod-integration design considerations. Some of their key points involve providing an accessible product that can be used away from computers and in real living situations like the living room and the kitchen and allowing users to fully access the iPod's libraries. It's an interesting take from a designer's rather than an end-user's point of view, and worth reading if it's the sort of topic that appeals to you.
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artifex said 10:49PM on 4-25-2007
No article on ipod accessories in the home is complete without mentioning the toilet paper ipod dock. :)
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JeffDM said 12:06AM on 4-26-2007
I think it is interesting, but a little limited. It tells us what iPod owners may already know, at least on a subconscious level, but the target audience for the article is for custom integrators that might not be that familiar with the iPod "zen", if you will, and many iPod accessories seem devoid of that zen.
One thing I would like, but have not found, is a remote dock, say I put the iPod at the entry door, I would still like to be able to sync it from my desktop while it's at the entry door dock, but the syncing would be as if it was at my computer.
I've seen some remote USB extenders, such as USB over IP/Ethernet and such but they are fairly expensive and I didn't want to buy it and risk that it isn't as good as I'd like it to be.
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