Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone
iLuv iPhone dock includes "bed shaker"

The iLuv iMM178 shares a lot in common with many iPod docks available in the market today:
- Play and charge your iPhone or iPod -- check.
- Alarm clock scheduling based on full-week, weekdays and weekends -- check.
- Alarm clock with customizable sounds -- check.
- Alarm clock that vibrates to wake you up -- wait, did I read that wrong, or did that say that this alarm clock will vibrate to wake me up?
That's right, folks. The iLuv iMM178 (couldn't they have thought of a more friendly name?) is equipped with a corded "bed shaker" that, as its name suggests, will vibrate in tandem with your alarm. As the iLuv iMM178 wakes you up to The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," it can also literally give you some good vibrations of its own with its bed shaker. iLuv suggests that the bed shaker be placed underneath your pillow.
In addition to these niceties, the iLuv iMM178 also plays FM radio, and has a time sync feature that reconciles time between it and your iPhone or iPod.
iLuv's website lists the iMM178 at US$99.99, where it's available for purchase.
Alternatively, you can improve your sleep habits with Sleep Cycle (available for $0.99), a bio-alarm clock iPhone app that analyzes your sleep patterns and wakes you when you are in the lightest sleep phase.



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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jon H. said 9:42AM on 3-03-2010
With a name like "iLuv," that isn't what I assumed the "bed shaker" was for...
Maybe it really is and they're being all *nudge nudge wink wink* about it
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milkmage said 10:38AM on 3-03-2010
ibuzz
http://www.gizmag.com/go/5421/
Tom said 9:47AM on 3-03-2010
A recent thorough analysis of SleepCycle by German sleep scientists has shown that it actually does not work at all. This is bad, I used it for a while too and it was kind of interesting. But the analysis clearly showed that it does NOT accurately detect when you sleep or dream.
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camerontalley said 10:29AM on 3-03-2010
I'm hearing impaired and I've had an Alarm Clock called SONIC BOOM that does this for years. (Well, minus the iPod dock). I can also attach a lamp to the clock and have it flash on and off when it's time to get up. Really, I wouldn't be able to function in society without it.
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Ben said 11:37AM on 3-03-2010
I have sonic boom as well, and it does the same thing. Pretty effective for those of us who like to sleep through alarms.