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XtremeMac intros InCharge Home/Auto BT charging and wireless solutions

by Steven Sande May 19th 2011 at 7:00AM

Accessory manufacturer XtremeMac just announced two new products that it's adding to its growing line of InCharge charging products for iOS devices. The InCharge Home BT (US$79.99) and InCharge Auto BT ($79.99) are chargers that also provide a way to link to stereo equipment in your home or car.

Both of the new InCharge Bluetooth products feature an adapter that plugs into a power source -- the 12V adapter for your car, and a wall socket for your home. The adapters also have a wired connection to your car or home stereo system. If you want to charge your iOS device and send music to your sound equipment at the same time, grab your standard USB charging cable and plug it into the USB port on the InCharge.

When the iOS device is fully charged, unplug the USB cable and the InCharge Home or Auto BT acts as a Bluetooth receiver through which you can stream music to your home or auto stereo system. The advantage? You can use your USB cable when you need to charge, or go wireless when you just want to listen to tunes.

The XtremeMac website was showing these two products as "coming soon" as late as Noon EDT yesterday, but they should be available in the near future. We're hoping to do a hands-on review of the InCharge Home BT once the product is available.



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bayxsonic

Belkin's Bluetooth Music Receiver is cheaper at $49.99 http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=508754

I want to buy one but... how's the quality? I'm not an audiophile but if it's lower than what you'd expect from an MP3 at 128kbps I should probably stick to cables.

May 20 2011 at 8:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
e28eta

For playing music in the car, I'm really happy with my Dice MediaBridge, because among other things it also comes with a microphone and you can answer/make calls through BT.

Not affiliated, just a happy customer who enjoys being able to listen to music via headphones, almost seamlessly switch to car stereo when I get in it, and then back to headphones when I get wherever I'm going.

I say almost seamlessly because sometimes the phone doesn't auto-pair with the car and I have to go into settings, or sometimes the Dice box and the stereo in my car don't agree with each other and I get no audio. I think it's the BMW stereo being too smart about shutting off an input, and a race condition related to powering up the Dice.

Even with those issues, quite happy with it.

May 19 2011 at 1:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
brianmcashion

Do most people have their home stereos near the same place that they charge their iPhones? Doubtful, making this a bit useless.

Your phone already has a charger... just pony up the extra $$ and get an AppleTV if you want to stream audio to your home system.

May 19 2011 at 11:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Different Computers

Why would anyone want one of these, when for $19 more you can get an Apple TV that does all this and much more? http://tiny.cc/appletv99

May 19 2011 at 10:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
greg.schmeer

I bought one of these last year for like $35.

http://www.amazon.com/BlackBerry-Remote-Stereo-Bluetooth-Gateway/dp/B00170KUM0

When I was shopping for bluetooth for my iPhone in my car, I was surprised there aren't more products like this.

May 19 2011 at 7:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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