With the number of rumors circulating about today's Apple product launches, at least some of them
had to be right. And one was (no, we're not talking about the video shuffle). Apple has decided to go after the boombox
crowd, as well as home listeners, with the iPod Hi-Fi, a $349 speaker system with built-in iPod dock that runs on D
batteries as well as AC power. A rear-mounted auxiliary input works with the iPod shuffle (and third-party audio
players, though you won't hear Apple mention that). That sound you just heard, by the way, wasn't the iPod Hi-Fi. It
was the sound of a hundred iPod accessory makers moaning in agony.
posted Feb 28th 2006 1:34PM
ugly
Umm... I'm not sure it's large enough. I mean, make it 2, maybe 3 times bigger and it could also replace my sofa.
Complete. Waste. of. Time.
iFi
NASTY! There are so many better looking aftermarket alternatives.
wow thats it? Boring....
lovely
sucks, very disappointed no matter how great it sounds
No, it was the sound of the internet scoffing at a $350 boombox.
is it just me, or does the Bose ipod dock still look a lot nicer than this? hmph.
Not only is it ugly, but completely impractical. If you want to make a real boombox you have to make sure the ipod isn't going to fall off/out when you pick it up.
Who's gonna buy this? $300 gets you a better looking bose and klipsch stereo.
huh...
The market for ipod accessories is totally saturated.
Will this sell? For this price? gah.
ugly too
Kind of a dissapointing announcement today...How can this bring music to the masses. It is expensive, large, and ugly. Dissapointing...
bah! That's it?
#4. NO, its them scoffing at a 350 boombox with no radio, cd player, or anything else a useful boombox has ;)
Wow, that's possibly the worst Apple keynote i've seeen. But At least we got a new Mini with optical out.
No, it was the sound of the internet scoffing at a $350 boombox.
A $350 boombox without a radio or top carrying handle.
Bwahahahahahahaha!
well...
how many watts does it put out...
can i attach external speakers to it...
does can it play music from a mac mini..
the price point is too high... thats just me...
Come on people...
What The hell is that.I want a touch screen Ipod and instead you give us an overpriced mac mini and boombox accessory...No love loss though.:)..That better be the best sounding boombox ever for almost 700 dollars(including the cost of the Ipod).
Who would anyone want to buy this? Unless I've been living under a rock all these years why wouldn't you just buy a $10 cable and hook it up to your already exiting stereo?
This kind of simplistic device was in my head all along, hating the crap from Altec Lansing and Bose. Kudos to Apple for re-instating the power of a big and capable boombox, the idea from eiher Ive or myself via mind-logging
Watch as Apple's design team hits a boombox with an ugly-stick. only $349 per ticket!!!
that cheap looks cheap!
Fun!? Apple poo-on-a-stick was finnaly relasesd! yeah! More extrealy overpriced crap to buy! There is a reason Apple only has 4% of the market share.
What a pile of nonsense. But people will STILL buy this rubbish...!!
Steve Jobs knows his market very very well.
Wait! What's that sound? No it's not the "Hi-Fi," it's Apple's stock plummeting. There better be something fan-freaking-tastic coming on April 1st...
This did not warrant a special event. Big Apple mistake. I'd be pissed if I flew there for that. They could have announced this on the web.
EH, isn't Apple like a year and half slow on this?? Didn't Bose release this a long time ago? How is this new box different?
http://www.bose.com/controller?event=VIEW_PRODUCT_PAGE_EVENT&product=sounddock_multimedia_index&ck=0
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1. It's a ripoff. There are plenty of cheaper speakerdocks.
2. Just look at the positioning of the iPod! Surely if it slotted in like the Hard Drive on the 360, it would be easier to move around?
Worst annoucements ever.
did they fire ive? sad
WGAS! I mean, really... a Boom Box with an iPod stuck on it? Has Apple officially jumped the shark with this whole iPod business?
Still waiting for that video touchscreen iPod... still waiting...
http://www.apple.com/ipodhifi/design.html
It looks better on here
How could you even cary this around while using it, if someone bumps into you, you're ipod goes flying out of the top...
worst product apple's ever made....
All that fuss for a keynote and the only new thing was a stupid looking speaker dock for $350?
This is the dumbest idea ever.
With you on that one, electronicat.
This, plus the recent virus scare and all the stories of problems with Intel iMacs are not going to push Apple's stock higher.
um... what a pile of crap! It's ugly, no top handle, no fm, ... no SIRIUS (or xm for that matter) and um.... did I mention UGLY??? Stevie needed a special event for this??
W. T. F.
Audiophile? Audiophile??!! Did he forget that those 1 Billion songs were sold in 128K encoding??? Bah!
This thing is almost as ugly as the HUNDRED DOLLAR leather case. Steve, dude......
Man - what a let down :(
and no air tunes? or wifi. what crap. actually that sound was the apple stock taking a nose dive. lost over 2% since the keynote.
uggh. For 350 you can go to Best Buy and grab a moderate priced tuner and some decent shelf speakers. Drop the price by about 150 dollars and maybe someone would buy it....
I guess Jobs thinks if he slaps an Apple logo on it, the faithful will jump right in line...Not this time Steve...
Why does steve hate the radio? If that thing had a tuner in it and the ability to play CDs then maybe, but it just plays from an ipod? I know the whole "keep it simple" thing, but come on! Please, I just want a FM Tuner!!!
This is not a boom box!!! It does one thing and no matter how good it sounds it will not replace shit! Replace my sterio?! Sorry, but I enjoy listening to the radio once in a while.
I am a total mac fanboy and this made me die on the inside.
Quote: "Mac killed my inner child"
LAME. And I say that as a charter member of the Apple Fanboys and a stockholder.
My new project is to burn and rip all my AAC protected files and look forward to moving on from iTunes until Apple allows me to use MY phuking music on ANY player.
This Apple announcement was a waste of Engadget's valuable bandwidth.
That averages out to $116.67 a speaker.
What a total rip off Steve!!!!
Wow, hideous. Absolutely terrible.
Looks like a toaster oven.
Wow 350 for a crate.
Engadget, I notice you dont put this product down at all even though the majority sees it as a peice of crap. Whats the deal?