Have you heard of Jibe Audio? No worries, the San Francisco based company doesn't have any product... yet. That will change at CES with this, the Sound Machine iPhone docking station. Designed in part by Robert Brunner who led Apple's design team from 1989-1996, an era which birthed the Newton and the first Powerbooks. The Sound Machine is said to support Bluetooth audio, iPhone synchronization over USB, and unspecified audio input for other audio sources. If this is the same device first mentioned as the "iPhone Station" back in October, then it will also feature DVD playback and streaming internet radio. We'll find out soon enough. CES is only a few weeks away.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
KarlW @ Dec 17th 2007 8:01AM
looks yummy. It's just a shame iPod/iPhone docks are so expensive. Probably because of that "made for iPod" logo rubbish.
Rich @ Dec 17th 2007 8:22AM
"The Sound Machine is said to support Bluetooth audio"
Does that mean an A2DP update is in the works for the iPhone?
drunkenoaf @ Dec 17th 2007 8:36AM
Bluetooth stereo is supported by the version of OSX in the iPhone, apparently. Here's hoping it's activated at some point (and that the current iPhone's chipsets support it).
Homeboy @ Dec 17th 2007 8:23AM
Looks more like a display stand to me. It's very clumsy and the sound coming from that thing can't be very satisfying.
Rob @ Dec 17th 2007 8:34AM
This explains why he "left" Apple in 1996.
billy bob thorton @ Dec 17th 2007 10:51AM
yea, "left". Products were sinfully ugly back then
Dr.Awesome @ Dec 17th 2007 8:54AM
Unless this device was co-designed by more than one former Apple designer, you mean to say it was designed by an Apple ALUMNUS.
Herman @ Dec 17th 2007 8:57AM
20th Anniversary iPhone Dock?
Gordy @ Dec 17th 2007 10:15AM
You beat me to it...this dock looks like the 20th Anniversary Macintosh. I guess he was also behind that design also.
napkinsketch @ Dec 17th 2007 7:35PM
"Then, in 1996, with the 20th-anniversary Mac as his swan song, Brunner left Apple to join the San Francisco office of Pentagram as partner." - Metropolis magazine
Backlin @ Dec 17th 2007 9:15AM
Sweet, something new I can plug my Zune into!
shamrock593 @ Dec 18th 2007 4:35AM
Seriously that's just asking for trouble...
=)
Jonathan Bergeron @ Dec 17th 2007 9:19AM
It looks like one of those model stand's Target and Wal-Mart use.
daedalus @ Dec 17th 2007 9:44AM
So he was an apple designer back when apple design was awful...
great!!
Boynamedsue @ Dec 17th 2007 12:25PM
what homeboy said. this looks more like an in store display to showcase the iphone than a product.