Hands-on with the Philips BTM630 iPod dock

Look, we've seen a lot of docks in our day, and we can't really say the Philips is a particularly special, though it does sport a number of features that may make you want to take a closer look. We got a chance to get all-up-on the black beauty after the company's CES press conference, and we will admit that the Bluetooth integration, SD card support, and 2x MP3 record features seem pretty swell. Take a look at the gallery and inform your future purchasing decisions.

Gallery: Hands-on with the Philips BTM630 iPod dock

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[Mark N @ Jan 6th 2008 5:34PM]

the way the buttons are and everything reminds me more of a mid-90's fax machine then of an ipod dock.

[EJ @ Jan 6th 2008 9:09PM]

zing

[michael @ Jan 6th 2008 6:20PM]

Do all/most iPod docks work with Zunes?

I might buy one, but I'm not sure if they have the ability to work with Zunes as well. Any Zune users know about this?

[ScooterDe @ Jan 6th 2008 7:31PM]

most sound systems have auxillary input into which you can plug anything, but ipod slots won't work for anything but ipod, of course.
As an aside, there seems to be a trend now for low-end boom boxes accepting usb sticks and sd cards, but leaving out the aux-in function. Drives me nuts.

[Galley @ Jan 6th 2008 8:06PM]

I'm not sure if you're serious or not, but no, the iPod and Zune have different connectors, so their accessories are incompatible.

[leadhit @ Jan 6th 2008 6:46PM]

great stuff i need me one of those

[sunz @ Jan 6th 2008 7:54PM]

This is already in Best buy and it sounds like crap .. also there are other branded versions of this at Fry's .. which also sound like crap .. i wouldn't get too excited.

-sun

[Courtney @ Jan 6th 2008 10:06PM]

At first i thought this was a new product. And then i realised that this has been out for months.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8435286&type=product&id=1183160363739

[RogueAi @ Jan 7th 2008 12:07PM]

I actually own one of these and am pretty happy with it. I haven't used the Bluetooth feature yet, but I LOVE the fact that it allows me to a) play CDs, b) play music from my IPOD and c) (would) allow me to use this as bluetooth speaker if I am listening to streaming audio (live365,Pandora,...) from my laptop. For people who don't hav a full hifi rack, this is a nice one piece solution.