Kenwood AS-iP70 converges picture frame, alarm clock, FM radio and iPhone dock into one

We know, you've seen enough iDevice docks to make your eyes bleed with frustration, but if your bedside table is growing a bit cluttered with all the appendages and chargers you have lying around, you might wanna check this one out. Kenwood's 7-inch AS-iP70 can serve as a picture viewer, a music player, an alarm clock, or an FM radio, while also packing USB and SD card inputs for alternative media sources. All in all, it looks quite slick and has plenty of buttons to play around with, but be warned that its 800 x 480 resolution is intended for pictures only, there's no video playback to be had. If that and the ¥25,000 sticker (about $270, launching in Japan this April) have you running scared, you might want to check out Sony's cheaper, AVI-playing alternative right over here. More pictures of Kenwood's new hotness can be found at the source.

[NeatOman Posted Mar 29th 2010 3:41AM]

Something about it make me wanna go Mehhh, maybe its the dull buttons IDK

[seanGadget Posted Mar 29th 2010 4:09AM]

@NeatOman

That's Exactly it. And just not what you would expect from Kenwood.

[Daanmannetje Posted Mar 29th 2010 3:58AM]

I thought this was the Apple-free Engadget... The first thing I see is an iPod-dock... :) To bad it doesn't play Video.

[GenericMessage Posted Mar 29th 2010 9:29AM]

@Daanmannetje

I agree, its a pity.

The Sony "dream screen" is better than this, and about $100 cheaper.

[antistatic12 Posted Mar 29th 2010 4:06AM]

Sony ICFCL75IP is sweet, cant wait to see how this one goes, maybe they could incorporate WiFi into these things so i can wake to my own tunes from internal memory/iphone/ipod and browse the net..(Pr0n)......

[KGB Posted Mar 29th 2010 4:10AM]

The only thing thats missing is a microwave and a fridge.

[Meditron Posted Mar 29th 2010 8:30AM]

looks like a blatant rip-off of Sony's ICFCL75IPB. They could have gotten a little more creative than that.

[VF34WRX Posted Mar 29th 2010 9:32AM]

for a second I thought it was both an iPod and an iPad dock LOL

[Bamboo Posted Mar 29th 2010 9:57AM]

At first I was excited to see this posted about, till I read the details. i was hoping for some direct competitor to Sony, but this is way more expensive and doesn't even have the same features.

[jimr1234567890 Posted Mar 29th 2010 10:18AM]

it just about had me until I read no video play supported.
Too bad it fails.

[MFPrice Posted Mar 29th 2010 1:39PM]

UPDATE: This is just a licensed repackaging of the Sony ICFCL75IPB with different plastic (which incidentally was very poorly done on the software side in keeping with Sony tradition).

[Wheee Posted Mar 30th 2010 3:50AM]

Boy those girls are having fun.