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Philips unveils iPod-friendly Bluetooth speaker stations
Continuing its strange obsession with unveiling products by the flocks, Philips has yet again given us numerous things to juggle at once. This time around it's a trio of iPod-friendly music / AV stations, two of which also include Bluetooth support. The $199 three-piece BTM-628 iPod speaker station conveniently docks and plays your jams from either the DAP or your BT-enabled cellphone, plays back MP3 discs and CDs, shows caller ID and enables handsfree conversations, and also includes a USB port and SD / MMC slot for playing back tunes from a flash card; the BTM-630 steps it up by adding a CD writer that can create MP3 discs from music stored on flash media. The $399 DCD-778 undercabinet system touts an AM / FM tuner, DVD player, ATSC TV tuner, 8.5-inch LCD, flip-down iPod dock, and the ability to play back videos stored on your Apple. Look for these goodies as well as an iPod clock radio to land sometime this fall.[Via T3]
Philips' GoGear SA6045: out with the new, in with the old
It's been awhile since we've seen a new Philips GoGear device 'round here. Now this, the 1GB SA6015, 2GB SA6025, and 4GB SA6045 flash-based players. All pack a 65k color, 320 x 240 pixel 2.2-inch LCD, FM tuner, voice recorder, and support for MP3, DRM'd WMA, and up to 4-hours of WMV video playback per charge. Interestingly, they've ditched the touch controls from their more recent DAPs in favor of a new "SuperScroll" controller. My, how 20th century of you Philips. All are available now from the usual retail outlets where the 4GB model will demand about $128. [Via GenerationMP3, thanks Philip Z.]
Philips DCM270 docks GoGear and iPod both
Just in case you didn't get your fill of tall-ass monolithic 2001-lookin' portable audio device docks, Philips has a new cop on the beat: the not-yet-announced Docking Enterainment System DCM270. Besides playing CDs and docking your GoGear (or wait -- is that a YP-K3?), it'll even play nice with your iPod, something Apple's decidedly punier Hi-Fi can't attest to. More on it soon.
