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Apple CEO Steve Jobs. SDI says they “knew we had something big when stores mistakenly called our products ‘iHome by Apple.” Photo/REUTERS
Posted Tuesday, August 10 2010 at 00:00
The app also handles Twitter messages and aggregates news and weather that is displayed on the iPhone upon awakening.
Its first iPad-compatible product, the $199 iA100, will be sold later this year at its usual outlets, including Best Buy and Apple stores.
Like all accessories manufacturers, iHome had to wait until the iPad was in stores before it could learn its dimensions and specs.
It reconfigured an earlier, iPhone-only design to accommodate the iPad.
The iA100, equipped with Bluetooth, can stream music from an unconnected iPhone or iPad across a room.
The iA100’s clock also syncs to the correct time on an iPhone or iPad.
Given the iPad’s larger battery capacity, Ashkenazi’s designers were not concerned with having it continuously connected to the docking station to be recharged.
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