Alarm clocks
 

Weird thread topic but just wondering what people have seen out there in shops reguarding alarm clocks

my friend has a iPod dock mini-hifi style thing I want sompthing that charges iPhone/iPod has a alarm built in and isnt to big that it takes up my whole bedside table and well yeh sompthing that doesn't sound to bad either

does anyone know any systems like this and that if any of them actually allow u to play music from ur iPod/iPhone as ur alarm?

Any info would be much appreciated cheers

Reguards
Damian :D

What I did was I bought a set of portable iPod/iPhone speakers with mains power input for about $50 from Tandy or somewhere like that. Just covered up the power on light and set my alarm on my iPod then it would play when the alarm went off. Not sure if you can set music for an alarm with iPhone though

my brother just got a sony ipod dock from dicksmith, about $170, it charges his ipod, iphone etc, and can play either ipod, radio etc as an alarm, can also have multiple alarms.

sounds ok, but not much bass there - but you wouldnt expect bass from a little system like that anyway

Id get somthing with a display on it too so u can see the time at night
somthign along these lines
there is so many different ones out there often all on display in a shop go there stick your phone in each one and play with them see what you like

[IMG]http://www.devicedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/iluv-imm153-alarm-clock-ipod-dock.jpg[/IMG]

The iLuv above is cool if you are a heavy sleeper as you stick that huge button under your pillow and it vibrates.

They had them on catchoftheday.com.au the other day for I think $70

haha really thats funny.. I just picked that image randomly..
but there is heaps of different ones around $70 isnt bad

average price is about $100 ~ $150 for a iphone alarm dock.

Sony are just about to release these bad boys here in Aus for round about 180:

[IMG]http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/09/sony-icfcl751p-rm-eng.jpg[/IMG]

From engadget.com:

We'll be honest, it takes a whole lot to get us excited about iPhone / iPod docks or digital picture frames these days, but congratulations Sony, you've managed to pierce through our hardened hearts with the ICF-CL75iP Dream Machine. Sony Insider brings word of the actually quite handsome bedside attraction, an assimilation of those aforementioned products with an alarm clock to boot. We're looking at a 7-inch WVGA LCD screen, 1GB built-in memory, FM / AM radio, and a retractable dock -- in case you don't feel like capitalizing on the total synergistic package. Photos can be pulled directly from the Apple handheld or loaded via USB, and your wake-up options include built-in presets, a customizable 10-second voice recording, or the iPod / iPhone itself. Our only knock at this point is the minimal codec support -- MP3 and WMA for audio, and MP4, M-JPEG, and AVI for video -- but if the $149.95 price on a cached SonyStyle listing stays accurate, we can be a little forgiving. In fact, throw in Chumby widget support and we'll be downright smitten -- make it happen, Sony.

[url]http://www.consumer.philips.com/c/audio-system/dock-for-ipod-dual-alarms-aj301d_79/prd/au/[/url]

i have this philips ipod dock, not bad bass for its size, because of its wOOx speaker on the back. silly name but it seems to work. Also has aux input, and plays your ipod as the alarm. The only small problem with the alarm (or may be a good thing depending) is it starts of quiet but gets a little too loud to start the morning off without being irritated.

I've recently bought a TEAC alarm clock which charges my ipod Mini and sounds pretty good for an $80 system. Good Guys has them for about $95-98 but got it for $80.

there is a free or 99c app that turns the screen into a green LED time clock look... that plus alarm plus ordinary charger and something to stand the phone up = win :)