CES 2010: iLuv and Mophie with App Integrated Accessories
The first among these is an iPhone/iPod speaker dock by iLuv called the App Station. It works with the iPhone and iPod touch and requires a free app (not yet available) that turns the iPhone/iPod touch into an alarm clock in addition to displaying local weather information. The iPhone/iPod touch can also be rotated for video watching with sound output through the built-in speakers. We saw a demo of the app in action, though we were warned that the weather information feature was not working in the demo. The App Station will be available in February and will be priced at $129.
Meanwhile, Mophie debuted a new iPhone accessory that takes advantage of the dock connector and offers iPhone users a mobile payment system in the form of a magnetic strip reader at the bottom of a form-fitting hard case. The mophie marketplace requires mophie's free marketplace app (not yet available) and works with the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. It will be available next month according to a company representative and pricing has not yet been finalized.
The mophie marketplace is one of the few devices that make use of changes announced to the iPhone SDK early last year that allowed developers to create apps that can interface with the device's hardware and connected 3rd-party accessories.
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The mophie marketplace is one of the few devices that make use of changes announced to the iPhone SDK early last year that allowed developers to create apps that can interface with the device's hardware and connected 3rd-party accessories.
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I've actually been quite surprised that so few companies have attempted to sell 3rd Party dock connector devices. You would think that would offer a whole new level of functionality to the phone.
I've actually been quite surprised that so few companies have attempted to sell 3rd Party dock connector devices. You would think that would offer a whole new level of functionality to the phone.
Been waiting for a decent set of stereo mics for field recording on an iPhone. Much like those found on the Sony PCM-D50. http://bit.ly/kyEHk
Thanks, but I'll stick with my Night Stand app for $1.99. I still don't understand the need of to pay something like $129 for an "alarm clock" dock. Do you really need more bass to wake up? :confused:
A simulated earthquake, perhaps? ;)
Didn't they go on at the 3.0 launch about how all these cool devices were being developed with opening up of there SDK?
"The Volcano can stream media from any TV or video source at 720p to cellphones, including the Android, WinMo, Blackberry and iPhone platforms. ..Now, plus it can off load shows from your settop box for later viewing/streaming." (from Gizmodo)
http://gizmodo.com/5443319/monsoon-volcano-is-like-a-slingbox-and-slingcatcher-rolled-up-into-one
For example: someone working at a gasstation helps a customer whose card is not working and runs it through the card reader and runs it quickly unseen through his own 'mophie card reader accessory' attached to his iPhone to copy the RAW card details... You don't get the front of the card (however, there are numerous solutions for that, just place a camcorder in front of the reader or something), but that's not really as important as the raw data which you can copy on a blank card and use it.
Another example: jailbroken iPhones can -already- be scanned on open ssh and default ssh passwords. Find them, replace the mophie marketplace app if it exists with a hacked version that sends card details to the hacker, or even intercept or forge payment requests to book money to the hacker instead of mophie...
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The mophie marketplace is one of the few devices that make use of changes announced to the iPhone SDK early last year that allowed developers to create apps that can interface with the device's hardware and connected 3rd-party accessories.
Probably makes it really easy to create such an app... Perhaps it does not allow complete access to the card's data, but I'm pretty sure a good hacker can access the accessory directly to access all raw data.
Regarding the speaker 'alarm clock' accessory, I think that's a bit overpriced as apparently the speaker does nothing more than create sound...
The mophie marketplace is one of the few devices that make use of changes announced to the iPhone SDK early last year that allowed developers to create apps that can interface with the device's hardware and connected 3rd-party accessories.
I've been saying this for years now.
Someone can make a lot of money by integrating the Oyster card system onto the iPhone - people would go bonkers for it.
Thanks, but I'll stick with my Night Stand app for $1.99. I still don't understand the need of to pay something like $129 for an "alarm clock" dock. Do you really need more bass to wake up? :confused:
Well yes, yes i do :) In fact I am not sure that that little thing would be good enough either.
I hope the App Station doesn't use the weather app that comes with the iphone and that you can't delete. In Australia, any relationship between the weather app and the actual weather is purely coincidental. Now, I am sure it must be right every now and again, and as they say a stopped clock is right twice a day. However, I don't think the weather app can beat that.
What would be cool would be if there was the ability to get an alternative weather app to work with the app station. Then the writers of pocket weather for example could make the weather feature useful. But why restrict it to weather? how about the ipod video function?
Speaking of CES iPhone accessories, here is one that streams TV from your cable box to your iPhone:
"The Volcano can stream media from any TV or video source at 720p to cellphones, including the Android, WinMo, Blackberry and iPhone platforms. ..Now, plus it can off load shows from your settop box for later viewing/streaming." (from Gizmodo)
http://gizmodo.com/5443319/monsoon-volcano-is-like-a-slingbox-and-slingcatcher-rolled-up-into-one
Slingmedia also do this type of thing, but to be honest the Volcano stuff looks much better, lets hope we get all the features they say they will be offering.
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