Creative PlayDock i500 and TravelSound I Are Made for iPods
No need to make an appointment with your optometrist. You're not seeing things. The upcoming PlayDock i500 and TravelSound I speaker docks are Creative's first products for the "Made for iPod" line of accessories. You may recall that this was part of the 100 million dollar settlement from last summer, so this is just Creative making good on its promise.
There must not have been anything in the settlement about original accessories, though, because the speakers are just the made-for-Zen PlayDock Z500 and TravelSound Zen V with iPod dock connectors.
The PlayDock i500 and TravelSound I will be available later this month in Japan for $256 and $153, respectively.
Comments
saminthehat on March 8, 2007 11:49 AM
the z500i has been available in the US for a while.
DD on March 9, 2007 8:03 PM
What happen in the household with an iPod and a Creative Zen? Do they need to buy two of these PlayDock, one for the iPod and one for the Zen?
Why don't these Assesory makers just separate the propriety part that plugs into the iPod & Zen from the speaker? It does not seem like something that's impossible to do.
nano on March 11, 2007 9:50 PM
I was wondering the same thing DD, If i were Creative and the settlement said that I HAD to make apple products I would just make crappy ones for ipods and good ones for my Creative devices.
Someone needs to come out with great speakers that have separate connectors for different brands, that way you can dominate the market. You would've thought that someone from at least one company would've done this already. Some companies need to hire thinkers with imagination instead of people with tons of degrees who only do what they're told and don't imagine.