iLounge

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Antwan: Correct. The negative comments about iLuv (closed, and the user banned) were from someone affilated with iLuv’s competitor SDI Technologies, maker of iHome. Pretty sad.

Posted by Jeremy Horwitz in East Amherst, NY, USA on March 8, 2006 at 5:21 PM (PDT)

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Can we iStop with the iNaming of iProducts with i first iPlease before iStat iTalking like iThis.

Posted by dave95 on March 8, 2006 at 7:41 PM (PDT)

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With all apologies to Chevy...but it didn’t work for you THEN, either, with that rebadged iZuzu, er, Izuzu pick-up of yours (this ‘i’ thing...words can’t describe how nauseatingly inept this infection has become).

iLuv...*(cringe)*...*(shudder)*

A name is a name is a name. But there ARE some that are too cute for comfort.

I do believe I need to fire up my chain saw right about now…

Posted by flatline response on March 9, 2006 at 12:06 AM (PDT)

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Just got an i177 (the clock radio with remote).  Sound quality is good to my untrained ears; much better than the powered speakers on my computer, better than my previous clock radio.

The Good:
o Sleep timer decreases volume gradually then shuts off the iPod!
o Remote goes to next/previous track, play/pause, controls volume, switches to radio bands, tunes the radio and snoozes the alarm.
o Comes with 5 adapters for the various iPod models and a USB for the Shuttle
o “Sleep” volume is independent of waking volume
o Switching to either radio band pauses the iPod
o Uses backup batteries (2xAA) for power outages
o Loud frickin’ beeper (though if you want to buy an iPod clock radio in order to wake to a beeper, maybe you’re looking at the wrong product)

The Indifferent:
o Dual alarms
o Dimmer has 3 settings (in addition to “off")
o Date displayed

The Irritating:
o Military time; I can’t find the option for AM/PM.
o No radio presets; just the last AM and last FM station.

The Weird and Not Very Good:
o AM tuning doesn’t tune to exact frequencies; it seems to go in 9 kHz steps

Those last issues make me think that perhaps I got a unit designed for the European market (or perhaps the dev team is all ex-military non-AM-radio listeners).  I’ve sent iLuv e-mail about these.

Frankly, it looks like a good value to me; looks like a solid design; fairly good bass response, big numerals, nice integration with iPod for listening and waking.  I wonder if it’s okay that the iPod is connected to the charger all night… (That’ll be for long-term testing).

One last thing: their e-commerce system is weird—it tags your order with the description of the product, not the model number.  This would be okay if they didn’t use the same description for four different products, so I had to e-mail them to tell them the model number that I’d intended to purchase.

Posted by groo90266 on March 27, 2006 at 5:26 PM (PDT)

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I recieved it yesterday. I fully charged both the ipod & the external battery seperately. Video playback didn’t even last 3 hours. As of now “Charging” is displayed on the screen.

24 hours later:

I fully recharged both components again. Same performance. Not even 3 hours. Perhaps I misunderstood the use of this external battery. Does anyone know if this is supposed to be a power source or a charger for the ipods battery? I’ve tried to contact i-luv’s technical support via phone & by e-mail but have not heard from them yet in over 24 hours.

Posted by themariotest on April 26, 2006 at 9:23 PM (PDT)

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^"I recieved it yesterday” i was referring to iluv’s i603 battery extender.

Posted by themariotest on April 26, 2006 at 9:25 PM (PDT)

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Can anybody tell me where I can buy this product in Europe. On i-luv.com they want $89,- for shipping. Thx in advance!

Posted by Fotis on September 10, 2006 at 5:25 AM (PDT)