iPod Boombox
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Brooke Dowd Sacco
Retro reigns with this iPod boombox. The Portable Digital Music Player harks back to the boom boxes and ghetto blasters of the ’80s, pairing that familiar look with digital music playback. Your playlist gets the throwback treatment. The cassette collection can stay in storage.
The useful twist was its recording feature. According to product coverage published in September 2010, the unit could save FM radio broadcasts as MP3 files directly onto a full-size SD card or USB memory stick, without a computer. Recording from the radio was back, with different storage.
For playback, the listed connections included a 30-pin iPod connector and a 3.5mm auxiliary input for other players. The iPod connection also provided charging. Those are period-specific connections, so compatibility with a newer device shouldn’t be assumed.
An LCD display and transparent cover rounded out the design. The contemporary listing also described AM/FM radio, a telescoping antenna, and operation from either an AC adapter or batteries. It could sit on a shelf or go along for the ride, just like the boomboxes that inspired it.
The appeal was simple: give digital music a little old-school presence. Subtle? That was never really the boombox’s thing.
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