Comments on: Repurposing the old iPod http://life.billeisenhauer.com/2006/06/04/repurposing-the-old-ipod/ Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:27:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Bill Eisenhauer http://life.billeisenhauer.com/2006/06/04/repurposing-the-old-ipod/#comment-82 Bill Eisenhauer Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:49:16 +0000 http://life.billeisenhauer.com/?p=153#comment-82 Indeed. If Apple could settle on a design that would remain standardized, I could see how a built-in within a dashboard would be great. I'd love to just plug it in like an 8-track and be done with it. Indeed. If Apple could settle on a design that would remain standardized, I could see how a built-in within a dashboard would be great.

I’d love to just plug it in like an 8-track and be done with it.

]]> By: Andy http://life.billeisenhauer.com/2006/06/04/repurposing-the-old-ipod/#comment-81 Andy Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:01:33 +0000 http://life.billeisenhauer.com/?p=153#comment-81 You might get better sound if your car stereo has an direct input jack, maybe even on the back. I can't believe there is no car stereo with an iPod dock yet. It would look something like those old 8-track car stereos, you'd plug in your iPod and then control it through the face plate display/buttons. The possibilities are endless: the full iPod could be inside the stereo and hidden to deter theives, the stereo could be a full ipod itself and sync from your portable iPod, etc. Can I patent those ideas now? Closest I could find was a dock that fits in a cup holder and just uses an FM channel, something that Apple itself has patented. You might get better sound if your car stereo has an direct input jack, maybe even on the back.

I can’t believe there is no car stereo with an iPod dock yet. It would look something like those old 8-track car stereos, you’d plug in your iPod and then control it through the face plate display/buttons.

The possibilities are endless: the full iPod could be inside the stereo and hidden to deter theives, the stereo could be a full ipod itself and sync from your portable iPod, etc. Can I patent those ideas now?

Closest I could find was a dock that fits in a cup holder and just uses an FM channel, something that Apple itself has patented.

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