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Furniture that rocks: home furnishings increasingly accommodate Apple iPods
Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 02:22 PM EST

"As soon as Kerry Triffin spotted a bed crafted from New Zealand rimu wood at a New York design show last year, he wanted to carry it in his Connecticut furniture shop. His wife had a different idea," Terri Sapienza reports for The Washington Post.

Sapienza reports, "She pointed to another bed from the same collection, made of the same sustainable wood but equipped with a Bose surround-sound speaker system and an iPod docking station. 'She said, 'That's the one that's going to sell,'' Triffin says now. 'And she was right.'"

"Six years ago, the iPod was still weeks away from its debut. Today, the little (and always getting littler) portable music player reigns over the media industry and, increasingly, our lives," Sapienza reports.

"No longer restricted to entertainment centers and home offices, iPods and other portable electronic devices are finding places to plug in all over the house: in beds and chairs with built-in speakers, lamps designed with docking stations and living room tables that double as universal charging stations. There's even a toilet tissue holder that will charge and play an iPod, and -- at the other extreme -- a $14,000 dining table with a built-in dock," Sapienza reports.

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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "PK" for the heads up.]

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Aug 23, 07 - 01:36 pm Comment from: Twisted Mac Freak

"Furniture that rocks"

Oh. I thought this was an article on the Rolling Stones.

Aug 23, 07 - 01:37 pm Comment from: SGil

I got poop on my nice white iPod, i knew i should have gotten that brown zune for the restroom.

Aug 23, 07 - 01:43 pm Comment from: M@c

Here's a great idea...how about an iPod docking station for your (and get this...) CAR!

I could make millions!

Aug 23, 07 - 01:44 pm Comment from: Crabapple

And it so it goes.......With each new application, Apple inc & OSX grow ever more prominent as the unseen engine in all our lives!

What of M$?... With every new application, M$ & it's OS grow ever more irrelevant as a useful product whilst ever more prominent as the irritable bowel syndrome that has blighted our lives!!!

Aug 23, 07 - 01:46 pm Comment from: Crabapple

Ps @ everyone...Don't hold back the praise at my sublime reposte!:-)

Aug 23, 07 - 01:47 pm Comment from: Crabapple

Bloody Question mark!

Aug 23, 07 - 01:50 pm Comment from: Spark

@M@c
I'm astonished that iPod docking is standard equipment in most cars. These "cable in the glove box" solutions are retarded.

Aug 23, 07 - 01:54 pm Comment from: Spark

should be NOT standard...

Aug 23, 07 - 01:59 pm Comment from: pockettrash

What does have to do with iphone? I only want to know about iphone.

Aug 23, 07 - 02:07 pm Comment from: Big Al

There must be docking stations on the Space Shuttle.

There is no way every Astronaut had an iPod on board and no one needed to recharge.

Aug 23, 07 - 02:08 pm Comment from: Jamie

I thought the other extreme was Micro$ofts $10,000 coffee table

tongue laugh

Aug 23, 07 - 02:12 pm Comment from: Crabapple

@ pockettrash, the iphone uses the same dock as an ipod you fool! plug in the speakers to the ear phone and you collect your calls in bed in stereo! or...using airport, wi-fi your calls to your bed! Only a dummy is capable of less imagination than you it seems!!!

Now before you all attempt to jump down my throat at once, use your imagination and build on the above thoughts!!

Aug 23, 07 - 02:34 pm Comment from: Petersen

I built on above thoughts once.

Once.

Aug 23, 07 - 02:43 pm Comment from: Twisted Mac Freak

For $10,000, a coffee table should swallow.

Aug 23, 07 - 03:00 pm Comment from: Guess Poser

This furniture? rocks, (Barney Rubble).

Aug 23, 07 - 03:16 pm Comment from: Buster

I want a vibrating dock for my iPod that fits in my front pocket. That way we both can get a charge out of it.

Aug 23, 07 - 05:04 pm Comment from: @sgil

I keep my zune in my butt so that it turns brown. smile

Aug 23, 07 - 05:56 pm Comment from: LorD 1776

I recently ran across one of those home improvement shows on cable TV where they were remodeling a bathroom. I got a good laugh when they showed the iPod toilet paper holder they had installed. I guess you don't have to worry about your earbuds falling out when you lean over to wipe.

Aug 24, 07 - 04:46 am Comment from: Road Warrior

Preemtive Zune Thang strike.

Oh dear, now the Zuners will have to come up with some furniture. Hmmm now a bathroom with an iPod white toilet and a Zune holder that doubles up as a toilet bowl cleaner.

Your crap, Our flush

Nov 09, 09 - 05:36 am Comment from: bedroom furniture

Bedroom furniture is a better investment, but if your current computer can no longer be upgraded (especially laptops - which is why I prefer desktops) and is 3+ years old, go for the Macbook.
bedroom furniture

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