iPod

By Ken Worsley

Back and Forward is a regular column that takes a slightly irreverent look at some of Japan’s biggest business stories.

The Gist: Logitec aims to replace even your alarm clock with the new 'LDS-iALARM,' a take-off on the standard iPod dock. The iALARM more closely resembles an alarm clock than it does anything else. The concept is straightforward: just insert your 4th gem or greater iPod or 1st/2nd generation iPod nano into the
iALARM's Dock connector. The iPod itself has an alarm function, but such a function is slightly hard to use with headphones alone. The iALARM acts as a speaker, so you... Read Now

Logicool, known to much of the rest of the world as "Logitech," is releasing a nice active speaker accessory for all modern versions of the iPod.