Alarm clocks

Roberts Sound 43 iPod docking radio launches

Roberts has launched a new DAB/FM radio that offers CD playback and gets an iPod dock. The Sound 43 is also notable for being available in three "racy" colours - Ferrari red, Lamborghini yellow and Porsche white.

With a high gloss finish, the all-in-one system...

Pure Siesta Flow will hit shops in time for Christmas

Pure has announced that its new Siesta Flow will hit shop shelves in the UK in time for Christmas.

The company's first internet connected bedside radio, it boasts an alarm tone for every day of the year via Pure's online portal, including sleigh bells,...

iTeufel Radio iPod alarm clock launches

Teufel has announced the launch of the iTeufel Radio, a retro-styled radio, alarm clock and iPod docking station.  

Angled, rather optimistically as the "ideal solution to grumpy mornings", the iTeufel offers an AM/FM radio and can charge the docked iPod.

GrooveNeo iPod alarm clock launches

The GrooveNeo iPod alarm clock's big USP is that big display, which is designed to save the user from squinting bleary-eyed across the bed trying to work out if it's ten past 5, or 8.

The "jumbo" display means such squints will be a thing of the past, while...

HANNspree Photo Alarm Clock launches

HANNspree is tacking the Christmas shopping market from a new angle - an all–in-one Photo Alarm Clock.

Described as "the perfect bedside gadget", as you'd expect it features alarm clock functionality with three alarms and snooze and sleep options, a photo...

Pure's Chronos iDock Series II now on sale

Pure has let us know that its Chronos iDock Series 2, which it launched at IFA, is now available in the UK. The unit combines a number of functions into its shell, as well as support for both iPod and iPhone docking. While your device is docked, you can play music from...

The top five deliciously retro kitchen gadgets

There is a war going on in our kitchens. While the likes of the kettle, the toaster and, latterly, the microwave dominate our work surfaces, more specialised gadgets fight for space on our shelves else suffer the ignominy of the cupboard until they're finally tossed away...

John Lewis launches new Swan STM100 Teasmade

John Lewis has introduced the new Swan STM100 Teasmade, offering a modern twist on what it says is a "much-loved British classic".

"The nation's love affair with the electric automatic Teasmade can be traced back all the way to 1891 when its inventor, Samuel...

Memorex Sound System for iPhone and iPod launches

Memorex has announced the launch of its new Sound System for iPhone and iPod.

Offering 30 Watts of power output, the system also boasts an FM tuner as well as the ability to play audio CDs and CD-R/-RW discs.

Boasting compatibility with all iPhones...

VIDEO: Tick Talk iPhone app reads you the news

iPhone developer Wirus has cooked up an application called Tick Talk that'll let you wake up to the headlines. The app grabs the news from the Web via an RSS feed (which you can specify the source of) and then reads it out in a creepy robotic voice.

The app...

PHOTOS: Pure Sensia internet, DAB and application radio

Pure is aiming for the October release of the Sensia to reinvent radio once again as the hub of home life. The wireless internet connection, music streaming and now the addition of applications take the company's devices one step closer.

Pure told Pocket-lint...

Pure Sensia brings app stores to radio

Pure has launched a product today that it hopes will "do for radio what the iPhone did for mobile". That's the dream of the CEO of Pure's parent company, Hossain Yassiae of Imagination Technologies.

The Pure Sensia is a fully connected internet, FM and DAB device,...

IFA 2009: Our top five

IFA in Berlin is the largest consumer electronics show in Europe. Each year hundreds of companies come to show their latest and greatest gadgets that they will be releasing over the next 12 months. So what caught our eye this year? Here is our pick of the crop:

Pure announces Siesta Flow alarm clock internet radio

Pure is showing off five new digital radio products at the IFA show, including the "Siesta Flow", the company's first internet connected bedside radio.

The Siesta Flow, which will boast a £99.99 price point when launched, is Pure's most affordable internet-connected...

Sony launches ICF-C8WM alarm clock

Sony has launched a clock radio which also doubles up as a charger for your Sony gadgets. Eschewing the current trend towards wireless power induction charging, it's a defiantly plugged-in affair, but could prove useful for people with Walkman phones and mp3 players.

AXbo launches Sleep Phase alarm clock

aXbo has unveiled a new product - the Sleep Phase Alarm Clock - which is designed to wake you up without interrupting your natural sleep cycles.

Those cycles occur throughout the night and last about 90 - 110 minutes each. If you wake during a deep sleep, you'll...

Bang and Olufsen intros BeoTime

Bang & Olufsen has launched the new BeoTime, describing it as an alarm clock that is "equal parts stylish and functional".

As well as a clock, the BeoTime doubles as a control for Bang & Olufsen systems in the home.

It has a built-in sleep timer...

Ixos Neo launches

Ixos has launched a new clock radio speaker system for use with iPods, the "Neo".

The Neo offers an FM radio, 4 speaker drive units and a 10W RMS amplifier along with 6 preset EQ settings.

It can charge iPods while playing music and users can...

Pure launches Sirocco 150

Pure has announced what it says is the world's first "Works with iPhone" DAB micro system, the Sirocco 150, described as a fully featured DAB/FM digital sound system with CD, SD, USB and iPod dock.

The Sirocco 150 comes with a matching black and silver iPod...

Yamaha launches its first iPod products

Yamaha has announced the worldwide launch of four iPod and iPhone-compatible products. Two are traditional docks, and two are clock-radios.

Dealing with the clock radios first, the TSX-120 contains a DAB and FM radio, along with an iPod dock. There's a mini-jack...

GEAR4 CRG-60 announced

GEAR4 continues to crank out the products with the introduction of the CRG-60, its newest alarm clock radio for iPod.

The CRG-60 lets you wake up to your iPod music, radio or buzzer with two alarms which offer snooze functionality as well as "nap" and "sleep"...

Harman Kardon launches MS 100 audio system

American audio manufacturer Harman Kardon has just dropped us word of a new audio system that it'll be bringing out this summer.

The MS 100 packs a CD player, an FM radio, an iPod dock, and a set of "high-end" stereo speakers.

The features don't...

GEAR4 launches CMD-100 micro system

GEAR4 has announced the first of a new "diversified product range" for the company, the CDM-100, a CD micro system with dock for iPod as well as an FM/AM radio.

With a top-loading CD player, a universal dock for iPod that charges the MP3 player and an audio...

Chumby launches in the UK

Chumby has been launched in the UK. The internet-connected device, popular in the States, is now available to be shipped to England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

For those that don't know, chumby is a sort of hackable, Wi-Fi-enabled, widget-happy,...

Teddy bear hub launches

Another day, another novelty USB peripheral... Introducing the bear-shaped four-port hub - and - alarm clock.

Not only will this colourful critter connect up to four USB devices to your PC, but it has an alarm clock in its little bear belly.

Available...