iLuv has put out two new accessories for travelers at CES, with the SmashBox Pro portable speaker case and the DreamTraveler, a travel-friendly charging station for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod. Designed for outdoor use, the SmashBox Pro keeps a mobile device such as a smartphone or music player protected while rocking built-in stereo speakers.
iLuv has announced the iSM524 ArtStation Pro, which is basically a speaker dock much like the iMac-looking ArtStation Pro dock that they released for the iPad. The difference here is that this dock was specifically built to work with Samsung’s Galaxy Tabs, making it the first third-party dock to cater to Samsung’s tablets.
Like every other clock-rocking speaker dock already in the market, the iLuv’s new iOS dock features the basic speaker and clock radio functions that include a basic alarm, making them a handy device to have on the bedside table. You know the type; you set an alarm time, and it’ll blast the room with your specified radio station, alarm sound, or MP3 track when it hits the time. But sometimes, it just doesn’t work. Sometimes, you’re too drunk to mind, or you’re the type of heavy sleeper who can sleep through anything. In that case, you might want to get your ears checked, but if you need a reliable device to wake you up in the morning, this might work for you: iLuv has introduced the iMM155 Vibro II, featuring a “Shaker” peripheral that’s built to shake you til you get up.
iLuv has introduced a new line of iPad 2 accessories as part of their WorkStation Series, highlighted by a pair of docks that basically turn your iPad 2 into a desktop computer-like… thing. Now, we have no idea if this idea’s going to catch on (didn’t we all just drop the netbook market so we can move on to more portable tablets?), but hey, if you sold your laptop or desktop to buy a tablet, and miss the way the old-timers used to do things (like type on a real keyboard while looking at a propped-up screen), then you might want to look into this.
The iLuv ArtStation Pro, or the iMM514, is basically an iPad dock, but with a rather neat twist: it comes with a hinged arm that’ll let you tilt and swivel the tablet to get you the perfect angle for either multimedia use or with a keyboard accessory if you want it to look like a iMac G4 clone… or at least a really boxy ripoff of Apple’s iconic desktop.
