Timex T205W Color-Changing Alarm Clock Radio with Bedtime Beats

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This seemed like the perfect alarm clock for me. I loved that you could change the colors and even have it not lite up at all. And the idea that I could be awoken to the sound of a stream or to ocean waves was a wonderful thought. But you have no choice to what sounds you wake to. I contacted customer service and indeed there is no choice. You wake to the first Nature Sounds and it rotates through them. But that is no good. It isn't even a nature sound it is a tune. And who lets the alarm keep going...just to get to the sound you want to wake to. But each time it goes off, it is back to sound 1.

I also had an issue with the snooze feature. It was snoozing for 10 min. But today, after hitting snooze the alarm went off every 2 min.

I think I am going to return this unit, which in itself is a pain since I already threw out the packaging and now will have to go to the post office.

The snooze function only working for 2 min. may be a malfunction, but not being able to choose which sound of the nature sounds you wake to is just unacceptable if that is the main reason for buying this product.

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My 11 year old daughter received this clock as a Christmas gift. It worked fine for about 24 hours (and she just loved it) but then the light wouldn't dim, the alarm wouldn't set, and now the alarm went off at 3:00 in the morning for no reason. We've tried resetting the unit with no luck.

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So far after turning on the clock for 5 minutes all is ok except the clock wording on the box significantly advertises as having ability to wake-up to radio, "Nature Sounds", or buzzer. There are NO nature sounds. You do get classical or jazz music as an option. Ok I guess, but not what is advertised or what was desired.

Will update review if start to have technical issues with it as several others have reported.

In general, I suggest another clock as it really burns me up as something is very cleary and intentionally miss-advertised.

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My 6 year old loves this clock especially the color changing feature. However there was not a instruction manual in the box, we were able to figure everything out but it is not as user friendly as the other alarm clocks in the house. Also the radio reception is sketchy at best.

Will never buy a Timex product again. Could not get this piece of crap to work. Do not buy this clock.

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Logitech Pure-Fi Anytime Premium Alarm Clock for iPod and iPhone

• Supports iPhone and all iPod models with dock connector; supports other portable music players via 3.5-mm auxiliary input
• Featuring motion-activated controls and other innovative features--perfect nightstand companion
• Wake to music, radio, or buzzer, or sleep a little longer with a wave of your hand--thanks to motion-sensing snooze
• Protected docking cavity helps prevent you from accidentally knocking over your iPod/iPhone
• Accurately tune to live content, including music, news, weather, and sports with internal AM/FM radio

I've been looking for an alarm clock for my iPhone 3G since I bought it in June '08! Finally I found this one, and it is perfect.

Charges iphone without interference, no weird "not compatible" message

sounds great! perfect for the bedroom

2 alarm presets

Motion Sensor! This is cool, you just wave your hand over the top instead of having to find the sleep button. Best feature!

Dimmable display

remote control

looks great

I highly recommend this alarm clock to anyone with the new iPhone. Charge your phone while you sleep, wake up to your favorite music. The best!

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The item itself is pretty nice. The motion sensitive snooze and back light activator is a nice touch. The housing for the product is the glossy black plastic that is the trademark of iPods and their related accessories. The orange glow clock and lights is a nice change of pace from the ubiquitous blue that's been going around for the last few years. It even comes with a remote control, which can be stored on the back of the unit when you're not using it. A nice touch that is overlooked by most manufacturers.

The item allows for setting two alarms. In theory when the alarm goes off you can wave your hand over the top right of the unit and it'll engage snooze. Which, nicely, has a feature that allows you to set the snooze length. The wave hand snooze, did work. However, the unit I had, about 50% to 70% of the time the alarm would auto-snooze itself about 2 seconds after it began sounding. Another reviewer posted about this identical defect. So, I'm not sure if it is an overly sensitive motion detector, or what, but a two second alarm will be bad news for me in the morning :)

There are a few good reviews about the product, so if you want to try one out and hope its not defective, it's a nice product. I would have kept it, had it not been for the auto-snooze.

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I have been using this about a week thus far and really enjoy it. I have an iPhone 3G and it works great for charging it, playing Pandora or MP3s, and as an alarm clock. The ability to float my hand over it to snooze is really nice. Since the buttons on top are dimmed until your hand is hovering over the device is nice in the evenings when you don't want extra gadget lights distracting you when it comes time to sleep.

It has 3 programmable buttons on it which is fine for me as I have only 2 FM radio stations I care about in my area. This may be an issue for others who have more they like to pan through. Also note that the remote control is for the iPod application on the iPhone and will not work in controlling Pandora.

I only gave this 4 stars for two reasons. One is how my phone fits into the device. Not as snug as I would like as when I am touching the screen, for instance in Pandora for ratings, it rocks back into the alarm clock instead of being held solid. I have tried the other docking cups too, no luck. The other reason is price. While the price is really good, especially compared to what you pay in other stores, I still think for the sound quality and volume you get could have been better.

Overall though, I am not disappointed and have had zero issues with it.

Edited 2-15-2012 down from 4 to 2 stars: I have noticed since upgrade to iOS4 that when place on the cradle instead of just charging it constantly tries to take over audio on the device. This has been occuring through several updates to my iPod over the past months and I am now updating the review accordingly. By taking over, the iPod indicates it is docked, switches inputs, and in turn gives off a buzzing sound equal to the volume on the device. Even if you change off the iPod input setting, it will change back in seconds. Even if you have AM or FM radio on, you still get the annoying buzzing sound on top of the station sounds. Because of this, I cannot charge overnight or while listening to music. Essently the iPod portion of this device is ruined for me and it is now just a clock-radio.

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This item is great. I recommend it.

I bought an iHome alarm clock in an attempt to use our 5th generation iPod Video as the music source for the alarm sound. After a lot of messing around and testing and days of troubleshooting... it simply did not work. Supposed to, but didn't.

This Logitech Anytime unit is wonderful. Right out of the box I followed the simple quick-start instructions and was up and running 5 minutes later. But most alarm clocks are like that. The real test is getting the iPod as the alarm source. In the next 5 or 10 minutes I was able to test my iPod's use as an alarm source to wake up to my playlist's music. It works flawlessly.

There are two alarm time settings this unit remembers. Useful for two different people that need to get up at different times, or you can use the second alarm time as an "oh crap 1-hour later alarm really really get out of bed" for example. They're Alarm #1 and Alarm #2. Each one has it's own time setting as well as it's own source setting. So you could have alarm #1 set at 5am with the iPod as the alarm sound source (or the buzzer or the radio), and alarm #2 set at 8:30am with the buzzer as the alarm source (or the iPod, or the Radio). Both can use the same source so it's totally configurable.

The unit is really small. Smaller than a loaf of bread in a bag for example. It's speakers play the music really well. The sound is distinct and nice. I'm sure that there are people that will compare this unit's speakers with larger "iPod speaker systems" and conclude that they could be better, but you know what?... they sound just fine. No crackles, not a light tingy sound, not too rich and deep... just good enough to enjoy music and more than good as an alarm clock.

When the iPod is set as the source and the alarm goes off the unit will automatically look for a specific "Alarm 1" or "Alarm 2" playlist in your iPod. If it finds one of them (for the associated alarm in question) it'll play music in Shuffle mode from one of those playlists. So you can totally customize what music should be used as alarm music. If however you don't have those playlists on your iPod the unit will just resume playback from whatever playlist was last played from.

When the alarm time goes off, the music doesn't just abruptly start playing. The unit will start off the music quietly and slowly over the course of a few seconds increase more and more the volume until it's at the wake-up audio level.

The way to stop the alarm is really neat. You simply wave your hand over the top and a little sensor will detect the motion and shut off the music. It's also the way to illuminate the controls if you need to see them in the dark for some reason.

The unit has a backup 9volt battery that it uses for remembering the time settings if the power goes out. If the power does go out and the music source was set to iPod, the buzzer will sound instead because it won't have enough power to run/command the iPod.

If the unit has power from the wall it will charge your iPod, although if the iPod is actively being used to listen to music it won't charge until the iPod itself is off. The iPod mounts to the unit via the standard Apple Dock Connector slot on the bottom of the iPod itself. There are different snap-on mounting guides to help different iPod models all stay put and mount properly.

The orange lighted display is very clear and easy to read at night.

This unit has more features than what I need. I needed an iPod alarm clock and it's great! I've tossed my iHome unit because this Logitech Anytime unit works flawlessly. I recommend it.

Unfortunately, I got one with a defect. The alarm goes off for all of 2 seconds, then spontaneously stops. I tried it out multiple times, even unplugged it after I came across a review that mentioned the defect on iLounge. The review mentioned that unplugging it sometimes helps. Not here. Sat on phone with Logitech for an hour and they found the same defect in the one they had there! They said to return it to Amazon since I'd just bought it. Apparently, the defect isn't widely known yet so they haven't recalled the ones that don't work properly.

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Speck Products CandyShell Flip Phone Case for AT&T iPhone 4 (Batwing Black)

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• Hard shell iPhone 4 case with rubberized interior and button covers for shock absorption
• Flip-back design for use with a dock. (not for use as a stand!)
• Patent pending design and ingenuity; hard-shell iPhone cover meets soft rubber case
• Use your iPhone with your iPod stereo system;Fits ATT iPhone 4

I recently bought this case for my new iphone 4. I originally had a cheap plastic case from one of those carts in the mall. After my brother had this case in black and recommended it I decided to give it a try. It's a great case and I really like the color.

The good from my perspective:

It's slick back makes it easy to pull out of my man pockets.

The case has three button covers one on top over the sleep button and two on the side for the two volume control buttons. For me this is good but it is also bad because they are all pretty stiff right now because I just got the case. Hopefully they will loosen up.

Great color, feels like a firm case.

The bad from my perspective:

The flip back feature is not all it's cracked up to be. First the case itself has a gap on the front so it can allow the case to flip back. Not that it's that big of a deal to me as it is a very small slit. (you can barely see it in the photo, but look towards the bottom). Also the flip feature is cool but not very practical. It seems sturdy enough, but I wouldn't want to knock my phone off from wherever it is with the bottom half exposed.

The biggest problem with this case is it doesn't fit into my iHome. I know a lot of people might not have or use an iHome but I plug my phone into it every night because I have it on my nightstand. It doesn't fit with the case on so I have to take the case off. It seems to fit on all the other plugs I have including my car charger. So unless you have an iHome, not that big of deal, for me it is.

Overall I'm satisfied with the case which is why I will keep it. I like it a lot and even though it doesn't fit my iHome I can manage.

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I've had this case for almost 2 months now and I've been very satisfied with the purchase. I heard about the candyshell case from my daughter. I loved the colors that they came in but was a bit hesitant (I've always preferred clear cases in the past). After weeks of reading through reviews and looking at photos and videos, I finally decided to get the flip candyshell case in pink. It proved to be very convenient when charging my phone on my iHome as I don't have to take it off its case to do so. Yet it easily comes off when I want to clean my phone. It fits perfectly without adding bulk. I only wish they had more color choices and color combinations, like the original candyshell. I cannot speak of its durability as I'm not normally rough with my phone to start with. It seems to be well made. I would definitely recommend it.

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Buyer beware, most of these speck cases are fake. Look at the one one their website then look at this one. Compare the camera holes.

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This had to be returned. The power button on the top of the iPhone 4 was depressed by the rubber cover on the case and kept powering down the phone constantly. It's too bad. The regular Speck CandyShell Case is wonderful, but I was looking forward to the docking capabilities of the flip case. Oh well. Back to the Speck CandyShell Case.

The camera space and the buttons are all different. The space for the side does not match up with the silent switch either. These are fakes :(

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Slacker 2 GB Portable Radio with 15 Stations (Black)

• 2 GB Slacker Radio and MP3 player with 15-station capacity. Compatible with Windows XP, SP2 and above (does not work with Vista).
• Built-in Wi-Fi auto-refreshes Slacker Radio stations; music plays whether or not connected
• Plays your existing music collection (MP3, WMA, and AAC)
• 4-inch color LCD displays album art, reviews, artist bios and more
• Removable, rechargeable battery

The Slacker portables bring a new dimension to music listening.

Without the hassle of ripping your own MP3s, the service allows you to create your own customized radio stations and then, by WiFi or USB, load them onto the player for your enjoyment at any time.

Many reviews have discussed the player in depth, so let me address a couple of issues in regards to the older player, the G1, versus the new player, the G2.

The G1 player is obviously bigger, and while one advantage is an easier to read screen, it is a bigger package to carry around.

The G1 player also has not had any further firmware updates since March '08, while the G2 player has had frequent updates. Therefore, some important features such as improved battery life, and better USB connectivity have not (yet) been updated for the G1. Please check the slacker forums if you're thinking about buying a G1 to see if any updates have occurred since this was posted.

The G1 player lacks an equalizer control setting, while this was incorporated into the G2 player. I can't say that the G2's equalizer is worth much, as they don't have any user adjustable settings.

The G2 player has a setting to manage the WiFi settings, whereas this has not (yet) been implemented in the G1 player. This again reflects the lack of any further apparent support for this first generation player.

As the price of the 8Gb G1 player has not dropped substantially (although for a time it was selling for less than from Amazon), the G2 unit appears to be the primary hardware that is receiving support from the company.

The G1 player has had an annoying habit of occasionally having a break in audio at the beginning of a song. This has not been a problem with the G2 units. It is unknown what creates the problem, but there has not been a fix issued for the G1 unit to address this issue.

Remember, if you use the web based player at ..... not all the songs that can be heard on the web player are licensed to be downloaded onto the portable players. The company says that there are they are continually gaining more licensing rights, but it is unclear what percentage of music that you hear on the webplayer can be transferred to the portable player. Even with this limitation, you can create a wide variety of stations and enjoy them on the units.

However, for your money, you will probably find the G2 unit less buggy, and better supported by the company with updates.

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The Slacker Portable Radio is a very usable and enjoyable device. Although I enjoy staying current, I am not usually an "early adopter" of new technology, but the stars were aligned for me on this one and I took the risk. I have not regretted it.

The best thing about the Slacker Portable is the hassle-free way a variety of music is delivered to the player. The whole concept of having music delivered to a portable player "automatically" and in a radio station format without the endless chatter of an actual radio station is appealing. In practice, the Slacker Portable works quite well, with a couple of quirks. I love the large album cover art with artist information and album reviews. Obviously, these things are not useful in the car, but when I am using the player at my desk, they work great. The music selection is good and Slacker gives the user some freedom in programming the stations.

I continue to have some very small problems with the player: music sometimes cuts out briefly at the beginning of tracks & player responds slowly to button pushes, at times. These keep me from rating the device a perfect 5 stars. I remain hopeful that these issues will be addressed, as the previous firmware updates solved some other small problems with my player. Firmware updates could not be easier since they are performed automatically when the player is updated with new music.

The best endorsement I can give is that I would buy another Slacker Portable if I had to do it over.

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Well, I have had my 8GB 40-station Slacker Portable for almost a month now, and I must agree with "Patent Guy", the Slacker experience is quite amazing! I use my Slacker Portable everyday, especially during my driving commute each day.

I also have Sirius Satellite radio along with the Sirius Stiletto 100 Portable radio, I use both the Slacker and the Stiletto, but they are two different devices and services which complement each other. Also have iPods, but the music selection gets stale on them quickly. Sirius is great obviously for custom content like Howard Stern and Vin Scelsa. The Slacker service is a whole new concept in personalized radio.

I am a Mac guy, so I don't use the Slacker Player for Windows, but the Slacker Portable connected to my Apple Airport Extreme immediately via WiFi at blazing speed with no problem.

Mine came pre-loaded with ten stations of my choice selected from the Slacker Web Player, and I quickly added over twenty more to the Portable. I opted to upgrade my Slacker service to "premium", which allows for much more control of the Slacker experience.

The Slacker Portable unit itself is very sleek, a little cumbersome for my hand, but once you use it for awhile, it's all right. It does fit in a shirt or jacket pocket, I use it in my shirt pocket with ear buds and it works great.

The actual hardware takes some getting used to, and the button placement and design could be better, I keep hitting unintended buttons to perform tasks and it does the opposite of what I want. The large screen is gorgeous and brilliant, and the copious information screens for each song/artist that you can toggle through are great. I wish there was another screen for lyrics for each song, that would be awesome! It has a battery compartment which in theory you can open and replace the battery if needed, not sure if Slacker will offer the option to buy replacement batteries in the future. Other accessories in the works include a home and car dock, not available yet.

I have numerous stations on both the Web Player and the Portable, and the customization level of each station is phenomenal! You can control the amount of "new artists" discovered for each station, and turn off the "DJ" feature (this control is premium service only), This "DJ" feature is annoying to me, as it inserts Slacker promos, DJ comments derived from the radio station's genre, and also paid commercial ads.

That was the main reason I upgraded to the Slacker premium service, to be able to eliminate this "DJ/Promos/Ads" feature is well worth it to me! What's the point of this new "personalized' radio if it contains the same pesky promos, commentary and ads I am trying to avoid from terrestrial radio? Also, the premium service allows you to "Save" almost any song (provided the rights to save that song have been purchased by Slacker). You can "save" songs to the Web Player OR the Portable, sometimes certain songs can be saved to one and not the other, for licensing reasons.

Premium service also allows song requests and unlimited song "skips", which is useful for rapidly bypassing ("banning") songs I don't like to reach songs I can designate as a "favorite" and save. This process applies to each Slacker station. Slacker has tons of pre-configured stations, or you can create your own with just the artists you like, or stations can be shared from other users on the Slacker Forums.

I am amazed at the depth of music and range of great songs I can now access with my customized stations. I am constantly hearing favorite songs I love from all genres that I haven't heard played on any radio platform for years! Of course, I can immediately save these to my Web Player or Portable library to play anytime. The library can be set to "shuffle-play" like a huge playlist.

The killer feature of the Slacker Portable is that the music selection for each station is updated, expanded and refreshed every time you connect via WiFi (auto-connect occurs each time you plug in the AC charger). This is where the "surprise" element comes in, when you play each station again, there is a new roster of songs/artists to discover! Wifi connections also allow the Portable to update its own firmware automatically.

You can also create custom playlists, and "ban" & "favorite" songs or even artists, and if you change your mind and decide you want to hear a previously banned song, you can "un-ban" it via the Software Player.

Overall, for me the Slacker Portable is unique and satisfying experience, I am very pleased with it in general. It has a few quirks to resolve, but these can be addressed with future firmware updates. Slacker tech support is very responsive to user comments and suggestions.

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I love my Slacker Portable. Downloading songs to my other mp3 player is such a hassle that I never use it. I listen to my Slacker Portable all the time! With the Slacker Portable, it is just like listening to my favorite radio station, but without the annoying commercials and DJ breaks. Nothing but music. Because of music licensing issues, the mix of songs played on the Portable is slightly different than those played on Slacker Radio streamed through the Internet. If you like listening to Slacker Radio, you will enjoy listening to the Portable.

The music on the Portable is refreshed from www.Slacker.com by either a USB connection or a WiFi connection. My USB connection does not work, yet, but the WiFi connection is great. I can even refresh my music when I am eating at a restaurant that has free WiFi!

I have the 8GB version and I can listen for days (I listen about 16 hours a day) without having to refresh. I haven't run the battery down, but I often listen for over 4 hours at a time on the battery. And that is using the display a lot to check out the artist and album information, which is pretty much the same as on the Slacker Internet radio player when streaming music. I connect my Portable to my stereo and to my car radio through a headphone amp and the sound is good.

Slacker is a startup company and the Portable was just released in February 2008. There are some problems with the first units being shipped. They have released one firmware update and are working on another to be coming soon. The current features are limited and they do not all work. I love my Slacker Portable, imperfections and all, and I am sure it will only get better as the problems are resolved.

If you do not mind being an early adopter and feel comfortable using something that is a work in progress, then by all means get one. But, if you just want something that works flawlessly the first time and every time, then you would be better off waiting until all the bugs are worked out.

Related products:

Slacker Portable 40 Station WiFi Radio Player

Slacker Portable 25 Station WiFi Radio Player

Slacker Portable 15 Station WiFi Radio Player

I think this is the best gadget out there right now. Reason is I have an iTouch which is great if you want to listen to the same songs over and over. I also love Sirius, but can only get in my car when I am home. Issue is I travel on planes a ton, and want to listen to new music (vs same old songs).

This is a great idea, because you load what 'channels' you like (can even create your own) and it loads fresh songs (via wi-fi or USB) when you are connected automatically. It so cool because they are artists I like and it's alway new music (vs my iTouch which has same old songs). Oh the best part, the songs are free.

I can't believe this is not more popular--I am buying as gifts for family and friends to spread the word. I bought 25 channel version, 15 is the most one will ever need, so moving forward I will just purchase that model as gifts.

Funny, because in my backpack traveling weekly, this has replaced my iPod (still good for movies). So now I have Bose headets and Slacker for hours and hours of fresh music. Can use on one charge for 6 hour round trip flights.

Must have for those that travel or those on the go...get one, you won't regret it!

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