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The iPod Zeppelin Ominously Hones In On the iHome's Territory

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April 28, 2009 at 12:11 PM | by | Comment (1)

Now that hotels are finally getting hip to providing iPod docking stations and speaker systems as standard room amenities, will there be a duel between the old standard iHome and the newer, sleeker Zeppelin? All signs point to 'yes' as the Zeppelin begins to rake in hotel clients from the top tier of luxury properties, elevating this newest of hotel tech gadgets to the big leagues.

Already you may find the curiously oblong, buttonless speaker system within The Carlyle, the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, and the Ritz Carlton Atlanta. Its deliberate takeover of luxe night stands will continue this summer with the July opening of the Elysian Hotel Chicago, a property which has marketed itself as a modern version of a grand dame hotel.

In the Elysian setting, the Bowers & Wilkens Zeppelin will hit a higher note than Mariah Carey on your iTunes; it will sync with other tech goodies in the room: "Zeppelin delivers arresting, 'audiophile-class' stereo playback from in-room sources such as cable and on-demand movies and television—as well as from guests’ and residents’ own iPod music and video libraries." They may seek to win over the "audiophiles," but what about us regular hotelphiles? We suppose we'll just to have to retrain ourselves, as adept as we've gotten as setting iHome alarms now.

[Photo: Bowers & Wilkins]

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Non-Flying Zeppelin: It's an iPod Docking Station

July 28, 2008 at 9:15 AM | by | Comments (0)

We thought iPod docking stations were last year's must have amenity and have got a bit over them recently. But this one did catch our eye: it's the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin iPod docking station which has won a bunch of innovation and design awards this year.

The Zeppelin, as well as looking pretty cool, is smart because it fits all existing iPods without any adaptors. It's also got a volume-level governor so hotels can set a maximum loudness for the device--you'll be glad of that when the guest in the next room can't play his squealy hip-hop as loud as he wants.

Apparently these Zeppelins are already found in a few hotels including the Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong and the Ritz Carlton Atlanta and no doubt the Bowers & Wilkins gang are pushing hard to get them in a ton more.

We just hope setting the alarm on these bad boys won't be so difficult.

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