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Here’s a great piece for all you road warriors out there–the travel alarm clock is a great invention, especially when you don’t trust that cheap clock radio the hotel leaves by your bedside any farther than you can throw it.

But chances are you’ve run out of batteries for your travel alarm clock before.  And what do you do about that?  Hope you can find a store before you go to bed?  Try and recharge those batteries via any of a hundred methods?

How about just using a travel alarm clock that runs on water, like this one?  That’s right–water.  You fill up the reservoir with water, and an electrode inside converts the water into power for the alarm clock.  Best part?  This nearly completely self-powered clock runs a meager thirty dollars, if you’re interested in getting one.

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Sony is definitely telling me what time it is with this positively bodacious looking dock clock for the iPhone/iPod. Packed with some innovative features I desperately need a PR contact that deals with this product.

On the pricey side ($150),  the ICF-CL75iP will totally have one night stands rubber-necking the morning after.  Featuring a giant 7-inch 800×480 LCD screen, you can play movies (MP4, M-JPEG, and AVI files) and slide-show pictures from your phone or USB stick.  It also has 1GB of internal memory for storage of the above mentioned material.

Beyond the normal AM/FM and iPod alarm functions, you can also program a 10-second voice recording to help you get out of bed.  Whose voice would you use?

Not that I want to gripe about features, but it could have internet/WiFi connectivity for weather reports as well as a projected ceiling time display.

No word on release date but I’d love to get my hands on this thing.

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Yesterday we saw Kensington’s take on converting the iPhone into a full blown alarm clock complete with charging stand.  Okay, I shouldn’t say complete because one very important thing was missing: the alarm clock.  More importantly the iPhone is missing one feature in their alarm clock app, which is the ability to wake to your tunes.

The Playlist Alarm Clock from Chilli X allows you to create two playlists: one for falling asleep and one for waking.  The app requires you to make a playlist within iTunes or the app itself, but regardless of the amount of songs entered you can set the amount of time they’ll play.

Currently the app is void of any 5 star reviews with one reviewer pointing to a flaw that states you can’t let the iPhone fall into standby or lock mode otherwise it won’t work in wake mode.  Another reviewer notes that you can’t change the volume of the app and you’re unable to randomize the playlist, which means you’ll experience the same sequence day after day.  I’d probably be able to over look many of these flaws if it were free, but at $0.99 I think I’ll pass.

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This is totally ‘Weird Science’ meets iPod.  Yup, perched atop this here iPod dock with an alarm clock is the once hyper popular Photon Ball.  The product descriptions says that it will react to the beat of the music, but something tells me, or at least hopes it’s also touch reactive.  Oh how I miss the days of Sharper Image.  You can grab one $35.

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THIS DEAL ENDS 6/15.  Newegg has a great couopn discount on the weird looking BOYNQ AAV-WAKEUPBK WAKE-UP iPod Speaker and Alarm Clock.  Features include an iPod Dock, alarm clock, 2x 10 watt power, FM radio and remote control.  It’s …Continue reading: BOYNQ AAV-WAKEUPBK WAKE-UP iPod Speaker and Alarm Clock – $45 Shipped

Amazon has the Jensen JMC-326 Dual Front Loading CD System with remote and digital stereo tuner for $90 – $19 instant savings + free shipping = $71 shipped!

Features:

• Dual CD player with alarm clock
• Blue backlit LCD, includes remote

Today only, Meritline has the LCD Alarm Clock and Calendar Pen Holder as varying discounted prices.  See below for the discount amount, but you won’t pay more than $5 + free shipping = $5 shipped!

40% off with Coupon Code:M24803240POFF (between 0:00 PDT and 1:00 PDT on Oct. 7)
20% off with Coupon Code:M24803220POFF (between 1:00 PDT and 18:00 PDT on Oct. 7)
8% off with Coupon Code:M2480328POFF [Expiry Date: 10/10/2008]

Features:

• Indoor temperature, time and alarm clock
• Holds pens, pencils and anything that will fit

Buy it: LCD Alarm Clock and Calendar Pen Holder – $5

What is it: The ICF-CD3iP is a unique, euro-looking alarm clock with a built-in iPod/iPhone dock + CD player

Features: Clock, alarm, FM/AM, CD player, iPod dock and remote

Availability: October 2008

Price: $100

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Circuit City has the i.Sound Time Travel iPod Speaker System (DGIPOD365) in White for $40 – 15% coupon (9XAZRHTA4J) + Free Shipping = $34 Shipped!

Don’t forget CC 15% coupon code: 9XAZRHTA4J (Expires: 9/13)

Features:

• Wake and snooze to your iPod
• Charge your iPod while docked

Buy it: i.Sound Time Travel iPod Speaker System – $34

Sears has a low price on the Sony ICFC218B AM/FM Radio Clock. It’s $12 – $6 instant savings + $7 S&H = $13 Shipped!

Do in store pick up and save $7

Features:

• .9-inch easy to read LCD screen
• Snooze, AM/FM, calendar, small footprint and simple operation

Buy it: Sony ICFC218B AM/FM Radio Clock – $13