Actually There Is Cause for Alarm

In a nice bit of retro styling, Japanese gadget maker Logitec has just released a nifty iPod alarm clock/speaker dock that skips the usual cube structure and cleverly mimics... an alarm clock.

The ¥8,000 (about $67) Dialive snugly fits a fourth- or fifth-generation iPod or a first- or second-generation Nano in a plastic housing shaped like the kind of alarm clock you're more likely to find in cartoons than real life these days. The "bells" are actually a pair of 3W speakers, and the Dialive even charges your iPod through the connector. Hey, there are worse ways to wake up in the morning.