seeking bargain priced ipod clock radio

August 4, 2009 9:53 PM

seeking a bargain priced ipod clock radio + charging station

I tried googling, but the search results are single pages for single items, and I got brain freeze trying to make sense of competing items. I'm hoping someone here has found a solution and can save me hours of searching.

Criteria:

1) Low price. I'm unemployed and spending $$$ on a non-essential is not going to happen.

2) Clock radio, with options to wake to a buzzer, to the radio, or to an iPod playlist.

3) Works with and charges my iPod nano (2nd generation).

posted by jcdill to Computers & Internet (6 answers total)

iLive makes a bunch of these. I bought one at Target and it works well.
posted by lunasol at 10:28 PM on August 4, 2009

Response by poster: If price were no object, iLive would be great. However, they aren't "bargain" priced and are out of my budget for now.
posted by jcdill at 7:41 AM on August 5, 2009

Looks like the cheapest at Target is $40. Circuit City has one for $45.
posted by doorsfan at 8:12 AM on August 5, 2009

Craigslist might find you better options.
posted by doorsfan at 8:13 AM on August 5, 2009

we have a memorex mi2001 that does exactly what you want and it works great with my 2nd gen nano or his 1st gen mini. $29.
posted by desjardins at 8:26 AM on August 5, 2009

If you really want to go cheap, maybe relax your requirements. Buy some old computer speakers for $5 at a garage sale. Get a USB wall charger (I see these for $3 on eBay), or just skip this and continue to charge however you do now. Use the iPod's built in alarm (wake to buzzer/sound effect only, as far as I know), and forget about the radio.

Otherwise I think you're back into at least the $30-50 range, as mentioned. Even desjardins's $29 price is only obtained by going to (possibly sketchy?) third-tier sellers or eBay.

Here's a cheap one from Newegg ($30).
posted by dixie flatline at 8:59 AM on August 5, 2009