Apple : B&O BeoPlay A3 - new stylish speaker dock for iPad

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B&O BeoPlay A3 - new stylish speaker dock for iPad Posted: Bang & Olufsen has shown off its latest speaker dock for the iPad, which will turn the heads of design nuts everywhere. The BeoPlay A3 has been given a wedge design - a wedge for those with wedge - so the dock can be used both upright and on its side, and is also shaped in such away that even if you lay it flat it's easy to view content on it. Designed for both music and movie playback, the dock essentially turns your iPad into a mini TV – the iPad actually slots into the middle of the device. Sound choice As for sound, well it's as meaty as it can be on a dock of its size. There's an omnidirectional two-inch woofer, three half-inch tweeters and the whole thing weighs an impressive 1.5kg. The dock also comes with its own battery, which can knock out tunes for around five hours and will charge your iPad when connected to the mains. The BeoPlay A3 is available now in black and is priced at a rather high-end £449. B&O did explain to TechRadar that the device is only for the original iPad and iPad 2 at the moment, but it is working on adapting it for the new iPad. This is all to do with the rubber case you have to put the iPad in before connecting it to the A3, so we can't see there being that much of a delay for new iPad compatibility.

Spotify finally rolls out dedicated iPad app Posted: After months of speculation and one sneaky spy shot, Spotify for iPad has finally arrived. The app lands on the App Store today, bringing Retina Display support to the new iPad 3 and a swipe-tastic user interface that spans all generations of Apple's tablet. FutTv : T8YN24Vd7OZS6 Spotify refers to this as the "actual" iPad app and says that the focus is on discoverability as opposed to the iPhone app's focus on playing what you've already discovered. Spotify for iPad is fairly similar to the recently announced Spotify Android beta app and, just like the spyshot that leaked back in April, it comes with panelled navigation and a slick interface that sees you swiping to skip tracks and making the most of the large screen to show off album art. Rock 'n' roll train As always, you'll need to be a premium Spotify subscriber to stream music through the app, although free users will be able to download and log-in to the app to lust after its features if they want. The app comes with most of the features you'll find on the desktop version – recommendations, playlist view, folders, inbox and the ability to browse friends' profiles – but it doesn't have the Spotify apps like last.fm and We Are Hunted. It sounds as though the apps could be on the cards for future iterations of the Spotify iPad app though, as Gustav Söderström, Spotify's chief product officer, said in response to a question about the Spotify apps, "We're always working on lots of stuff, listening to users seeing what they like and developing for that. So we'll let you know." Audiophiles will be pleased to hear that the app comes with optional crossfade and gapless playback for the first time on iOS. The dedicated Spotify iPad app will hit the iOS App Store later today as a free download and if you just can't wait, you can check out our Spotify for iPad review.

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