This little gadget definitely would come in handy - if you’ve got most of your rooms or your outdoors wired for sound. With the HomeDock Music Remote, all you have to do is connect the dock to your home stereo or TV (it comes with what you need to do this, apparently) and then you dock your iPod and gather up the little remote and you’re home-free, so to speak.

What I really like is that the remote features an OLED display, so that you can actually see what you’re playing. There’s also a “Jukebox” feature that lets you create playlists right from the remote.

The remote uses RF signals, so you can work the remote through walls and ceilings. Like I said, if your house and backyard is wired for sound (ours is), the HomeDock Music Remote would be a handy thing indeed.

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