The design of Cocoon immediately sets it apart visually from all other audio dock systems on the market.

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East Side Audio Dock Air.

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That alone seems like an act of common sense on Vizio's part: far too many tablet makers stick the speaker openings on the back side, which means unless you have the device propped up in a dock, the audio's bound to get a little muffled.

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The dock is suggested to include an FM transmitter for piping navigation audio throughout your vehicle's sound system, as well as allowing external DAPs to be heard through more than just a built-in tweeter, but we're still waiting to see if TomTom plans on this being a standalone unit or if it fits better integrated into one's dash.

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StudioConnect provides connectivity for guitars, stereo audio, MIDI-In and MIDI-Out as well as a Lightning charging dock in one compact device.

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The dock adds four USB 2.0 connections, along with Ethernet, HDMI and audio output.

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