The iRecorder is attempting to bring the mix tape back in vogue with the help of the iPhone. This quirky smartphone speaker is designed to look like the tape recorder, a piece of technology that is unrecognizable to anyone born after the year 2000. The faux tape recorder functions as a speaker system and dock with your iPhone acting as the cassette tape.
Those old enough to remember the occasionally infuriating process of creating a mix tape will love the iRecorder's nostalgia factor. The best part of the speaker is that the tape recorder's buttons actually work! You can't exactly take your songs from your phone to a cassette tape, but you get close enough. The iRecorder works with the iPhone 4S and 5 and is available for $49.99.
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