GEAR4 HQ, March 2013: Wake up happy with the brand new AlarmDock Halo 3 from global provider of gadgets and gizmos, GEAR4- the first app-enabled alarm clock radio for Lightning devices to hit the market.

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"iLuv is delighted to unveil their third HD radio alarm clock product to HD aficionados desiring a little something more in their bedside tunes and sound quality" said Robert Caputo, iLuv Sales VP.

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Sure enough, four days in, our routine 530am radio signal snare check generated hysteria to rival any alarm clock.

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Each morning at 1:59 he sits up like this and turns off the clock radio in the split second before two and the shrill blast of alarm.

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