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The Playdate Stereo Dock has been shelved
Panic ‘hit pause’ on a dock accessory that doubled as a Bluetooth speaker but didn’t meet its standards.
In an update to the Stereo Dock’s page, the company describes the challenges it faced in getting a good prototype, but says that, in the end, the device didn’t meet its standards. The Stereo Dock was going to be a small desktop Bluetooth speaker and pen holder that you could attach a Playdate to. Ultimately, Panic says it had to “hit pause” on the Stereo Dock, because it was spending more money developing the device than it would likely make back, and the prototypes, while “beautiful,” weren’t good enough.
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