Panic hits pause on the Playdate Stereo Dock, says it’s unlikely we’ll see it anytime soon

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Panic hits pause on the Playdate Stereo Dock, says it’s unlikely we’ll see it anytime soon
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the product page so it no longer says it's “coming soon,” but instead that it’s been put on pause indefinitely due to issues with the Bluetooth experience, the factory that handled it and the rising costs of resolving it all. The Stereo Dock ,, was meant to be a charging dock that doubles as a Bluetooth speaker , along with being a cute way to display your Playdate when it’s not in use. But, things didn’t quite work out as planned.

What happened? Well, our first regret was assuming that our factory at that time — a factory that made lots of Bluetooth speakers — could easily design the electronics for us, saving us lots of time and money. That went pretty well at first. But they, in turn, outsourced the Bluetooth software and chipset to another company in another country.

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