hardware founded 1997 headquarters frankfurt main germany key people andr klein founder president and head of development products computer hardware revenue unknown number of employees unknown website www.sendstation.com sendstation systems is a manufacturer of computer and ipod accessories . the company was founded in 1997 in frankfurt main germany by current president andr klein . the name sendstation has its roots in a macintosh based turn key video fax system the company created and sold between 1997 and 2000 and is a word play made up from to send station and sensation . back then several years before public broadband internet access became available and affordable the sendstation was the first system of its kind which allowed filmmakers advertising agencies and industry clients to easily transfer full screen full motion review copies of tv commercials within minutes around the globe rather than using overnight couriers . customers included companies like audi wrigley and bbdo . from system developer to accessory manufacturer pocketdock edit in 2003 sendstation entered the hardware market and became one of the initial five officially authorized accessory manufacturers for the apple ipod . its first hardware product the pocketdock firewire adapter allowed ipod owners to connect the device via the then freshly introduced 30 pin ipod dock connector to a standard 6 pin firewire cable for sync & charge . it was one of the best selling add ons on the young market for ipod accessories . as usb 2.0 became standard and ipods with video capabilities emerged additional models followed . in order of release most recent on top pocketdock line out mini usb pocketdock av usb audio line out composite & s video pocketdock line out usb pocketdock combo usb fw pocketdock line out fw pocketdock fw other products include ipod car chargers ipod dock extenders earbud cases and mini displayport adapters for mac & pc . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sendstation systems & oldid 726763163 categories companies established in 1997computer peripheral companiescompanies of germanyhidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 24 june 2016 at 06 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view