iPod Accessories

New iConnect Puts iPod Doc On Your Keyboard

Jun 15th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: iPod Accessories

iHome has introduced iConnect, a new USB keyboard that features a built-in iPod dock.
Features:

Illuminated touch sensitive media keys let you shuffle your playlist and control your media.
2 rotating USB 2.0 ports offer quick and easy access for connecting digital cameras, printers, thumb drives, mice and more.
One touch functions keys allow you to launch iTunes iChat [...]



Shocking News: iPod Earbuds May Zap Your Ears

May 19th, 2009 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players

From the Apple Support website, some hair-raising news (nyuk nyuk nyuk): “It’s possible to receive a small and quick electrical (static) shock from your earbuds while listening to iPod or iPhone.”
Yikes.
Turns out, when the air is very dry or very windy — or if you are excercising with your player in your pocket — using [...]



The iTie Stays In Perfect Position….And Features A Concealed Pocket!!!!

May 4th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: iPod Accessories

Yep - the iTie is the only necktie in the world that stays in perfect position….and features a concealed pocket!!!!
And this is is the only ad that purports to give a tie two (2) thumbs up…..and then gives it four (4) thumbs up!
Talk about underpromising and overdelivering! That’s twice as many thumbs up as you [...]



iPhone-Compatible Gloves For Chilly Hands

Feb 16th, 2009 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players

One of the (few) things I dislike about my wonderful iPhone is trying to use it in Iowa in the wintertime. The cold temperatures here necessitate the wearing of gloves, but operating the phone’s handy touch screen is impossible without bare hands. And often, by the time I’ve peeled off my mittens and exposed my [...]



Awesome Robot Features An iPod Dock And Is Skype-Compatible !

Jan 29th, 2009 | By James Lewin | Category: iPod Accessories

Veronica Belmont takes a look at the awesome Spykee robot - a mobile, self-recharging, Skype compatible robot that allows you to spy on your home from anywhere in the world using the Internet and Skype’s free video service.
Manufactured by Meccano and sold under the Erector brand, the robot is combination remote spy, home security monitor, [...]



NAMM: Blue Mikey iPod Microphone

Jan 18th, 2009 | By Elisabeth Lewin | Category: Mobile Podcasting, Podcasting Hardware, iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players

Perhaps it is fitting that when the economic climate is stormy, people take pleasure in small, modestly-priced amusing things. Or maybe we’re just on a “cute little gear” kick.
Whatever the case, the Mikey iPod microphone from Blue was one of the newer pieces of podcasting hardware that caught our eye at the 2009 NAMM Show [...]



Scary, Cool iPod Jacket Will Make Kids Run And Hide

Dec 10th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players

Location’s Hero 3 series of outdoor jackets are are some serious jackets.
They offer two sets of performance lenses, one for daytime, one for nighttime and connections for your gear. The Location Hero 3 Google ICU Check Jacket even has an integrated control panel for iPods at the arms.
I can imagine a lot of practical uses [...]



Barron’s: The Future Of The Zune In Danger

Dec 8th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: iPhone, iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players

Barron’s reports that the future of Microsoft’s Zune media player is in Danger:
The company will unveil (at the Consumer Electronics Show January 7) a new device combining the features of the company’s Zune music player and its Danger Sidekick handhelds, combined with…. “some motion enhancement features” using an accelerometer.
That would be consistent with other recent [...]



New High End Wireless Adapter For iPods, iPhones

Dec 7th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: iPhone, iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players

Audioengine has introduced a high-end wireless adapter for iPods and iPhones, the Audioengine W2. 
The AW2 uses uncompressed CD-quality transmission technology with no network setup, software, or computer required. The system lets you wirelessly send you music, at up to CD-quality, to a hi-fi system.
The Audioengine W2 (AW2) Premium Wireless Adapter for iPod is priced at US $169.
AW2 [...]



Jean Michel Jarre Intros High-End iPod Speaker System

Oct 23rd, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: iPod Accessories, iPods & Portable Media Players

Electronic music pioneer Jean Michel Jarre has announced - not a new album of synth music - but a line of JM Jarre Technologies electronics, including the AeroSystem iPod audio system and the AeroFrame digital picture frame:
AeroSystem is a great-looking hi-fi system/ iPod speaker base, with a strikingly original all-glass design, and an amazing precise, warm, powerful sound. Since it stands alone, [...]