We don’t bother with mainstream gadgets much on the blog now (you can discuss that on the forums to your heart’s content) but this little add-on for all iPhone models, which promises to make audio recording a lot better, caught my eye.

I can see why it’s aimed at 3G S users, because when you’re video [...]

I’m embarrassed as I compare the bulky, oblong speakers sitting on my desk with these lovely round and compact ones from Orb Audio.
The Mod1 satellite speakers are just four inches in diameter and made from high carbon steel. There’s a lot of sound technology in there, too, including rare earth magnets, Santoprene, Nomex and CCAD [...]

You’d expect audio experts like Bowers & Wilkins to be pushing the envelope when it comes to quality music reproduction, and today the British company has announced an upgrade to its Society of Sound Music download service.
Members can now get access to three lossless music download file formats – Apple Lossless, 16-bit FLAC and now [...]

Don’t get me wrong, I love dogs, but I’m really struggling to see why you’d want two model puppy speakers plugged in to your computer.
Operating via USB, the speakers are downward facing which makes me think a lot of the sound is going to bounce off the desk or distort in some way.
Is this a [...]

Does Kenwood make washing machines, because when I first saw these speakers that’s what I thought they were modelled on.
These are glass speakers with white and blue LEDs, and they can even be supplied with some stands that also have lights built in.
Trouble is, they cost close to $1,000 and yet they only offer 10W [...]

There are some pretty nifty speakers around, but here’s one that’d be equally at home in your bath or shower as in your outdoor pool.
The stereo Aqua Soundz Speaker (I’ll forgive them using the letter ‘z’ in the title to make it sound cooler) will happily float on water or sit on any flat surface.

Marks & Spencer: a British high street store that I’d never really associated with technology products, I must admit: more underwear and food (not together).
Still, the retailer has launched a high-end iPod dock made from environmentally-friendly material.
M&S reckons the BLOK comes in at an “affordable must-have price”, though my wallet shrivelled at the sound of [...]

Putting high definition capability in ever smaller gadgets is all the rage. Not only can you get small HD camcorders but also PMPs that will play back 720p video.
Take this Gemei HD-660. Sadly it’s only available in China at the moment, but it features a 4.3-inch LCD with a 480×272 resolution and can handle most [...]

Well, yeah, this may look like a gadget that Hannah Montana would use, and definitely one that your cute little girls would keep reminding you off for Christmas (even if it is 11 months away). But don’t be fooled about it’s “cuteness” factor as this pen does pack a valid tool for further learning.
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Ok, I know this is still a concept but this has been one of the more solid, practical, functional, space-saving idea I’ve seen so far in Q1 of 2009.
The SoundShelf designer (Polish designers Witek Stefaniak and Anielka Zdanowicz ) nailed it when they observe speakers are literally shoved in a corner and adorned with “novelty” [...]

This is a little odd, when I first saw this I thought a digital camera was supposed to be up there. But close study would show that the plug is for audio. The Portable Tripod Speaker is supposed to be “clever” until you take a step back and think is my precious MP3 [...]