The iPhone may be the ultimate merging of music and phone technology, but its strength is also its weakness. Speakers connected to the iPhone would also pick up interference. DLO has released new speakers that addresses that very problem: portable speakers that are shielded from interference. More details in the full article.

If you've always wanted to give your iPhone a more striking appearance, Apple accessory maker GizMac may have just the thing for you. Similar to its Titan Clear cases for iPods, GizMac is offering Titan Clear cases for the iPhone. You can catch them in smoke and hot pink designs that vary their shades in response to lighting conditions. Full features after the jump!

Have you ever experience hearing a really good song but never caught information about it? Well, that won't ever happen again with Polk Audio's I-Sonic Entertainment System 2 which has the ability to "bookmark" songs on the radio.

Good thing about this is that, it's going to be sold in March by Apple itself. Read more on the upcoming speakers in the full article.

iPhone owners, rejoice! Altec Lansing has just released an announcement that on they will be selling their T612, fully compatible with the iPhone, on February 2008. This gadget is said to prioritize incoming calls when an iPhone is docked in the speaker system.

More details on the T612 and its compatibility features with the iPhone after the jump!

It's not exactly the La-Z-Boy, but it was made with home entertainment and gaming in mind so we don't need the massage feature (yet): the new Ace Bayou fiber optic X Rocker 4.1 True Surround Sound Chair. It's exactly what the name says it is. It's a chair slash surround sound speaker system. Details and a picture of the chair in the full article.

Even digital audio suffers from generation loss after conversions. This results in an inferior sound output when compared to the original source. Wadia Digital is now offering something for iPod owners that may prove to be unaffected by such conversion problems.

Called the iTransport, the product can supposedly turn the iPod into high-end media server by providing "perfect" audio and video output. More details after the jump!

Apple's patent for a touch surface keyboard was recently revealed and it describes quite a few innovative features that should please Apple fans. In the document, Apple discusses a very unique and novel approach to the device and how they plan on dealing with the problems that most touch surface keyboards weren't able to address.

For those who aren't familiar with this concept, it is essentially a keyboard which can also double as a touchpad. While this will undoubtedly save some desk space, the use of one surface for typing and as a touchpad is tough to develop.

If the device were to be completely flat like a touchpad, it would be hard to type since most users are used to finding ridges to denote keys. However, if they do decide to add ridges to the surface, it interrupts the smooth movement of users' fingers while using the device as a touchpad.

To solve this problem, Apple has proposed to use a flexible material which lays on top of a layer of keys. When a user wants to use the device for typing, the keys rise up and forms bumps on the surface of the device thus giving users the tactile response they would expect from a keyboard.

So far, Apple has not released an official statement regarding this device. If Apple does decide to continue developing this device we might see future Macs packaged with this new peripheral.

For the techies out there who deal with a lot of data and switch back and forth between hard drives, this little gadget would go well with your equipment. The USB 2.0 SATA HDD Stage Rack is a dock for your HDD that does away with enclosures altogether.

The device is compatible with both PCs and Macs and is available for EUR 33 (US$ 47). The device is compatible with 2.5-inch HDDs and 3.5-inch HDDs and operates on a simple plug and play system, which is already a customary function in this day and age.

It would have been cool if they also added a portable multimedia player function like the early model from Onkyo or like Headplay's. Still, it's pretty useful nevertheless.

FastMac, a company specializing in upgrades for Apple products, announced that it plans on releasing the first 2X Blu-Ray burners for the Powerbook, iBook and MacBook Pro, iMac, and MacMini computers.

The new optical drives can read, write, and re-write to single and dual layer Blu-ray media up to 2x speed. The new component can also read and burn DVDs at 8x speed in single layer and 2.4x speed in dual/double layer modes.

In addition, it can rewrite both DVD-R and DVD+R at 4x speed. If for some reason you need to burn a CD or CD-RW, the new drive can also burn at 8x. Here's a short list of the different systems it is compatible with:

• iBook G4
• iMac G5
• iMac Intel
• MacBook Pro (17-inch)
• Mac mini
• PowerBook G3 Pismo
• PowerBook G4 Titanium (667 Mhz or higher)
• PowerBook G4 Aluminum

If you plan on picking up the FastMac Blu-Ray Drive, it is going for US$ 999.95. It comes with a one year warranty and a 30 day money back guarantee. If you want to know more, click on our Read link below.

 

We spotted something in the Nike website which some of you non-couch potatoes out there might like. It's the Nike Amp Sport Remote Control and it's good to go with your iPod Nano anytime, anywhere. So if you thought that gadgets didn't go well with sports, think again.

The Amp is basically a water resistant watch that can connect to your iPod to control it when you're too tied up to tinker with it when in the sweat shop. The LED screen is specifically designed for the Apple iPod with all its icons and buttons to allow a minimal familiarization curve. Last but not the least, the Amp monitors your runs and progress if you ever decide to get Nike shoes and connect them to it.

The Nike Amp Sport Remote Control is listed in at the price of US$ 79.00 on the site. If you work out better with beats that make the activities a breeze, go for this one and sweat those inches away.