While I was at CES last January, I had a chance to view The Sharper Image’s new product line for their comeback for the fall, and the Rotating Speaker System was one of them.

Contrary to what its name implies, the Rotating Speaker System is not designed as an apparatus that spins your speakers, but is a speaker system for the iPod or iPhone.

So what does rotating have to do with it? Well, let’s say you have an iPhone, and you want to watch a movie on it. At the touch of a button, the Rotating Speaker System will turn the iPhone ninety degrees on its side so you can watch it in the proper format.

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Apparently no gadget is complete anymore without it having a built-in iPod dock.  Soon vacuum cleaners and clothing dryers will be next!  That is if they haven’t been hit up already, it is entirely possible that it’s happened and I missed that.  Well now you can own the ultimate gadget for garage parties.  Not only can you get your music playing through your refrigerator, but it’s also a kegerator.  Giving you beer fresh from the tap, even though you’re sitting at home.

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Southern Brand is a new lifestyle label based in Miami, where they have just rolled out a Limited edition Cowhide Phone Cover that will see action with both the iPod and iPhone, offering uber tough protection against knocks and scratches to your beloved device. This is a new venture for Southern Brand, as they are already well known for their vintage soft tees and their stripped-down classic American design. Made from beautiful and premium cowhides, individual slip covers are truly one-of-a-kind since they are handmade. Within is some soft suede backed by smooth chocolate tanned leather. At $29 a pop, we wonder just how many covers can a single average-sized cow produce. Perhaps there is an iPhone app to calculate that…

So what is the world’s first that the Griffin iTrip FM Transmitter will be known for? According to my source, it is the first iPhone controlled hardware. I have only one response to that: Really? Seriously, the iPhone, aka the Jesus phone, has only had this one iPhone controlled piece of hardware? Now that is one bad iTrip.

So how does it work? iPhone users will connect the iTrip to the iPhone or iPod touch, and then the iTrip will display tuning controls and a SmartScan button. The trademark technology will help find the most ideal frequency to broadcast music, podcasts, and audio books to any nearby FM radio, such as a car stereo.

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There are all kinds of ways to share the music that’s being played on your iPod.  You can get nice expensive speakers or even cheap portable ones to let the world listen in on your favorite music.  Well if you’re going to share the music on your iPod, you might as well share the videos too.  No one wants to crowd around a small screen, so instead you could pick up this video projector.  Which will work with not only the iPod but various other gadgets as well.

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Vers has just rolled out eco-friendly hand-crafted wood cases for the iPod and iPhone, where it will merge the natural beauty and strength of Walnut, Cherry and Bamboo into a single product, making them the most environmentally thoughtful cases that are on the market at the moment. The use of wood gives each case its own natural character, and bamboo offers superb toughness compared to any plastic. After all, bamboo is highly renewable due to its superior growth rate, and most of these cases, if not all, won’t look alike due to them being hand-crafted. Style won’t come cheap though, as the Vers wood cases for iPhone, iPod touch and iPod classic will retail for $39.99 while the iPod nano version is $5 cheaper. This ought to be the case for you if you happen to drive a Prius and use a MacBook…

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The folks at iFixit decided to get their hands dirty by performing an autopsy of sorts on a new 3rd generation iPod touch, and their findings have been surprising to say the least. First of all, they discovered that this latest device has a Broadcom BCM4329FKUBG wireless chip in its chassis, making it very possible for the iPod touch to function on 802.11n wireless networks without missing a beat. In addition, it also comes with a a Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and a FM receiver and transmitter, alongside some space for a camera in the same vein as an iPod nano. Talk about leaving room for the future, eh? While you can’t take advantage of 802.11n support at the moment, hopefully future Apple updates will fix that.

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Just to keep up with the current bleak times, Apple understands that you need to stretch your wallet even further, and hence has slashed the price of its iPod shuffle to just $49 for its new 2GB model, while the 4GB model will retail for $79 a pop. Available in five brilliant colors – silver, black, pink, blue and green, the iPod shuffle won’t sport anything new, still maintaining its intuitive controls that are conveniently located on the headphone cord alongside the VoiceOver feature that allows your shuffle to speak out song titles, artists and playlist names, making the still-missing display a non-issue.

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