Portable Entertainment Accessories

There’s huge variety of MP3 players available right now that would make great Mother’s Day gifts, from tiny gadgets that nearly disappear when you clip them to your shirt, to handheld multimedia marvels.

Maybe you’ve seen the movie 127 Hours, or perhaps you know the story of Aron Ralston. It’s a true story. In 2003, Aron Ralston was hiking alone in Utah when a boulder fell on his arm, pinning him in place. Suffice it to say that after five days of being stuck, Aron used a dull multi-tool to help free himself; according to Aron, it was not a Leatherman multi-tool.

What do high-tech smartphones and old-school boomboxes have in common? They both feature headphone outputs and they’re both used by people to blast music in public. The new Aluratek ABH01F Bluetooth Wireless Stereo Headphones enable you to listen to music privately on either kind of device. 

With the upsurge in mobile devices, the 12-volt cigarette lighter in trucks and cars has found a more worthy use as a means of empowerment for passengers’ personal electronics. Accessories maker Just Mobile has introduced a new line of vehicular adapters for use with Apple’s phones and tablets.

Soul by Ludacris aims to provide the same sound quality you would expect in a professional pair of headphones, with a stylish and snazzy exterior. They were designed in collaboration with rap star Ludacris, who feels that all good music makes you feel something in your soul

Waking up to an iPad or iPhone has never been sweeter on your eyes and ears than with one of these new speaker dock systems from Pyle Home. 

The great promise of smartphones and gadgets like the iPod touch and tablet computers is that they enable you to do a million different things, all while listening to your favorite music. However, when you connect your device to a speaker system, you can no longer hold it in your hand and continue doing a million different things. 

There’s no shortage of smartphone doodads on the market, with most being me-too variations of similar products hanging alongside them on the retail shelves—same stuff, different logo. Not so the new Novoflex Phone-Kit.

Skillfully executed minimal design doesn’t always blend with its surroundings. If you disagree, pop on a pair of Grape-colored Plattan or Tanto headphones from URBANEARS the next time you’re dressed up and waiting for a job interview to begin.

Using an iPhone hands-free can be liberating, but you need a trusty accessory to make it possible. That’s why you may want to attach the newly-arrived Flip-Cage with Tripod Adapter for the iPhone 4 or 4S from Gary Fong. The model is a follow-up to Gary Fong’s Flip-Cage with Tripod Adapter for iPhone 3GS.

When you’re picking out a controller keyboard these days, you must first determine how you’re going to use it: either with your main computer or with your mobile device, and then purchase a compatible product. However, the new Mobile Keys keyboard controllers from Line 6 are compatible, plug-and-play style, with Mac, Windows and iOS devices.

If you’ve made the switch from a land line to a cell phone, you may have noticed that signal strength varies as you move around your apartment or office. Standing by the window might guarantee a reliable connection while the walk-in closet, not so much.

Filters—the type you hold between fingers for placing in front of a lens—have been in retreat since in-camera digital effects began offering more choices than a diner menu. Still, there is something refreshing about a snap-on dial for an iPhone 4 or 4S that lets you rotate a selection of filters and lenses.

You can walk around wearing advertisements on your head for some musician who should be paying you, or you can pop in a pair of subtle earbuds that also happen to deliver top-quality stereo sound and come with an inline remote and microphone. 

They’re invading our ears, sheathing our speakers, coating our iPhones and encasing our iPads. Cartoon characters made infamous by the game Angry Birds have been licensed by the accessory maker GEAR4 for a variety of new accessories.

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