I've seen lots of products use iPod compatibility as a selling point, but the iBed Pause Bed from Design Mobel might just take the cake.  According to the product page - the "most exciting feature" of the optional shelves is how "seamlessly" they incorporate the iPod and Bose Speaker System into the design.

If you want to sell me a bed, talk to me about comfort or even the overall aesthetics. But using an iPod stand as a bed-selling feature?  That's just plain silly. Now, if the shelf incorporated a charging dock, that might be something.  What ever happened to the idea of form and function? I stand (or, perhaps, lie down) corrected - the iPod station on the shelf is, in fact, a universal charging dock.  Those of us who sleep on non-musically enabled beds clearly aren't sufficiently rested enough to post first thing in the morning. - [Star C. Foster]

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More Furniture for the Music Lover:
iJoy Massage Chair
Surround Sound Sofa

I have more body hair than is generally considered decent, hence my interest in anything that might aid my daily fuzz cull (though god in all his mercy has spared me the misery of a full beard and tache). Waxing (and all things related) is generally the most effective way to tear our the hair, but if you're tired of having to let your leg hair grow long enough for plaiting corn rows, an epilator could be the thing for you. Daily shaving leaves me with a five o' clock shadow, while creams are useless and result in a horrendous stench that lasts for days. Epilators, meanwhile, merrily harvest your leg hair, plucking away efficiently until you can again see the colour of your skin. But then of course there's the pain. It's basically a much slower version of waxing, with each hair being torn from its follicle in turn, which is why the brains at Philips have been turning their attention to designing more painless epilators.

While I've yet to get into the whole Bluetooth headset thing (partly because I don't drive, partly because they make you look like a crazy), the Jabra JX10 is a cut above the crowd when it comes to design thanks to the influence of Jacob Jenson - the company behind a lot of Bang & Olufsen's stuff. It's very small and lightweight - something you can't really guage from the photos - and it's also pretty stylish (if a headset can ever be called stylish). The only downside is the price, which reaches B&O-like proportions at £99.

More JX10
Plantronics' fashion headset

Choosing what makes a good fashion phone is a tricky one - everyone has different ideas about what makes a desirable phone. The Nokia L'amour fashion handsets would certainly qualify but they're not out till the second quarter of next year, while the RAZR may still be wowing the crowds, but since it won last year's fashion award, it didn't make the list this time around. Find out who's won what on 2nd December.

Shiny Award for Fashion Mobile Phone

Samsung D600
Motorola PEBL
Siemens cl75 poppy
Sagem my 300x
Nec e949

Full list of nominees

Admittedly, I'd be personally hesitant to don any article of clothing described as having "its own nervous system,"  but that doesn't mean I'm not slightly fascinated by the Smart Second Skin Dress.  If I'm interpreting the purple prose correctly ("magic wellness molecules"?  "rainbow symphony of aromas"?), cables throughout the dress will puff out the perfume of the wearer's choice in order to create a personal "smell bubble" around them - thereby improving their mood, enhancing their overall sensory experience, and making them smell good (and if you've ever ridden public transit, you know this can be a benefit not just to the wearer, but to us all). 

There's something intriguing about the synergy of fashion, mood and technology.  But  I'm a bit frightened they'll start outfitting perfume counter workers at the local department stores with these, and my holiday shopping experience will be "enhanced" by my being sensorily attacked by salespeople wearing clouds of cologne competing scent bubbles. - [Star C. Foster]

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Ye gods! Now there's some minging bling if ever I saw it. LG's 24-carat gold plated home cinema set up would look great in some sort of pimp abode, but other than that I can't really see it blending in to a normal living room. One drop of sunshine in through the windows and your whole family will be blinded for life by the glare. Pricing's not available, but if you have to ask, etc etc.

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More bling:
Samsung E800 diamond encrusted pink phone
DIY bling for your phone
Shiny Award For Bling

These things are a great idea - perfect if you get ear-ache in this freezing cold weather. The Ear Muff Headphones from Hammacher Schlemmer are neat little fleecey ear warmers combined with JVC speakers that let you listen to your music without your ears turning blue and dropping off. They'll cost US readers $35, UK shipping prices are available on request.

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Corrie fans rejoice! ITV has signed a deal with UK phone company 3 that will let you watch Corrie on your mobile phone handset. Highlights from Coronation Street and Emmerdale are both promised for next year as are one-off specials. 3G handset owners can already watch I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here highlights on their mobile before they are shown on terrestrial TV.

More Corrie stuff at our newest blog here.

Here's our latest press release. Happy Birthday to us! We're off to get drunk. (We wish).

• 1.5 million page impressions
• 1 million unique visitors
• Second Telewest Shiny Awards

Shiny Media celebrates its first anniversary today with the news that November is on target to be our biggest and best month so far. Across our network of 14 blogs we look set to record 1.5 million page impressions in 30 days, over 1 million of them unique visitors.

But that's not all. In the latest Google page rankings - a measure by which higher quality sites receive a higher score - our sites have all performed exceptionally well. Shiny Shiny - the world's leading girls' gadget blog - is the only UK consumer electronics website to have a ranking of 7/10 for its home page. That's higher than T3, Crave (CNet), Pocket-Lint and Stuff.

This Thursday also sees the return of the Telewest Shiny Awards in which readers and top industry journalists decide on the best and worst gadgets on the market. Thanks for all your support in making this last 12 months so exciting. And look out for new launches from the rapidly expanding Shiny Media network over the next few months.

An accessory does more than complete your outfit; a well-chose accessory can say volumes about your flair, your panache, your personal style...or in the case of this scrolling LED belt buckle  from Think Geek, any message you can dream up (so long as it's no more than 256 characters long).  And because it's important that your accessories enhance what you're wearing, you can get your belt buckle with blue, red or white LED lights.  If you're feeling especially locquacious and sassy, you can pair it with the scrolling badge.  -[Star C. Foster]

Scrolling LED Belt Buckle II Scrolling LED Badge II

The Icon award is supposed to go to the gadget that everyone has been lusting over with unfettered desire for the whole year. That's not to say it's necessarily the best one around (that's what the Tech Digest Gadget of the Year award is about), but it does have to be a product that's heading for iconic status, with great design that sets it apart from the rest of the bunch. Here are our nominations. Find out who has won on 2nd December.

Shiny Icon

iPod nano
Motorola PEBL
Roberts Revival DAB
Sony DSC-T7

What's happening at some of our other top blogs this weekend?

Shoewawa (Shoe Blog): A new Dior-esque deal, The Great Ugly Shoe Photo Competition, Let it snow

The Bag Lady (Bags & Accessories): Gap cable knit bag, Cheap iPod cover, Silver lizard Paddington

Trashionista (Book Blog): Solo - Jill Mansell, The Food Of Love - Anthony Capella, Be A Trashionista!

Catwalk Queen (Fashion Blog) : Little black dresses, Oriental inspired fashion, Style snagging - Keira Knightley

Corrie Blog : Watch Corrie on your mobile, Christmas Corrie goes with a bang, eBay gum!

Picking out the nominations for the best gadget accessory this year was a tough one. There's been a lot of stuff, for starters, and a lot of that stuff has been innovative and useful. We tried to pick a broad selection of products across a wide range of areas, but there's bound to be some we had to miss off. One thing is sure: if I had but seen those USB slippers before today, they'd have surely had it in the bag. Find out who won on 2nd December.

Shiny Award for Best Gadget Accessory

Eclipse iPod speakers
Lin & Lep Laptop bag
Sky Gnome
Digital era 'In The Pink' USB Flash Drive
Phillips Digital Photo Display
Oregon Scientific iBall
Vaja's PSP case
Hannah Zakari phone charms

Those i-deck people have reasoned that since people are always personalising their iPods, they'd probably quite like to do the same with their iPod accessories. Which explains the existence of this pink i-deck. Actually, it's just a normal i-deck decked out in some changeable speaker grilles, and you can pick from blue and black versions as well. The speaker grilles are available for £9.99 a pair from Monitor Audio's i-deck site.

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My computer is many things to me: communications tool, entertainment center, game console, shopping center, and hideaway from the real world.  And now it has the potential to keep my icy toes toasty, thanks to these USB foot-warming slippers from the Rare Mono Shop. Truly, is there anything technology can't do?  -[Star C. Foster]

(Via Akhibara News)

The pink RAZR is already on sale over here, but now US phone fans can get all excited at the prospect of its imminent arrival. The Magenta RAZR, to give it its proper name, is going to be on T-Mobile in the States, and according to Chip Chick, it's going to be a hefty $249.99. The T-Mobile RAZR page should be up and running today some time.

Press Release
Pink RAZR in the UK

Those of you who've been idly pondering why we missed the blinging delights of the Million Dollar Mobile off our nominations list may be partially satisfied with this answer. We decided to pick things that normal people have a hope in hell of purchasing one day. Granted, there are few people likely to be coughing up the £20K for the Baby Phat PSP case (pictured) or £50K for the Vertu, but there's still a slim chance of them one day appearing in the houses of the rich and foolish in the US and UK.

Shiny Shiny award for Bling

Panasonic VS2
Adamond XKI Encrusted MP3 player
Babyphat PSP case
Nokia Vertu
Loewe Individual TVs
Canon Ixus I zoom (gold)

Barely have I recovered from the excitement of seeing the swirly beauty of the Matthew Williamson Intempo in the flesh than this Cath Kidston number pitches up and sets me off squealing again. Not only is it adorned with Cath's trademark vintage floral print, it's also one of Roberts's excellent Revival radios, which means you get fantastic build quality combined with the joys of DAB digital. This is one of the latest models, so it's got PausePlus for those times when you want to pause or rewind a song or show. It'll be available in John Lewis for £200 at the end of November. I've stuck a picture of the Matthew Williamson and my (older model) pink Revival after the fold if you'd like to compare and contrast.

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Yes, I admit it, I was rather taken with the pink Hulger handset that turned up the other day. That's because not only was it a very nice looking object, but it's also found a useful purpose in life thanks to VoIP. Whereas before it was only good for plugging into your mobile and looking like a silly tit, now it's a handy handset that lets you chat over the internet gratis. The two new new handsets come with the middle-class monikers of Pip and Penelope and also support wireless Bluetooth, so you won't be able to twiddle coyly on the cord anymore. The Pip (right) is an 80s style model while the Penelope (left) is a thirties art deco-ish number. Both sell for £50 for the wired versions and £90 for the Bluetooth alternatives.

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More Hulger
P*PHONE
Pokia - Where it all began
More info on free calls via VoIP