Want a small iPod speaker from an established name? Well.. Klipsch the American audio retailers have updated their everyman's product, the iGroove to accommodate recent iPod and iPhone models.

A pint-sized table top affair, the dock and speakers are discreet but produce high quality sound.

"The iGroove SXT has always been our smallest, most affordable dock speaker," said Don Inmon, Klipsch director of marketing and product development for personal audio.

"And even with all its new updates, we're keeping the original system price of £129.99. I think consumers will be really pleased with the results."

The iGroove has passed the "Works With iPhone" certification (WWi) from Apple.

Klipsch have added a 1000mA rapid charge circuit to the system, allowing users to quickly recharge their iPod, iPod touch or iPhone.

Available in a black finish with a silver trim and black cloth grille, the iGroove SXT fits comfortably into any office or living environment and comes with an IR remote.

At £129.99 the iGroove SXT is available for purchase now from Klipsch and Amazon

Made of glass and alumninum, the Serio from Waterfall Audio is one of the more unusual looking hi-fi loudspeakers you're likely to find on sale this Christmas. With a heat-dissipating system called Heatstream patented to Waterfall it is capable of dealing with high levels of power from a compact unit. So it can fit on your bookshelf as well.

Suitable for both hi-fi and AV applications it comes with three mounting options: on-wall, tabletop and stand-mount. It is also available in three body colours: black, white and silver with matching grilles, and we are informed, orange and green 'fashion' grilles are also available.

Weighing 1kg each, they have a peak power of 150 watts with recommended amp being 30 to 80 Watts.

£179.00 (single unit) from http://www.waterfallaudio.com/

Don't say we don't tell you about retro-styled radios, if the exquisite but pricey Cath Kidston one from John Lewis wasn't enough, take a look at this little creature on the left. It's also an iPod dock and speakers and an alarm clock.

Designed in Berlin (always a good sign), the iTeufel claims it is.. "an ideal solution to grumpy mornings and annoying ringtone alarms, letting you wake up to your favourite radio station or DJ."

Selling points seem to be easy operation and good sound quality, usually reliable with the Teufel brand. It's AM/FM radio - not digital - but clicking into the iPod brings it up to date.

Faux wood facing and a clunky Bauhaus-y look make it look a bit special too. In that retro way.

The iTeufel Radio is priced at £138 for further information visit www.teufel.eu

Why not make sure your headphones reflect the approach of Halloween and sport these Ear Buds of Doom - or rather, skull-shaped ear buds compatible with most mp3 players and laptops. They'd work as part of a giant skeleton costume.. or by themselves as a little ghoulish touch to an everyday outfit.

As retail site Patina says - they are equally reminiscent of pirates as Hallowe'en skeletons, so for the rest of the year, you can claim they are pirate headphones. Either sounds good to me.

Other cute but more subtly skull themed earphones can be found on Skull candy, sporting the brand's distinctive wonky skull logo.

$12.95 from Patina

Save time fiddling around with tuners and get yourself into the 21st century with a digital radio from Pure. The new Siesta is a DAB/FM clock radio offering, of course, all the benefits of digital radio: the ability to select stations by name; check out news, results, track titles and more on the scrolling text display; tune at the touch of a button; and listen to digital-quality sound.

The Siesta claims to be eco-friendly - it's recommended by the Energy Saving Trust and is certainly at the budget-friendly end of Pure's offerings as well.
It comes in four colours: from the bachelor-pad silver shown in the picture to charcoal, black and white.

There's also a headphone socket if you don't want to disturb your co-habitors with your late-night radio listening.

£59.99 from Pure
Or currently cheapest at £45 from Car Audio Giant

Related: The Cooltone Mini Fridge, CD Player and iPod/MP3 Digital Radio

Meet iPhone speaker dock that is also a soft toy! The iMini Pet alarm clock speaker features an interactive pet, a frog in this case, which dances along to your music, waving its little froggy arms to the beat of whatever you're listening to.

So set the alarm and you can wake up to your music, a dancing frog, and a fully charged iPod. In the fluffy box at the front, there's a backlit LCD screen for the FM Radio and Alarm clock.

Available in two other pets - Max the Lion and Molly the Bear - these pets react to your voice as well as the rhythm of the music that the speakers play.

On the technical side: this is a iPod dock with speakers, a radio and an alarm clock, it fits all iPod models and with a line in cable it can connect to any mp3 player with a 3.5mm jack plug. The Alarm setting can trigger your iPod, the radio or a buzzer.
Cute. They're also on the official approved for iPod by Apple list.

The iMini Pet costs £59.99 from SeriouslySonic.com

Listen to music on the move without having to walk around with headphones on. These stereo backpacks from Noisebag feature built in speakers and an amp.

Designed for cycling, blading, walking, skateboarding etc. But best not to use the Noisebag on the bus - unless you really want to annoy your fellow passengers.

The Noisebag costs £29.99 and is available in several different colours, including orange, pink and blue.

You can win one here

www.noisebag.com

Anyone who used to play with lego will appreciate these iPod shuffle cases from Computers Unlimited. Named after the objects they imitate: the BRICK, the LOOP, the MINT, the WAFER and the TREAT are playful twists on the old silicone case perennial.

The Wafer looks, yes, like a wafer and the Mint, inspired by after-dinner confectionary, looks like a Mint. And the Loop actually has a practical purpose in letting users clip their shuffle onto a key-ring. Made of durable, shock-absorbing silicone, they fit securely around the iPod shuffle with cut-out bits over the controls.

The designers Incipio claim these cases are highly creative and cutting-edge conceptual experiments... I wouldn't go quite that far, but if you like lego or wafers and need a shuffle cover - you'll like these.

All £9.95 from Unlimited Computer

Related: New iPod shuffle goes for the microscopic look

Get the kids launched on their international DJing career early, by giving them some trinkets from Urbanz this Christmas.

Well not a load of vinyl and a set of decks - but perhaps the small but loud USB speaker Rockstar and some serious block headphones. They're leather, they come in different colours - they'd be great for a child with attitude.

It's about the style as much as the tech with Urbanz - whose mission statement is to bring colour to the black and grey headsets gripping the ears of the music-listening public. Headphones come in blue & black and khaki & brown this year.

We've covered many fashion apps for the iPhone but we don't think any of them compare to this one.

Gilt on the Go is a free iPhone app which lets you preview, shop and purchase your favorite Gilt Groupe looks.

And we think it's perfect for those looking for a bargain or two.

The app sends sale alerts straight to your phone, letting you be the first to enter a sale no matter where you are.

You can shop current sales, checkout in under one minute, preview upcoming sales and select your favorite categories in just one click.

What more could we fashion loving technology girls want?

Now I'm not really one for celebrity technology but I had to mention these new headphones, launched by pop starlet Lady Gaga.

Following in the steps of Dr Dre who launched a similar product a while back, Heartbeats, which have been made by Monster are said to be engineered to deliver the music as 'the artist intended you to hear'.

They are said to offer 'high-end sonic clarity and a pounding bass that should do justice to any tune'.

Noel Lee, head of Monster, said: 'There is no headphone that sounds quite like it, regardless of price.'

In keeping with Lady Gaga's style the headphones are jewel encrusted, come with multiple ear-tips and a travel case. They also have the Monster ControlTalk feature, which will let you answer phone calls on your iPhone.

The headphones haven't reached us over here in the UK yet but will soon be on sale in America for around $100-$150.

If Twitter lets you send a text message to the world, it was only a matter of time before someone invented an application that let you make a phone call to world. (I say the world - I mean your Social Network and the miscellaneous people who look at your blog.)

Ipadio is a phone blogging tool that lets you do just that. They released an iPhone app last month and an Android one today. Strapline: "You talk, they listen".

To phone blog: you open the app, or (if you're not blessed with an Android or iPhone - call a local number) and speak, sing or just prattle merrily into your phone for up to 60 minutes, then Ipadio uploads your recording to your phlog (phone-blog, geddit?). Your phlog is available on ipadio.com, you can also embed it on your Facebook profile or on a separate website.
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You know you're getting old when someone mentions clubbing and you wince because it's "soooo loud" and you always get chatted up by drunkards.

This cult solution may just make me ditch my hot chocolate, cosy slippers and "beauty" sleep. A genius concept and utterly hilarious, the Silent Disco is becoming one of the most talked about events to grace festivals worldwide. Instead of massive speakers giving you arrhythmia every time you walk past, you put on a pair of wireless headphones that pick up the frequency the djs are broadcasting on so that everybody in the disco is (pun alert!) on the same wavelength...see what I did there?

There's even a volume control for those of us who'd like our eardrums intact. Cue lots of miming, silly dancing and out of tune singing, it's an onlooker's dream and an exhibitionist's idea of a good time. It's evolving already with discos that have 2 different channels and djs, both creating a silent disco 'dance off', prompting friends to sneak up on you and flick the channel on your headphones before you realise.

Whilst it's been around for a few years, it's still been a well kept secret of music festival goers and Eco-ravers keen not to frighten wildlife, but now it's making its way into the mainstream and the chunky headphones bring a little 'builder chic' to the whole affair. I'll definitely be keeping my eye on the website; www.silentdisco.com; for future events.

By Genevieve Sibayan

Since I'm on a bit of an iPhone and laptop roll and our readers (yes you) have expressed a great keenness in Hello Kitty, we thought it would only be right to give you your fur ball fix.

The fashionable feline, who celebrated her £35 birthday this year (we take it that's in cat years or we want to know what moisturiser she uses) has a range of games and iPhone applications dedicated to her.
We have a look at the top ones.

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OK, I admit it, I'm slightly infatuated with the Archos brand, as I've never found another PMP designer that has managed to combine everything a user might want into such a sleek shell. The latest Archos news to whet my appetite (and cause my bank manager sleepless nights ) is that of the Archos 9. Following on from the adored Archos 7 and Archos netbook announcement is the rather stylish looking Archos 9, which tried to be the best of both the PMP AND the netbook world.

Way back in March I told you all about 5 new sporty models from Sennhesier and I've been dutifully putting the PMX 80 Sport 11 through its paces to see if it can stand up to the rough and ready confines of my gym bag plus the large amount of acidic sweat that's an inevitable part of sports 'phones.

Design

The words functionality over form springs to mind when taking a look at these hot orange headphones, as they're designed to be useful pieces of kit rather than super stylish accessories, But hey, they're sports phones, and what really matters here is that they can cope with my semi-strenuous workout schedule (and general disregard for headphone care). I like how they rest across the back of the head, as this means they're very secure when running, and the plastic band rests very comfortably and doesn't chafe. They're also designed to be sweat and water resistant and seem to stand up to prolonged workouts well.