Toddy Gear has launched its line of Toddy Smart Cloths designed for touchscreen cleaning-and adding a little bit of design sizzle. Toddy Gear: Keeping your iOS device’s screen free of smudges is a never-ending chore. (The company does not list the iPhone as being compatible.) Barbecue sauce, however, is not included. Speakal says the shape of the iHog is more than simply adorable: It also provides 360-degree sound, so you won’t have to constantly re-adjust its position when you take it out for a visit to the farm. The device includes a wireless remote that control the both the speaker system and your iPod. The iHog can provide up to five hours of music playback on a single charge of its lithium battery. (The new product joins similar products such as the iPanda and the iBoo.) The device includes with a 20-watt subwoofer and 28 total watts of stereo sound. Speakal knows just where you’re coming from, and offers help in the form of the $120 iHog Portable iPod Docking Station Speaker System, a larger version of the company’s older iPig. Speakal: Who among us doesn’t love to mix great music and wine? Wait, did I say wine? I meant swine. The first units should begin shipping in four-to-six weeks, Sonoma said this week. The hardware is compatible with several guitar-oriented iOS apps. You can even use both inputs to, say, record vocal and guitar tracks at the same time. The device plugs into your iOS device’s dock-connector port, allowing you to jack in guitars and other instruments via 1/4-inch and 1/8-inch (3.5mm) input jacks. Sonoma Wire Works’ accelerates that trend with the introduction of the $149 GuitarJack Model 2. Sonoma Wire Works: Someday soon, you won’t be able to make music without having an iPad or iPhone. A rear cutout allows easy access for accessory cables.
The stand holds either generation of iPad, and NewerTech promotes the device as ideal for gaming purposes. The stand has a weighted base that resembles something you’d find on an iMac, but with the added benefit of letting you rotate the tablet to portrait or landscape orientation, depending on your preference. Newer Technology: If you’re looking for an iPad stand that complements Apple’s Bluetooth keyboard, the $60 NuStand 360 is an option. The MS 150 also features an alarm, a sleep timer, and a dimmer to reduce the brightness of the display during evening hours. You also get three auxiliary inputs to connect other audio sources, as well as a wireless remote control. Harman Kardon: The venerable stereo maker has launched the $600 MS 150, a high-fidelity system featuring two 30-watt, bass-reflex speakers, a CD player, an FM tuner, and a dock cradle for iPhones and iPods. Each charging bay turns off once the iPad reaches full power the bays are constructed so that each iPad can be left in is case. An LED display offers the charging status of each plugged-in iPad, and you can link three MultiDocks together to manage up to 30 iPads. But how’s a business supposed to charge multiple tablets? Griffin’s new $700 MultiDock lets you charge up to 10 iPads at one time connected to a computer workstation, the device also allows you to sync your apps and media. Griffin Technology: It’s no secret that the iPad is transforming education, enterprise, and even airline flying.