CES Watch: Apple accessories from the show floor

CES 2010 is in full swing in Las Vegas, and while we aren't there, we have been able to scour the webs and bring you the latest, the greatest, and the weirdest new Apple-related peripherals and accessories from the show floor.

Griffin has announced a few new devices, including a Display Converter ($40) to send your display out to HDMI or DVI video, a car charger ($30) that opens up another charging spot, and something called the TuneFlex Aux ($60), a cradle that sends iPhone audio out to an AUX port in your car. They've also got new versions of the RoadTrip and iTrip FM transmitters/cradles coming out later this year for the iPhone .
IvySkin sent word of their Zappack unit, a battery backup for the iPhone available for $50, the SmartCase, a case with an integrated battery pack for $80, and the CardClip, a case for the iPhone with a money/wallet clip attachment for $20.
Engadget posted a hands-on with Parrot's AR.Drone, which we mentioned yesterday. Short take: it's awesome.
Geneva Labs has the most beautiful set of iPhone/iPod speaker docks we've seen yet. They're still useless, but they do look good.
On the other hand there's the Trik / Triq iPod dock (above), a speaker dock so wild that Sony named it twice. Yeah, that is... wow.
Pioneer announced a car nav unit that will stream Pandora via the cell connection on your iPhone.
I'm sure there are induction power charging pads aplenty on the show floor, but this is the only one we're bothering to link to.
Macally has announced another round of accessories, from earbuds to chargers. The most interesting is probably the PowerGo charger, which will use an AC adapter, a car lighter, or a USB plug, so no matter where you are, you can recharge your iPod.

iPod accessories, everywhere! CES continues through the weekend -- we'll keep an eye on anything else Mac or iPod-related that shows up in Vegas.

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Kane Dijkman

What happened to the TuneFlex AUX? When I go to the link above the product now is different from what was there when this post went up. What is there now even has a best of ilounge 09 badge on it.

Did Griffin decide to stop making what they just released? It looked so much nicer than this.

March 01 2010 at 5:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dave

Display Converter is interesting. Not to diss Griffin, but I was just on Monoprice.com looking for similar a similar product. I found it. For about 4x less.

January 08 2010 at 5:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

RCook

I got a powermat for christmas but haven't even taken it out of the box because of 2 things:

1. You have to fork over an additional $40 for the special sleeve for the iPhone.
2. Said sleeve works with exactly no devices that use the dock connector. Yeah they allow micro-usb connectivity but that is of no use at all because there are no iPhone/iPod accessories that use micro-usb.

From an iPhone/iPod users perspective it's a worthless device and I'll be selling it ASAP.

January 07 2010 at 4:51 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply