The Week in iOS Accessories: See farther

17.10.2012
As you'd expect, accessories for the iPhone 5 are trickling out, and this week there are couple of new products that will help your new iPhone's camera see farther and better. But there's also plenty of other gear for making art or listening to music on your iOS device.

This UK-based company has brought its $179 to the United States. The speakers are AirPlay-enabled,letting users wirelessly stream music from their iPad or iPhone; they're also rechargeable and offer up to 10 hours of play before needing to be charged again. You can get more audio by purchasing a "twin pack" of speakers for $349, or a "four pack" for $675.

: Here's an accessory that should be a contender. The $17 lets you magnify far-off objects up to six times the size they'd otherwise appear on your new phone's camera, allowing for better photos and video on your vacation and/or covert surveillance activities. Not that we'd know anything about that.

: The $150 is a solar-powered speaker system that streams music from your iOS device via Bluetooth. It charges fully in under six hours and offers up to eight hours of playback time. The Rukus comes in three colors and is lightweight, letting you take your music on the go.

: This company has long collaborated with Crayola to provide child-oriented accessories for the iPhone and iPad. Now it's unveiled the line of accessories, each $20. The lets you create three-dimensional artwork that you can view with the enclosed glasses; an lets you create stenciled art; and the lets you play with color and glitter effects. Each works best in combination with Griffin Technology apps; all three can be purchased together in a $40 .

: One remarkable aspect of the iPad is its popularity with . The $180 for the iPad 2 and new iPad fits squarely into that tradition: It attaches to the arm of a wheelchair, letting the user position the tablet in view or fold it away so it's unobtrusive. The Joy Factory says the new mount can reduce fatigue and help the posture of wheelchair-using iPad owners. Buyers can also register to give their input on future Charis Mount designs.