The Week in iOS Accessories: Style edition

29.08.2012
This weeks roundup of iOS gear has a focus on styleheck, even your dock-connector cables can be snazzy. Here are the new accessories weve come across this week.

The $300 can stream music from your iOS deviceor your computerusing a Bluetooth connection. Each speaker includes a tweeter, a three-inch woofer, and a passive bass radiator for rich, deep sound. The compact speakers weigh in at just 7 pounds and come with their own stands.

The $40 is made for iOS users on the move. It comes with a 30-pin USB-to-dock-connector cable to charge up your iPhone, and both a car charger and a wall charger. If youre in the car or staying at a hotel, youll always be ready to revive the battery on your phone. Also new from Bracketron is the $37 for powering your iPhone in the car.

Who says your dock-connector cables cant be stylish? Vermont-based Eastern Collective has debuted its line of $14 , each of which encases the syncing cord in colorful, fashion-minded textiles. There are four different color combinations, just the thing to impress your friends when you sync your iPhone with your laptop at the local hipster coffee shop.

The $50 is a rechargeable microspeaker that lets you boost the audio from your iPhone or iPad. It offers two midrange drivers and two tweeters, all packed into a foot-long shell. You can plug it into your iOS devices audio jack, or tuck it into its own protective carrying pouch when youre on the go. A USB cable, for charging the speakers battery, is included.

The makers of the $90 stylus say the device is responsive to 1,024 different levels of pressure sensitivity, offering users the ability to create precisely the brush strokes and lines they want while creating digital art. Hex3 says the stylus communicates with your iPad via the tablets microphonethe stylus itself emits a high-frequency pitch that cant be heard by human ears, but that communicates pressure data to the tablet. One app, , already offers Jaja support. The stylus ships in September.