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It’s difficult to find a good pair of speakers that you can comfortably use for both day-to-day PC use as well as the high quality sound you expect when you’re watching a movie or your favorite TV shows. Usually PC speakers get the job done when you’re gaming or watching some YouTube videos, but when you settle in to watch a movie you want power behind your sound.

That’s where the new Genius SP-HF1800A speakers come in. The new model features a pair of three-way high fidelity wooden speakers that can sound out your home office or your home theater.

The SP-HF1800A includes RCA and 3.5-inch stereo inputs on the back so it fits seamlessly with your PC setup or your home theater system, or can be connected directly to your TV or game console. The front of the speakers have an additional in-line jack that can support audio from your iPod or other music player, or even your mobile phone. If your home office needs an audio upgrade, the SP-HF1800A will be available before the end of the month for $72.99 list price. 

If you are tired off the shaky video from you camcorder, take a look at Joby Gorillapod Video. The Gorillapod does for the camcorder what Joby did for still cameras, providing a portable tripod that is both stylish and versatile.

The Gorillapod Video is made of anodized aluminum and has magnetic feet on its signature segmented legs. The legs can cling on any surface or wrap around someplace, say a pole, to shoot video from a distance.

The swiveling ball head goes around a full 360 degrees and tilts 135 degrees.

The Gorillapod Video is designed for mini and pocket camcorders, such as the FlipVideo and Kodak Zi8, and point-and-shoot cameras with video capabilities.

Priced at $30, the camera is available online.

There are iPad docks, and there are iPad docks. Hollandia decides to go for relaxation and luxury with its iCon iPad dock.

Actually a bed, the iCon combines an expensive adjustable mattress and a custom headboard to create the only bed with a 30-pin connector for your Apple device.

The headboard is the actual dock, but it also features a sound system including four speakers and a 250-watt amplifier.

This bed is all yours for $20,000.

HyperMac‘s line of external battery packs for iPods, iPhones, iPads, and Mac laptops were impressive when we first saw the new ones at CES in January, and the HyperMac iPad Stand made our list of most ingenious iPad accessories, but the connector that all of those devices use to connect to the Apple products they support are patented by Apple. Now, Apple is weighing in on the matter with a lawsuit against HyperMac’s parent company, Sanho.

The suit accuses Sanho of patent infringement by using the proprietary MagSafe and iPod Dock Connectors on the HyperMac external battery packs without Apple’s explicit approval, and the suit specifically names the new HyperMac products announced at CES earlier this year as infringing on Apple’s patents. Sanho, on the other hand, claims they use original Apple-made and user-recycled MagSafe connectors in their products, not re-manufactured or copied products.

It’s difficult to see whether Apple is out to recover costs or stamp out HyperMac products entirely, but Apple did say in the suit that they notified Sanho of the issue three times earlier this year before filing suit. Now we’ll either have to wait and see what the courts say or wait for Sanho to cut a check to make Apple go away.

[via AppleInsider]

If you’ve ever stared at your phone and thought, “this thing really needs a full keyboard,” you may need to buy a netbook. If you’ve ever stared at your iPad or Android tablet and thought “this thing needs a full keyboard,” you might be on to something. That’s why Cervantes Mobile made the Journo portable Bluetooth Keyboard, a fold-up model that includes a cradle for your mobile phone or tablet that will keep it upright and in either portrait or landscape mode while you use it.

The Journo is designed to be as portable as your mobile device, which means the keyboard folds down to be remarkably small when not in use. Aside from the portability and the included cradle, the most notable feature is that it claims to support just about any mobile device with Bluetooth, meaning iPhones, iPads, Android devices, and more. The Journo will be available for $99 list price early next year, but you can pre-order one now for $79.