Hasta La Gadget!

Convergence! For those us aren’t ready to throw away our CDs and DVDs, iLuv’s got the i1155. The multimedia player doubles as both a CD/DVD player and a dock for your iPod.

The cover of the player flips open so you can display your iPod upright. The i1155 has a 8.5-inch display for playing DVDs or video of your 5th gen iPod. No word yet on iPod touch or iPhone support.

Drunk dialing and texting I understand, but I hadn’t heard anything about an apparent outbreak of drunk music-listening. That said, who wouldn’t want a breathalizer built into their portable media player? Sascha found one yesterday–and I came across this one today. Trend alert!

From Korean company Seju, the iCheck is a “smelling” MP4 player. Measuring 5.6-mm thick (“the best slim size,” says the company), this device has most of the standard Flash player features: a 1.5-inch color screen, 4GB of memory, and a high-speed USB port that works with both Windows and Mac.

The iCheck also features a built-in breathalizer and a bad breath detector. Unfortunately, the thing won’t actually stop you from listening to terrible music while drunk. Hopefully we’ll see that functionality in the next version.

The other cool new product showcased at last night’s CES Showstoppers event at the Wynn Hotel and Casino came from music company, Roland. The company introduced new tutorial software for its HD-1 V-Drums Lite electronic drum kit.

The DT-HD1 software is designed to teach beginners how to play the drum through various courses. There are a handful of different modes, but the one that really caught my eye at the show was something that the company calls “falling bricks but that we just call “Rock Band mode.”

The software features 34 preset patterns, a metronome, drum mute, drum and pad solo, and A-B repeat. It’s compatible with Windows XP and ships with a UM-1G USB-MIDI interface and audio cable.

The software should be hitting store shelves in March. Check out a video of the software in action, after the jump.

I got a call from our lead audio analyst Tim Gideon before heading over to the Digital Experience event tonight at the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. Gideon really wanted to shoot a video of Samsung’s latest MP3 player, the P3, the company’s latest attempt to dethrone Apple’s mega-popular iPod Touch.

The DAP features a three-inch TFT-LCD touch screen with EmoTure haptic feedback. The P3 also features DNSe 3.0 sound enhancement technology and integrated speakers.

Check out a video of Gideon taking us through the paces of a P3 demo unit, after the jump.

Following the introduction of their passPORT iPod and iPhone car integration kit last month, Scosche has announced several new products this week ahead of CES 2009. The first three are stereo earphones: the IDR400M features noise canceling, a hands-free cell microphone, 10mm drivers, and single and dual flanged soft silicone inserts. The IDR600 has slightly larger 11mm drivers, a sliding magnetic cable management system, and a 24K gold-plated 3.5mm audio jack. The HZ5 tuneSTREAM Bluetooth Headphones give iPhone and iPod owners up to 30ft of wireless range (though probably less in real-life), the ability to answer hands-free phone calls, and up to eight hours of continuous battery life.

The company has also announced the passPORT Home Dock, which will charge the iPhone 3G, the 2G iPod touch, and the 4G iPod nano; it can snap into existing docking stations. In addition, there’s the reCOIL retractable car charger for the iPod and iPhone; it features a four foot cord and a magnetically locking dock connector. Finally, the company has announced new Protect and kickBACK (pictured) polycarbonate cases for new iPod and iPhone models, as well as the showTIME six-foot A/V output cable. Release dates vary, but most will be available either this month or by Spring 2009.