Joby, creator of the award-winning Gorillapod flexible camera tripod and a leading developer of innovative consumer electronics accessories, will unveil the highly anticipated Zivio Bluetooth Headset at this year’s PMA 2008 Show, taking place in Las Vegas, NV. On showcase at the Joby booth, the Zivio is an elegant, high performance Bluetooth headset that sets new standards in design, performance and mobile freedom.

Kensington Computer Products Group, delivering Smart Made Simple computing accessories for the mobile consumer, introduced LiquidAUX, a line of car audio kits that use the auxiliary or AUX port, now standard on most new cars, to deliver pure sound from an Apple iPhone, iPod or music phone through the car stereo. Also released was a new car charger for the iPhone and iPod along with a Bluetooth stereo headset for people to enjoy the wireless freedom of Bluetooth technology for their music and phone conversations. The new Kensington car audio accessories will be available at other major retailers in March 2008.

Launching into the electronics accessories arena, ZAGG Inc. utilizes its consumer electronics expertise to introduce the RockStic, a portable speaker system designed for the Apple iPod and compatible with most digital media players. The stylish futuristic new speaker combines high sound quality with complete portability, providing consumers with a powerful combination of technology, practicality and edge, at an affordable price. The RockStic ($69.95) comes in silver, black and vibrant pink and is available on the company website.

Newer Technology, Inc., the leading developer of PC, Macintosh and iPod performance upgrades and accessories, announced its new NewerTech Apple iPhone Accessory Line consisting of six products that add iPhone functionality and user convenience. The NewerTech iPhone Accessory Line will be debuted at Macworld, held January 15-18, 2008 in San Francisco.

Call it the iSeason. Apple’s iPhones and iPods - indeed, iAnythings - are flying off the shelves this Christmas, and owning the coolest electronic devices has transcended the technophile world to become a necessity for the fashion savvy. Metallo Design, a Dallas-based designer of fashion, luxury and lifestyle products, has introduced a new collection of ultra-chic accoutrements to pimp and protect the season’s most sought-after electronics. The first offerings of its Gilty Couture brand include a collection of upscale gold, silver and Swarovski crystal accessories to pimp your iPod or iPhone. For the truly trendy, standing out in the iCrowd means turning to a surefire fashionista strategy - accessorize.

Minimal size, maximum audio performance and style. The Motorola MotoPure H12 is the ultimate in clarity,luxury, freedom and comfort. The first Bluetooth enabled headset with Motorola’s audio-enhancing CrystalTalk for headsets technology, the MotoPure H12 allows users to hear better and be heard. The Motorola MotoPure H12 headset also has the smallest Motorola external speaker to-date, assuring ‘fits-like-a-glove’ comfort and elegance thanks to its TrueComfort ear bud design.

The Nokia World event shows accessories to jazz up your music. These two new stereo headsets command superb stereo sound without compromising on comfort and style - meet the Nokia Stereo Headsets WH-700 and Nokia Stereo Headsets WH-600. Designed for your life on the move, these headsets give you the enjoyment of premium audio quality in the choice of two ergonomically different forms. The seamless changeover between calls and music means using these headsets is a hassle-free pleasure. Your music will stop when a call comes through, and pick up right where you left off when you're done talking.

Music lifestyle brand V-Moda announced the addition of five colors to its popular Vibe Duo, Vibe and Bass Fréq modaphone lines. Vibe Duo, the dual-use headphone for the iPhone, is now available in new Chrome and Gunmetal Rouge. Vibe, V-Moda’s luxury earphone line, is available in new Midnight Blue, and the award-winning Bass Fréq collection debuts Jaded and Rouge to match the new green and Red Special Edition iPod nano and shuffle. According to Val Kolton, CEO and founder of V-Moda, the brand is heeding the call from consumers to continuously introduce fashion-forward colors that complement the latest MP3 players and other technology.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced that it is mass-producing a 16M color display driver IC (DDI) for active matrix-based organic light-emitting diode (Amoled) displays used in mobile phones and other handheld devices. With outstanding image quality, Amoleds are attracting attention from device designers as the next generation display technology of choice.

Samsung, NXP Semiconductors and T3G Technologies announced the world’s first TD-SCDMA HSDPA/GSM/GPRS/EDGE multi mode mobile phone, which has also been demoed at the PT/Wireless Exposition in Beijing on October 23rd. Powered by a software-defined modem capable of achieving data transfer rates of 2.8Mbps, the Samsung SGH T578H enables about 20 times faster transfers than GPRS, allowing consumers to download several high-quality MP3 files in less than a minute. The multi mode mobile phone is based on the T3G7210 system solution featuring the industry’s first soft modem empowered by NXP’s Embedded Vector Processor (EVP) to achieve high data transfer and multi mode capability.