Top-notch AV fiddlers Bang & Olufsen have unveilied a new brand recently called B&O Play.  The new brand is not going to be a poor man’s B&O (sorry!), instead a range of products which integrate with consumer electronics and take design inspiration from art, fashion and furniture.

So this, the first offering from B&O Play, not surprisingly looks a bit like a toaster.  It’s not though, it’s a high-end portable wireless speaker system.  Running Apple’s proprietary Airplay standard this one is only for the iPhone/iPad users of the world, but surely that’s everybody by now.

Inside that shiny exterior is a 120 watt amplifier, 2 tweeters and one 4 inch subwoofer.  It also has a built-in power supply and rechargeable batteries for music on the go.  Looks lovely and I’m sure it will sound fantastic because it’s by B&O – but that fact will probably also mean I can’t afford one.

For more info, visit beoplay.com.

While it might be rocking some seriously 80’s styling, the inMotion Air from Altec Lansing could still be just the ticket for bringing your music collection kicking and screaming into 2011.

This little speaker unit can pretty much go anywhere, either plugged in or on it’s built in 7-hour battery.  The real big deal though is that it supports A2DP bluetooth – so you can stream music to it from your phone, MP3 player – anything really.  It also comes with a dongle for your computer so that you can stream all your PC-based tunes to it over the air.  Add to that the 90 metre range and this really does open doors (if you’ll pardon the pun) for mobile audio.

It’s priced at $200 in the US and it’s due to hit the shelves on this side of the Atlantic shortly, but no mention of pricing yet.  This does mean that the most important thing – sound quality – is anyone’s guess!

Sometimes a gadget comes out that makes you think “Why wasn’t that invented a hundred years ago?!” In this case it pretty much was, albeit not as an iPhone accessory.  What you’re looking at is the iVictrola – essentially a gramophone attachment for your iPhone or iPod Touch.

You can thank New York designer Matt Richmond for this stroke of genius – or not, your call.  Either way what we have here is a wonderful looking device which amplifies your music without electricity (valves or otherwise) – simply pop your iPhone into the walnut base and the music from it’s speaker is amplified by bouncing through the enormous horn.

I like it – if only because it just prompted me to use the words ‘enormous horn’…

iVictrola – $425 USD via Etsy

Found via iPhone Savior

OK, so it’s been around for a few weeks now but Apple’s latest incarnation of it’s hugely popular middleweight MP3 player is definitely worth a mention.

Keeping the same form factor as before the main updates are capacity boosts (now available in either 8GB or 16GB varieties), FM radio and of course the integrated camera, which is probably of a high enough quality to stop you carrying that Flip wherever you go…

The 16GB model claims to hold 4,000 songs or 16 hours of video – as always your mileage may vary.

The new Nano is available in 9 colours – enough for the most obsessed wardrobe coordinators.  It costs £115 for the 8GB model, or £135 for the “manlier” 16GB.

Available now via the Apple Store.