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!

In retrospect, it might have been a bit of a stretch for Sony to claim that these motion activated headphones would change the way you listen to music forever, but you can’t argue that motion controlled earbuds are an intriguing idea.

What we have here are Sony Ericsson’s MH907 Motion Activated headphones, and while it’s an interesting idea it’s not groundbreaking.  Remove one of the earbuds to pause music, put it back in your ear and it starts playing again.  Receiving and hanging up calls work in the same way.  It’s not really motion activation in the way you had hoped is it?  Where is the “headbanging recognition” to automatically cue up a metal playlist?  Or the ability to shake your head to skip a track?

Still, if you’re sold, and have a compatible Sony Ericsson mobile (with a FastPort connector) you can satisfy the craving soon for the local equivalent of €39.

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.