Soundblock: a marginally heinous dock connector iPod speaker

It's hard to guess why one would consider this device over that Lego-inspired alternative we peeked last Spring, but those obsessed with Elecom or born with an innate fear of stackable blocks can certainly opt for the Soundblock. Designed specifically for the fourth generation iPod nano, first generation iPod touch and any other iPod that ships sans an integrated speaker, this here speaker clicks into the dock connector and can be ordered in one of ten different colors. The pain? ¥4,000 ($42), which seems about a Jackson and a half too steep for our tastes.

[Via Coolest-Gadgets]

[jt money @ Jul 8th 2009 11:10AM]

probably sounds awesome

[Puggs @ Jul 8th 2009 11:12AM]

yeah, probably not.

[qwack @ Jul 8th 2009 11:20AM]

lol

[dan2600 @ Jul 8th 2009 11:14AM]

It's.....so......TRENDY!!!!!!!!!!!!

I heard you have to wear cut off jeans and large sunglasses when using these

[bolezhinkov @ Jul 8th 2009 12:07PM]

Im doing it now - thanks for the tip. I wonder if they have an irony boost? people think I like metal but thats just because Im so IRONic.

[wack @ Jul 8th 2009 11:27AM]

these look like legos, ah my youth

[thebomberman @ Jul 8th 2009 11:41AM]

Clearly a youth in the US then.

[loocas @ Jul 8th 2009 12:00PM]

Clearly, as the original Lego blocks looked completely different to the shit produced now, since bought by the US company...





Shame...

[NOCknock @ Jul 8th 2009 11:33AM]

Design fail. They couldn't have made it any uglier if they tried.

[loocas @ Jul 8th 2009 12:00PM]

If they tried, they would have matched the iPod uglyness...

[brr404 @ Jul 8th 2009 2:31PM]

looks like a mini brick glued to an ipod...

[skim @ Jul 8th 2009 11:36AM]

I kinda like it. And I prefer it over the lego-style ones.

[strider_mt2k @ Jul 8th 2009 11:53AM]

Meh.

They're all uniformly tinny at that size. -just pick which one you think looks cool for ya.

[scooterbaga @ Jul 8th 2009 12:36PM]

I love my lego speakers! You can only share headphones with so many people...

Unless you're some kind of ear whore.

[blindspot @ Jul 8th 2009 12:51PM]

Ever notice how certain products always look better when a group of them are displayed representing each color? I hate that marketing trick. It's not like you are going to buy all 10 of them. On its own, any one of these is pretty ugly and probably sounds like crap.

[Guillermo Ramas @ Jul 8th 2009 2:06PM]

Agreed

[gana1991 @ Jul 8th 2009 3:05PM]

Its soooo small! I might swallow it by accident

That reminds me...where did I put the microsd card?