The upsides of the iKurv are that it is a fairly stylish place to charge your iDevice and listen to your tunes while you charge up; the sound is descent and the blue light lends an interesting accent (except for you blue haters…). The remote is very handy and functions well, and the iKurv doesn’t take up a lot of space. The down sides are that the audio is clean but only okay, the volume control could use some more finesse when you turn it down, and you need to be sure you have the correct adapter tray or you may have trouble with the connection.

And just what, you may ask, makes an iPig speaker dock so cool? Two things. First, it has motion sensing volume and music controls, so you can be more productive while dancing. Second, we’re giving one away. Courtesy of the upstanding citizens at Speakal, we’re awarding one of our readers with a Cool iPig. Hurry, though…the contest ends at midnight on April 3rd.

Speakal will be exploring Time and Relative Dimensions in Sound with their forthcoming TARDIS dock for iPod/iOS devices. The prototype features a pull-out tray for the 30 pin connector. Speakal also plans on adding the capability of controlling other devices, like a television, wirelessly via Bluetooth. The TARDIS prototype was part of a line of fun and distinctive shapes.

If you’re tired of looking at your iPod speaker dock and thinking, “Man, this would be so much cooler if it resembled a member of the family Ursidae native to central-western and south western China, then you’re at the right place. As our year-end gift to our readers, we’re giving away one Speakal iPanda speaker dock for iPod. The contest has been extended through January 8th, 2011.

Last week, we randomly selected a winner in our Red, White and iBoo giveaway. If you didn’t win, no worries; you can still take advantage of Appletell’s 20% off special at Sepakal through July 30th. While you’re at Sepakal’s, check out the other great products they planned for release in 2009. There’s some really cool looking stuff in there.

It’s July 12th, meaning it’s the last day of entries for our iBoo giveaway. Courtesy of our friends at Speakal, one lucky Appletell reader will be randomly selected to receive an iBoo iPod Docking Station and 2.1 speaker system ($89.99 value). And to enter, all you have to do is tell us what song you’d like to play on it.

It’s the 4th of July again, that time of year when the British celebrate losing control of us bothersome Americans, and we celebrate paying taxes to our own government, thank you very much. And what better way for you to join the festivities than to pay taxes on your very own giveaway prize…an iBoo iPod Docking Station and 2.1 speaker system from Speakal. The winner will be able to make his/her selection from the red, white or blue model.