You already spend most of your time with your iPhone, iPod, or iPad in your hands — the rest of the day it’s replaced by the three or four different remotes needed to control your TV, stereo system, DVD / Blu-ray player.

But what if your iOS device could take control of ALL your home entertainment? You and your iPhone would never be apart from each other!

Well, if you want to nurture your unhealthy relationship with your iPhone bring all your remotes together into one device, the Griffin Beacon Universal iPhone Remote Control System makes it easy.

The Beacon is a standalone device that features a low-profile design to blend in with any decor, and connects to your iOS device via Bluetooth — allowing you to control your TV, stereo, DVD player, and other home entertainment components from your pocket.

Just download and install the FREE Dijit Universal Remote App and the Beacon will act as a bridge, receiving Bluetooth signals from your iOS device and sending IR signals to your home entertainment center without the need of bulky cases, dongles, or wires.

The Dijit app uses a library of device codes that are constantly updated to simplify setup for your TV, stereo system, media players and more. And just in case your component isn’t in the Dijit library, you can use the integrated learning feature to gain control over that specific device.

The Griffin Beacon Universal iPhone Remote Control System can run for up to two months with 4 x AA batteries and it’s available now at Griffin Technology for $79.99.

If you’re an aspiring musician looking to record your work wherever you go, or a student hoping to save and playback audio from class lectures, the iRig Mic can do it all.

iRig can record soft, ambient sound and loud instrumentals alike with its unidirectional condenser-electret microphone capsule that records high quality sound in 360 degrees. Plus, it’s compatible with any iOS device – so you can have a mobile recording studio wherever you take your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

Best of all, the iRig includes specialty recording apps to help you get the most out of your microphone – letting you process audio and add effects in real-time to turn your iOS device into a professional sound board.

For feature-rich, professional-level audio recording for a fraction of the size and price, the iRig Mic is available now at Firebox.com for $71 | £45 | €51.

Remember when you used to spend your week’s allowance at the shopping mall arcade, popping quarters into that bulky pinball machine in the corner? Remember how the flippers eventually became an extension of your body, and how you could hit the ramps three, four, or even five times in a row?

Well, the iPhone Pinball Magic (App)cessory is here to transport you back in time and remind you of what it feels like to be a true pinball wizard!

This tiny dock station can turn your iPhone or iPod Touch (as long as you have iOS 3.0 or up) into a pinball cabinet with a ball-launching plunger, realistic mini-flipper buttons as well as tilt detection, tilt warning activation and a backbox that rewards your skills with colorful LEDs.

Just log into the iTunes App Store, download the FREE Pinball Magic app, and enjoy hours of classic pinball action with its various board layouts. It supports multi-ball and replay modes, as well as a multiplayer mode to challenge your friends in a good old top score competition.

The iPhone Pinball Magic (App)cessory comes with a USB cable for charging and syncing, and it’s available now at ThinkGeek for the special sale price of $19.99.

Don’t you just hate those long family camping trips where all you can do to have some fun is sing the good (and extremely) old campfire songs? “Oh, lord give me some real entertainment kumbaya!”

Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for spending time with the family, but there comes a time — after gathering food, setting up a tent, and hiking to the river and back — when I need to go back to my PSP before I literally become one with the forest and turn into a tree.

Let’s face it, we all have some portable electronic device that keeps us sane when spending long periods of time (2 days is reeeeeally long) outdoors. But what happens when you run out of battery? What happens when that little electronic device — your only reminder of modern civilization — dies out on you because there are no electrical outlets in a 5 mile radius?

That’s where the iCruiser External Battery Pack comes into play!

This external battery pack has a durable, shiny black finish and its ultra-reliable lithium-ion battery has 11000mAh capacity at 5v, 1a output — which can provide your electronic devices with over a week of battery boosts (with normal use).

The iCruiser can charge your iDevices with the exact same USB adapter you already have, and can give you up to 50 hours of movie time on an iPhone/iPod touch, or 17 hours movie time for an iPad 2.

And don’t let the name fool you; this simple-to-use gadget also works with Android, Blackberry, Kindle, Nintendo DS, Sony PSP, and many other devices that are charged through a standard USB cable.

The iCruiser External Battery Pack comes with a retractable USB cable, as well as mini and micro USB tips, and is available now at ThinkGeek for $79.99.

If you’ve ever wanted to take a video game and turn it into real life, this might just be the closest you’ll ever come. The Parrot AR Drone is an Augmented Reality Quadricopter, complete with built-in cameras and four propeller blades.

The AR Drone is controlled by your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, which you simply tilt to control the drone’s movement. Most games on the App Store work by this principle, but this time you are controlling an actual aircraft in the real world!

There are two cameras on the flyer, which you can view on the screen of your iPhone or iPod touch – and you can even play augmented reality games (via AR.Drone App Games) superimposed over the footage coming from the cameras. This lets you take on your friends in a variety of real-world challenges, overlaid with your virtual volleys of machine-gun fire and destructo missile launches (without the expense of owning your own military arsenal!)

With a range of 50m, you’ll have plenty of room to get the most out of the drone – and since it generates its very own WiFi hotspot, you can be sure of fast and responsive communication with your iPhone (whilst being secured against interference from enemy operatives).

Including a removable bumper frame for “bouncing-off-the-walls-fun” at home or in the office, the Parrot AR Drone is available now at Firebox.com for $480 | £300 | €330.

MP3 players are great. They let you take your music anywhere you go. But there’s only one problem…what happens when someone else wants to listen in? And what if all your friends want to hear? There’s not enough earbuds for all of them! Are you going to make them take turns? Of course not! And with the X-mini Capsule Speaker, you won’t have to!

Despite its diminutive size (only 52mm in diameter) and with a weight of just 52 grams, the X-mini Capsule Speaker produces a rich, loud, and strong sound — providing a big volume boost on-the-go. And when the capsule is opened and the speaker is extended, the X-mini’s resonance chamber opens — increasing the speaker’s bass response even higher.

The X-mini Capsule Speaker comes in a matte black finish, is rechargeable via USB and can run for up to eight hours on a full charge. It includes a USB charging cable and a felt bag and is available now from ThinkGeek for only $29.99.

We all love the immersive feel you get with a high quality, big screen TV. Movies seem better and video games more exciting. But while mobile gadgets have made it possible to have video wherever you are, they often sacrifice the feel you get from a large TV or monitor. The Vuzix iWear line of video eyeglasses bring all the advantages of the big screen, with all of the portability of the little screen.

Available in 3 versions, the Wrap 230, the Wrap 280 and the Wrap 920, these little beauties rest comfortably on your head – while giving you all the excitement of a big screen without the hassle. They’re compatible with most portable video devices including iPods, iPhones, DVD players, media players, gaming systems and mobile phones with video out – and thanks to superior battery technology, they’re able to run for up to 6 hours on each charge.

The Vuzix iWear is available now from Firebox.com for $163 | £100 | €113 for the Wrap 230, $326 | £200 | €226 for the Wrap 280 and $489 | £300 | €339 for the Wrap 920. Aaand…it’s a wrap ACTION!!!

The days of re-purchasing music to fit the music player are over! With the Cassette To MP3 Converter, not one cent will be wasted on what you already own – as it allows you to keep your original cassette copy and upgrade it to modern formats.

Connected through any USB port, the Cassette To MP3 Converter uses included audio editing software to quickly export each track in either MP3 or WAV format. It also doubles as a standard cassette recorder with all the normal functions, for those of us who still believe mix tapes should really be tapes.

The Cassette To MP3 Converter features a 2 1/2″ internal speaker and a microphone too, which you can use to add voice recordings before, during, or after any track. Suddenly you have your own producer’s cut of any album you want! You can use the included RCA input/output jacks to play your tapes through any auxiliary audio source (including your home entertainment system), and it works with most cassettes (including CrO2).

Now that digital formatting allows us to preserve your media, why not pass it on to your favorite audio? Visit hammacher.com to save your music for just $119.95.

We all love to rock out with our favorite music in the backyard, garden or garage, but getting the speakers and music outside can sometimes be more hassle than it’s worth. Thanks to the the new AQ Wireless Outdoor Speakers from Firebox, those concerns are a worry of the past.

The AQ Wireless Outdoor Speaker system consists of two stylish waterproof speakers and a remote base station you connect to your music. Thanks to its built-in wireless technology, you can place the speakers up to 100 meters away – guaranteeing you’ll be able to jam-out no matter where you are.

The remote speaker plugs into any music source you might have at hand, be it a CD player, iPhone, iPod, radio or laptop. Plus, you can plug the speakers into the wall for unlimited power, or run it on 6 AA batteries for over 10 hours of entirely untethered entertainment. Your backyard barbecues will be the stuff of legends, all for just $149 | £90 | €101 with free (UK) shipping.

Your iPhone does a pretty neat job of getting your snaps into iPhoto and onto Facebook, but the real world? Not so much. Sure, you could use it to call directory assistance to hunt down one of the few remaining photo-labs and wrestle with a kiosk (arghhhh) — OR — you could just dock your handset in the iPhone Photo Printer and turn your digi-pics into brilliant 4″ x 6″ prints in less than a minute!

With no computer, software or ink cartridges required, the iPhone Photo Printer is controlled via a FREE downloadable app that shoots out crystal-clear 300dpi prints with vibrant colors – thanks to special mess-free, patented paper with embedded yellow, magenta and cyan dye crystals.

These ultra-durable prints are smudge and tear-proof, as well as fade and water-resistant, plus the iPhone Photo Printer can be set to print either 1, 4 or 10 images per sheet – ready for passport photos, cut-and-paste collages or an index for cataloging/archiving your photography.

The iPhone Photo Printer is the size of a box of tissues, doubles as a charger for your iPhone/iPod Touch, also connects to iPad/iPad 2 or Android phones and is available now (including paper for your first 12 prints) from Hammacher Schlemmer for $159.95. Additional sheets are also available for $24.95.