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First Looks

Welcome to our new, continuously-updated First Looks - a collection of previews showing brand new iPod, iPhone and iPad accessories that we’re currently in the process of testing. Here’s what’s hot right now:

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Company: Wahoo Fitness

Website: www.wahoofitness.com

Models: Fisica Sensor Key for iPhone and iPod touch

Price: $80 + Sensors

Compatible: iPhone, iPod touch

Wahoo Fisica Sensor Key for iPhone and iPod touch + Wireless Sports Sensors

Positioned as an alternative to the Apple-endorsed Nike + iPod Sport Kit, Wahoo Fitness' Fisica Sensor Key for iPhone and iPod touch ($80) is a small, very expensive little Dock Connector dongle that allows certain biking, running, and fitness apps to receive data from ANT+ compatible fitness products including heart rate sensors, speed and cadence sensors, and weight scales. The company sells a Premium Speed and Cadence Bike Sensor ($50), Soft Heart Rate Belt ($60), and Stride Sensor ($80) as optional add-ons. Plugging in the Sensor Key leads to a collection of different free and paid apps, some capable of monitoring multiple sensors at the same time; Wahoo's own app lets you see live data from the bike, stride, and heart rate sensors shown here.

Company: Breffo

Website: www.breffo.com

Models: Spiderpodium

Price: $20

Compatible: All iPods, iPhones

Breffo Spiderpodium

Breffo's Spiderpodium ($20) is a flexible stand/cradle, with eight flexible “legs” that can be used to hold an iPhone or iPod while also holding on to a variety of surfaces, including seat headrest supports, stroller, exercise equipment, bike handles, and car air vents. The legs can also be positioned to simply support the device, making the Spiderpodium into a stand. The center of the accessory features a hole for routing charging cables.

Company: Ozaki

Website: www.Ozaki.us

Model: iStroke S

Price: $TBD

Compatible: iPads, iPhones, iPod touches

Ozaki iStroke S Dock Style Stylus

The good news: Ozaki has finally fixed -- at least for this product -- its previously crazy overpackaging practices, shippng the new iStroke S Stylus for iPad ($TBD) in a simple, clean plastic bag that's far less damaging to the environment than its insane collection of hard plastic and metal boxes. On the other hand, the rubber-domed iStroke S is another really unusual addition to its line of odd little styluses, this one even smaller than the others and designed to be held in the empty Dock Connector port of a device. Convenient for carrying around? Maybe. But do you really want a stylus as small as a toddler's finger? Maybe not.

Company: SwitchEasy

Website: www.switcheasy.com

Models: CapsuleRebel, Glitz + Vulcan

Price: $20-$28

Compatible: iPhone 4

SwitchEasy CapsuleRebel, Glitz + Vulcan for iPhone 4

SwitchEasy's latest collection of iPhone 4 cases includes a couple of remade oldies -- the black, red, and white two-piece, spiny CapsuleRebel ($28) and fully translucent Vulcan ($20) in white and black -- plus a new design. Glitz ($28) combines a hard rear shell with soft plastic sides, using a really interesting, fashionable grid of sparkling rounded squares. Each of the cases comes with the usual array of SwitchEasy goodies, including Dock Connector and headphone port covers, screen film, a cleaning cloth, and applicator card; as shown in the photos, most also include stands and Dock Adapters as well. Protection is nearly complete for the iPhone 4 body as a consequence of all the pack-ins and the case designs, apart from the cameras, speakers, and microphones. Updated: In November 2010, SwitchEasy subsequently added additional colors of CapsuleRebel, Glitz, and Trim as shown below. In March 2011, we separated Trim into its own review.