Upgrading iPod touch 1g with iBlock Speakers

I plunged down around 20 dollars to get these iBlock speakers for my iPod touch 1g the other day at an electronics store here in Tokyo.

Now my iPod touch 1g has speakers too!

What’s good about these speakers:

• They plug right into the dock connector port and the speakers stay centered with the touch. 
  
  
• This actually may be good or bad – it draws power from you iPod touch and doesn’t require batteries.
  
  
• I can’t say too much about the quality (it claims to have an active bass system), but at max volume, it’s loud enough though I should try it in a crowded place.
  
  
• The volume controls are disguised as you can see in the following picture.
  
  
  

With the speakers, I realized for the first time that there are sounds when you get a new mail and when you send a mail with the touch.  And it’s cool to know that the sounds are the same as the Mac OS X Mail application.  These speakers also have enough volume to share video and music  when I'm at a friend's house.  Lastly, now I don’t have to wear earphones to hear the music in the games like Super Monkey Ball.

I got a white one, but it seems like the black one might look better with the touch. Urgh!!!  Well, at least it's a shiny white gadget.  

Anyway, below is a picture of the packaging, and thanks for reading!