Best of 2008 for iPhone and iPod

December 17, 2008 by Beatweek

With dozens of companies bringing hundreds of new products to market for iPhone and iPod each year, it’s more important than ever to sort out the good from bad and identify the best of the best. During the course of 2008 we’ve hand-tested an untold number of iPod and iPhone related products from manufacturers around the globe, and over the next several pages we share what we believe to be the best products on the market in 2008. 

 Our awards are separated into categories including speaker systems, alarm clocks, headphones, cases, batteries, broken down into subcategories based on price range and compatibility where appropriate, and finally a few uncategorized products. Here you’ll find a brief listing of this year’s winners in each category; for full product descriptions and the reason each product was selected, along with photos of the winners and a listing of the non-winning finalists in each category, download the year-end double issue of iProng Magazine for free.

Best non-portable high-end speaker system: Logitech Pure-Fi Elite

Best non-portable mid-priced speaker system: Altec Lansing T612

Best non-portable value-priced speaker system: mStation Orb

Best portable high-end speaker system: Griffin Evolve

Best portable mid-priced speaker system: Altec Lansing inMotion MAX

Best portable value-priced speaker system: Logitech Pure-Fi Anywhere 2

Best non-portable alarm clock: Altec Lansing Moondance Glow

Best portable alarm clock: iHome iH27 and iP27

Best high-end iPhone headphones: Etymotic ht2

Best mid-priced iPhone headphones: v-moda vibe ii

Best value-priced iPhone headphones: RadTech ProCable

Best high-end iPod headphones: FutureSonics Atrio