It supports 2nd and 3rd generation Nanos directly with a wireless connection, but other MP3 devices will use a connecting cord that is included, thankfully.  The “lightweight” headphones might be too big and bulky for some types, but they’re pretty full fidelity for those who value that sort of thing.

If $17.99 doesn’t sound too much for these (and if you own a Nano this is almost a no-brainer for this price), head over to the Skymall and grab yours.

This is the slender, lightweight dual-speaker system that rests around your neck and allows you to listen to music while you remain aware of your surroundings. It plugs into any portable audio device with a standard 3.5mm plug (compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch) with its 36? cord. Its dual 1? speakers offer a frequency range of 20Hz-20,000Hz for high-quality sound and are positioned to project sound up to your ears. With built-in volume control. The system only weighs 7 1/2 oz. and has two flexible sections on either side of the frame that enable you to adjust them for optimal comfort.

Just pop in a pair of AA batteries and that should keep you bopping for up to 30 hours of play time, and a pair of these will run you $129.95.

The iHat is a great little gadget for any music lover, needless to say. It includes an integrated speaker and you can connect any iPod or compatible MP3 player (which is 98% of them) assuming it has an 3.5mm audio jack.

The iHat sells for $25 each, not bad for a (warm) slice of geek heaven.

The Sony MDR-770LP features an ultra-lightweight headphone design and comes with Neodymium 300 kJ/m3 magnets that produce powerful and deep bass, and crisp clear sound for any type of music. They even look awful slick and cool, rocketing your street cred up accordingly and impressing your friends.

You can pre-order the Sony MDR-770LP at well-known quickie gadget site GeekStuff4U for 8,990 Yen ($98 USD). They’ll be widely available in late November or so, according to the company’s latest statements.

More about it from the site:

“This ones not for your ear, it’s for everyone to hear! This larger-than-normal 3″ long earbud is a speaker for your mp3 player. With handy keyring clip and headphone jack.”

We love the look and price of the item, and it has a keyring attached to it, so it can go with you quite easily. To use it, just pop off the end holding the keyring and plug it into your MP3 player.

You can grab the MP3 Earphone Speaker for $10.98 from Things You Never Knew Existed.

The design is similar to other MoGo products (mice especially), as it can fold flat into  and it’ll fit nicely into a ExpressCard slot on any notebook, getting charged whenever to make sure that your conversations never get cut short by a dead battery; something road warriors will appreciate big time.

The MoGo Talk is able to remain on standby power for over a week, and it also comes with a flexible thin rubber ear piece that will mold to the shape of your ear, which helps eliminate outside noise too.

If you’re chomping at the bit to get this, it’ll be out later this August for $99 each.

These are (sadly) only made by a Japanese company, so only available through their vendors for now. Sometimes companies import products over here from there, but many of the better ones don’t make it here, for some reason. In Japan, these sell for around $21 a pair USD, which isn’t a terrible price here.

Here’s the site, if you’re curious about them: Site

The Digital Opera S2 and iPod compatible Digital Opera S5 wireless earbuds, released by DigiFi and Kleer. Music lovers may sit up and take notice; who hasn’t gotten tangled in a bunch of wires while trying to walk with your favorite portable music player?

Both models come with volume and full track control buttons right on the earbuds themselves. Both models can handle CD quality audio stereo audio up to a range of 32 feet or so (a Bluetooth limitation, but this device). Each works up to 10 hours, and can stream to 4 people at once for a community music experience.

The main difference: the Opera S2 includes a 3.5mm-compatible transmitter which works great with MP3 players, larger stereos, etc among other devices. As for folks who mainly use an iPod or related device, the Opera S5 includes a next-track, volume, etc buttons right on the gadget itself, so its more suited to this type of device.

No announcement on pricing, but both should be released for sale in late June this year.

The Jawbone brand is considered one of the top Bluetooth headsets out there today, being one of the first “bone conduction” Bluetooth gadgets out there. The Jawbone Prime goes even further with NoiseAssassin technology that filters out background noise along with voice technology that keeps it from touching a users face, yet makes voices loud and clear.

Hosain Rahman, Aliph’s CEO and co-founder states:

“We watched our customers closely and saw how they struggled to be heard in extreme noise environments. So, we focused our engineering team to go deeper on the tough problems like crying babies, pounding jackhammers, beeping elevators and the like. As a result, we are excited to announce Jawbone PRIME, with orders of magnitude better noise suppression, so our customers can continue their conversations wherever they happen to be.”

The $129.99 retail package will come with its a trio of round Earbuds, three “fitted” Earbuds and an optional earloop to fit around virtually any ear of any shape or size. Press release here.

And they don’t just throw some pink or green on typical headphones and leave it alone, like many specialty products like this do.  They’re streamlined and designed for slightly smaller frames, and the design is very “girly” and something any girl can be proud to show off.

Release date is planned for sometime in mid-May or so.  The line will include earbuds for even more streamlined music listening pleasure. Our only hope is the prices aren’t too ridiculous to go along with all this cool style.