The iPod Touch and the iPhone have found their way into the homes of most gadget lovers over the past year. For those who missed out on the iPhone invasion, the latest 3G S will be available in India this August. Though I am no big fan of converged devices, I must agree the iPhone is a wonderful package, a great music player, a good phone and a brilliant gaming device, all rolled into one.

However, I have missed being able to watch movies stored on my iPhone on the TV or play back songs from the Touch on an audio system. My wife was not so keen on another device entering our room after the Tata Sky +, DVD player, Bose Wave Radio, so I started looking for something which could help converge all these.

I found my solution in an up-market South Delhi store. It was called the iLuv i1255 and cost all of Rs 13,000—it costs just around $150 in the US. This player is smartly built and lets you watch your iPod videos through TV, while charging your device at the same time. The remote controls the DVD player as well as the Apple device in the dock.

The good part is that with this dock you can watch downloaded YouTube videos or synced podcasts on a large screen. For me the capability of being able to stream YouTube videos to my iPod Touch over Wi-Fi and then playing it on TV was a brilliant option to have. However, you will have to take the iPhone out of the dock to answer a call.

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