These good looking black and white colored Image S4 and Image S4i earbuds are now making their way out to the masses. The Image S4 in white is already available for pre-order and Apple stores are ready to receive their Image S4i (includes an in-line microphone for iPhone) any time now.

The Image S4 will sell for $79 while the latter is $99. They look pretty awesome despite their lack of colors. Way better than Apple’s own white earbuds.

If you haven’t gone wireless yet, then chances are you are dealing with your earphones getting all tangled up, which doesn’t help their lifespan any. The miniWINDER will help keep things neat and tangle free. It claims to be “the world’s smallest earphone carrier” and features automatic retraction.

Just push the button and they retract. Then pull them out and plug them in. They come in a variety of colors that are sure to match your music players, for just $14.95.

Got wood? Then ease up on the Viagra. I kid, I kid. But if you want some natural wood earbuds, Fuubi is offering a pair of canal-types. They use wood similar to what’s used in furniture and crafts.

The earphones boast that they will deliver great quality over a wide range of music, as the enclosed structure reduces ambient noise and sound leakage. There’s nothing worse than sound leaking from your ears. They even feature a 24k gold-plated 3.5mm stereo mini-plug. They cost about $39 in Japan.

Monster is best known for high quality audio equipment and so it’s a name you can trust when it comes to audio. They’ve just released the Miles Davis Tribute high-performance in-ear headphones, which come in an individually numbered limited edition.

Aside from that, owners of these new headphones will get a special treat by being able to enjoy the official 50th Anniversary boxed set of the artist’s album Kind of Blue, free of charge. It includes a few music CDs, a DVD and a 24-page booklet. Some other features include a gold/brass finish inspired by Miles Davis’ trumpet.

Solid Alliance’s new earbuds have some weird designs that will certainly get you noticed in public. On the other hand they will go with your weird Halloween costume perfectly. These new earbuds feature a banana, a cat’s paw print, sushi, or a Frankenstein’s monster type bolt.

You can pre-order now for $22 and they ship in December. Do you have the guts to stuff such things in your ear? If so, you are braver than I.

Why must I always repeat myself? What, do ya got bricks in your ears? Oh, you do. Or you will. Very soon. Because Elecom will soon offer these LEGO Soundblock headphones that any Lego freak has to love.

And they retail for just $23. These Brick-buds will make their debut in Japan later this month in shades of black, blue, red, white, pink and mixed colors. Are you Lego fan enough to wear them?

One of the most often replaced items in our gadget collection is earbuds. You use a pair for a while and they bite the dust. So when it came time for another pair, I recently gave ifrogz Ear Pollution Plugz earbuds with microphone a try. They are affordable noise canceling earbuds, available in a variety of colors, and they offer some decent style.

They look great and have style. They are also comfortable and if you are like me and have trouble getting earbuds to fit and stay in the ear, they come with three tip sizes that should fit any ear. They feel great and actually block out almost all but the loudest noises around you.

The Hitachi HP-CN12 bean-shaped ear canal earphones come in eight different colors. The earphones work on a frequency zone of 20Hz – 22kHz and deliver and impedance of 16-Ohms. And they’re shaped like beans, which may help them to stay in place.

The HP-CN12 also features a slider that adjusts the length of the wire and prevents it from getting tangled up. They are pretty unique earphones. Expect them to be launched in Japan on July 24th for 1500 Yen (or $17).

Well, what can you say about a product like this one? I had no idea that there was a market for such a pair of ear buds. Had I done my market research, I’m sure that I would have learned that there are hundreds of people who have wanted nothing more out of life than to put a weiner dog in their ear.

This bizarre pair of headphones has the weiner dog in two sections, so it looks like there’s a long weiner dog going through your ears, ready to lift it’s leg on your earlobe.

Pioneer Japan is looking to add some color to your world by introducing the Color Mimi or SE-CL17 series of colorful earphones. These earphones have a diameter of 9mm and deliver a playback frequency of 20Hz – 15kHz with an impedance of 16ohms.

You’ll be able to get the Easter bunny colors above, plus they also come in pink. They are almost colorful enough to be endorsed by Skittles. The Mimi is available only in Japan for around $ 20.

Gadgets and wood have an on-again off-again relationship. Gadget makers love, whether it’s a flash drive, or a laptop case, or even headphones. Now Skullcandy has created some fancy wooden earbuds.

The wood grain earbuds will run you $99. The phones work with all your favorite music delivery devices. Some users say that using wood in earphones enhances the sound. Which likely explains the price. We aren’t sure how far this wood trend is going to go, or if it really enhances something like earbuds enough to justify the price, but what do you think? Are they worth it?

I don’t know about you, but I have problems with most earbuds. They just don’t stay put and fall out because they don’t fit my ears properly. Well, here’s an awesome solution. Koss’s CC_01 earbuds replace those foam or rubber tips with an expandable and contractable system.

All you need to do is turn the metal screw on the back of the earbuds, and the tips will adjust to fit you. Simple and amazing engineering. And great news if you, like me, are annoyed by regular old earbuds. It’s a little odd to see Koss, a manufacturer of low-priced ear-stuff, with earbuds priced at $150, but perfectly adjustable fit is a great idea. And I for one have had so much trouble with earbuds, that I find it tempting.

I decided to use my earphones with my iPhone the other day and when I reached into the drawer to grab them there was a huge knot that resulted in a mass of earphones, computer mice, and paper clips coming out of the drawer. It took me a good ten minutes to untangle the mess and I wished for something to prevent that from happening again.

A new device is being offered called the Earbud Yo-Yo that is designed to keep your earbuds from being tangled inside your desk, purse, or brief case. It’s easy to see where the products name came from when you look at the device; it looks like a yo-yo minus the string.

It seems like every new phone that hits the market has the capability to play music today. Along with the capability to play music on a phone comes a requisite headphone jack to allow for private listening. There is a glut of earphones and headphones on the market for consumers to choose from and they all have the same basic design.

Ultimate Ears has announced a new set of earphones that use a new design not previously available. The Super.Fi 5 and Super.Fi 5vi earphones use a new top-firing design. According to the maker of the headphones the top-firing design allows the earphones to be placed into a more compact and ergonomic design making them more comfortable.

Some of us would like to keep our eardrums in working order. To do that you can avoid concerts and the like and it also helps to have a pair of earplugs handy, but it’s not always convenient to carry them around. Unless you could fit them in your wallet somehow, like these RNID plugs from designer Shing Lo.

They even come with a set of rubber gaskets for a tight seal in your ears. Plus you can put them back on the card for storage. If these ever show up in the market, they would be pretty popular as a disposable and convenient product.