A cute little thing is Vestalife’s Ladybug iPod dock. At primary look, they’re just mini iPod docks with a smart mechanical gimmick: “wing” form speakers that fold out to look like a ladybug’s distinctive form. Close-up, however, and there’s a notable attention to specify at work.

For baby speakers, they sounded pretty good quality, though the conditions (CES Unveiled, farting journalists, eating, packed with noisy) weren’t at all apt for class listening. What is marvelous about them is the paintwork: they are metallic in color, but rubber in them, thus while they look polished and shiny, they feel warm, textured and tactile.

All models is colored to match either a specific type of iPod Nano, or wrapped in intricate custom designs – and both of a different strange sense to them.