iKeep hooks to your iPhone or iPod touch on one end and to your belt, purse, or other strap on the other, using a large, attractive clip to secure it. A retractable cord gives you plenty of room when you need to use the phone.

SAN FRANCISCO - Blue Microphones debuted it’s latest products at Macworld | iWorld on Thursday. The Spark Digital is a studio-quality iPad mic . The Mikey Digital is an external mic for your iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. The Tiki is a USB mic targeted at voice applications on your laptop. All three products are scheduled to be released this Spring.

SAN FRANCISCO - It’s day one of the newly rechristened Macworld iWorld trade show, and Bryan Chaffin says thank goodness it’s no CES. He talks about the differences in the two hows and reports that Macworld|iWorld was packed.

John F. Braun discovers xPrintServer, a device from Lantronix that allows your iOS devices to print to your network printers.

A funny thing happened on the way to Macworld|iWorld. Without pending Apple announcements to speculate about, the media have come back in full force to cover what’s actually going on at the conference — and that’s a lot.

Looking for something to do after your Macworld|iWorld sessions? The Hess Memorial Party List is updated for this year’s event, with a comprehensive look at where the Mac elite meet and greet.

Can high tech and high adventure coexist? TMO Contributing Editor Chuck La Tournous speaks geek (camping geek, that is) in his upcoming session at Macworld|iWorld. Get a sneak peak now, and a discount on an iFan pass to hear the rest next week in San Francisco.

The Mac Observer will once again host its annual Editors Choice Awards at Macworld | iWorld Expo in January. Our editors will choose what they deem to be the best-of-the-best new Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod-related products released between Macworld Expo last year and the start of the show this year.

Macworld | iWorld Expo is less than a month away, and our Cirque du Mac party again promises to be the greatest night of your life (at least while you’re at Macworld | iWorld Expo), assuming you can score a ticket. But more on that below.