Having some dinky little microphone hidden inside a computer or cell might be convenient, but with garage bands to record and Skype calls and Podcasts to make, how can you settle for that? You can’t – so that where Go Mic comes in. It might be small, but this portable USB condenser microphone’s got serious chops.

Sure, nearly everyone already has chargers, headphones or docking stations, but the seemingly limitless amount of crazy iPod and mp3 player add-ons doesn’t stop there. As if people weren’t already helplessly addicted to their favorite music player, ingenious gadget companies are finding ways to lure us into spending more of our hard-earned cash on pimping out our iPod.

I’m not one for technology. In fact, I think of myself as technologically challenged. That I even own an iPod, two for that matter, and know how to work them, is a miracle in and of itself. A friend of mine who writes for the school paper introduced me to the Blue Mic Mikey, a portable microphone that connects to her iPod that she uses for interviews.