Akiba Spill] Gold model of "iKey," an earphone-plug type button for Android, is now on sale.

Akiba Koho" is an irregular column introducing PC parts and digital gadgets that the Akiba Research Institute staff found interesting during interviews.

The gold model of "iKey", an earphone plug type button that can add physical buttons to Android devices, is now on sale at Techno House Toei.

iKey"is an earphone-plug type button that can beattached to the earphone plug of a smartphone or tablet andused as a power button or application activation key by installing a setting application available on thecompany'swebsite.

The function itself is the same as the silver model released last July, but it may look quite stylish when coordinated with gold-colored smartphones and cases.

The price is 480 yen (tax included).