The popularity of the iPod has seen the portable music device taken everywhere by devoted users - with a new accessory potentially even allowing music fans to take the system underwater.

H20 Audio has launched the first underwater iPod product, producing a housing case that claims to protect the iPod from all manner of conditions.

The SV-iMini comes with a waterproof dial and push button, enabling users to access their system underwater.

Kristian Rauhala, CEO of H2O Audio, hailed the new system as heralding “a new era for action sports”, combining “music with high-energy action watersports”.

“Now all sports enthusiasts can enjoy iRiver music players just as cyclists and runners have for years.”

H2O Audio also provides patented waterproof headsets so that users can listen to their personalised playlists whether swimming, kayaking or skiing.