When I was asked to compile a list of my most used accessories of 2011, I looked around and discovered — I don’t use that many accessories. That made my list much easier to compile. So here is a list of the accessories that I actually do use.

Glif

As a YouTuber, I make videos on a regular basis. Following the old saying ‘The best camera is the one you have on you’, this is mostly my iPhone 4. The problem with iPhone is that you can’t mount it on to a tripod. The Glif is a moulded piece of rubber that fits tightly around the iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S, and screws into any standard tripod, making it ideal for shooting those still shots. It also doubles as a stand in both portrait and landscape modes.

• $19.50 – Amazon link

Smart Cover for iPad 2

I love my Smart Cover. It’s got a gorgeous design, its simple to attach and detach from the iPad and, for a thin cover, its surprisingly functional. I usually have my iPad stood up in “writing” mode, for editing articles, and scripts on the fly, but when I just want to sit back, relax and enjoy some TV or a film, Its literally a small flip away.

It’s simple, it’s sleek and it comes in colors.

• $39.99 to $69.99 – Amazon link

Apple iPhone 4 Dock

If the iPhone 4 isn’t in my pocket, or in my hand, then its sat in its dock on my desk or bedside table where it’ll charge and connect to iTunes via Wifi, to ensure that that all my music, apps and podcasts are up to date.

• $23.99 – Amazon link

A Google Voice app, GV Connect, and a Basic Interpreter, by way of Commodore 64, have both been approved and are now in the iTunes App Store.

These types of apps have been rejected, left in limbo, pulled in the past, and the subject of government investigation in the past. Following Apple’s recent change of developer license and publication of plain-language approval guidelines, they’re in the store.

[GV Connect on iTunes - $2.99, Commodore 64 on iTunes - $4.99]

C64 ($4.99 – iTunes link], a Commodore 64 emulator for the iPhone (and iPod touch) is now available from the App Store, despite having been previously rejected by Apple. FCC spotlight? Phil Schiller intervention? Simple change of heart? Sounds more like a slight change of code, says the C64 blog:

Ultimately, BASIC has been removed for this release; however, we hope that working with Apple further will allow us to re-enable it.

(If you’re dying to get your BASIC on, however, reader Stooovie let us know you can still access it by enabling “always show full keyboard”, starting a game, paging over to the EXTRA keyboard, and then tapping RESET. Boom, dropped into BASIC with a ready-prompt — though we clearly don’t remember enough C64 BASIC to see if it actually does anything or just sits there blinking. Commenters?)

But, as they say, who cares about BASIC, C64′s focus is games and it ships with Dragons Den, Le Mans, Jupiter Lander, Arctic Shipwreck and Jack Attack. More games will be available in the future (via in-app purchase, we believe).

The interface is gorgeous, the passion level obviously high, and the C64 is a classic (as is the Amiga, cough, want-it-next, cough), so for fans of any of those qualities — or more likely all of them — check it out and let us know what you think.

Demo video and more screen shots after the break!

[Thanks Stooovie for the tip!]