Witness the iLoad, a CD player made specifically for ripping music directly to your iPod. Pop in a disc, push a button and you're in like iFlynn. No word yet on price, bit rate, availability or other trivial details.

Of course, it ain't high-end until it has a battery power modification or useless glowing lights.

UPDATE: iLoad = load o' vaporware. Reader Trey tips us to a Gizmodo article completely punking the muggle who tried to prank the public. Good read to see the power of the internet, both positive and negative, at work. Great products rise to the top, scams get hammered.

That said, the race is on for who will produce the first high-end auto-ripper. Not a hard drive server, just a ripper done right. Nothing crazy, it just has to have a separate power supply, separate hard drive and tubes all around.

iLoad [via Gizmodo]