iPhones + Stuffed Animals = Xachi Pets

A new toy launching fall 2010, Xachi Pets are a cuddly little stuffed animal with glowing animated eyes, an 8-bit speaker, accelerometer, robotic legs and touch-sensitivity. While that sounds interesting enough, even more exciting is that the toy comes with coordinating iPhone/iPod Touch software.

For example, a Xachi can be triggered to dance to music from your device, and there are games that display certain things on the toy and require the user to interact on the iPhone as well as a slew of education-based games. As MobileCrunch explains, it is similar to a Tamagachi (track and maintain its hunger, thirst, health, and happiness), but this is first toy to utilize that sort of technology by way of an iPhone.