Creative Labs is using Apple’s overwhelming share of the portable media player market to their advantage. Besides their line of ZEN MP3 players that compete directly with Apple’s iPod heavyweights, Creative Labs is expected to release the Creative TravelSound i80 For The iPod Nano worldwide this summer.

From Oh Gizmo!:

It’s basically a portable speaker that serves as a hand-held dock for the Nano. On the back you’ll find the decent sized speaker itself, which is powered by 4 micro drivers and a Class D digital amplifier. Since it’s a powered speaker it will probably be as loud as you’ll ever need, but that also means it’s limited to about 15 hours of use with the rechargeable battery. But as an added convenience there’s a USB port which can not only be used to recharge the battery and the Nano at the same time, but can also be used to sync with iTunes without having to remove the iPod.

A smart, humble move by Creative.