Posts tagged speakers

Jabra, purveyor of absurd and dorky ear-jewelry to corporate stooges the world over, has invented the Solemate, a portable, battery-powered Bluetooth speaker with a sneaker sole glued to the bottom.

Jawbone’s wireless Jambox speaker has been a fan favorite among mobile users for quite some time, and while everything about it rocks, users have been begging for more color choices. Those prayers haven’t fallen on deaf ears, as Jawbone has teased its next iteration of the Jambox: Jambox the Remix.

While speaker docks for iDevices are a dime a dozen, Android speaker docks are few and far between, not to mention expensive. Lucky for you, Target is having an incredible sale on Philips Fidelio Android speaker docks. If you act fast and head into one of your local Target stores, you may be able to grab one at up to 56% off retail.

Let me begin this review by admitting that seeing the words “electric” and “British” close together always seems to conjure up images of an MG or Triumph on fire, with flames pouring out of the engine compartment (apologies to British readers, co-workers, editors or friends I may have offended with this statement. Also my mom).

UK-based DBest’s tiny single, and stereo, Bluetooth speaker models — respectively named PS4001BT ($60) and PS4003BT ($70) — didn’t spark; in fact, apart from a lack of sophistication, the tiny dynamos were surprisingly powerful, packing a powerful audio punch into an almost unbelievably minuscule package — especially in the case of the single-speaker unit, the clear winner of the two models.