JBL has released the OnBeat Xtreme, a speaker dock that features a rotating connector for housing an iPad or iPad 2, as well as iPhones and iPods. Designed for people who don’t mind paying for quality, this speaker dock packs serious amount of quality tech behind the eye-catching design.
JBL has unveiled the Jembe, a two-piece multimedia speaker set that “sounds great” without “taking up much space.” Primarily designed for desktop computer use, the Jembe also sports 3.5mm headphone jacks for easily plugging in a headset or a separate audio source without unplugging it from a desktop computer.
If you need a mobile speaker kit that can blast your tunes, then there are hundreds – if not thousands – of choices out there, ranging from cheap, tin can-sounding cans to relatively big portables that can be a little too hard to stuff in a bag. So how does JBL’s OnTour iBT differ from what’s already out there? For starters, when they designed this mobile speaker kit, they really focused on the “mobile” part, thanks to a compact frame, battery powered-running, and the elimination of having to pack (and connect) an audio cable. Also, despite the small frame, it’s a premium kit designed to sound good.
JBL has released the On Beat, which is basically a made-for-iOS speaker dock but with enough space to slot in an iPad as well as the usual iPhone and iPod. The docking interface rests on a hinge, which will let you rotate the connected device sideways for watching videos. The rotating bit works for the iPhone and iPod touch though. iPads will be limited to an upright position.
JBL has just unveiled the On Air, which is basically a speaker-dock… another one of those made-for-Apple speaker docks that are quickly becoming common these days. The features? You can probably enumerate the basics with your eyes closed: iPhone / iPod charging dock, clock radio functions with dual alarms and FM tuner, enhanced with RDS support that enables it to display station data on the screen. So what makes it different? For starters, the design is pretty unique. Or at least relatively unique since we’ve already seen the design on the On Time, which is basically another one of those made-for-Apple speaker docks. So what’s new? Built-in wireless streaming, buddy. This speaker dock was designed to work with Apple’s AirPlay feature, which will let you wirelessly stream music from any computer running iTunes 10.1 (or later), or from any iOS-running device (iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch) running on iOS 4.2. Which makes this kit awesome if you have a number of computers and iOS devices, and you don’t want to have to move and plug in a set of speakers to each and every one of them just to listen to your 80’s Disco Mix.
