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.
Here’s the scenario: you love your portable console, but you’d rather not use a pair of crappy earphones that shut you off from the rest of the world. Problem is, the built-in speakers on your mobile device pretty much sucks. Solution? Razer’s Ferox speaker kit, which is basically a pair of portable stereo speakers that feature 360-degree omni-directional sound. They’re also pretty compact so they’ll pretty much go wherever your gaming device goes.
Jabra’s new line of speakerphones is headlined by the CRUISER2, a wireless speakerphone kit that should help you keep your hands on the wheel while you take calls in your car. The device is basically a mic/speaker unit that connects through Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, and sports dual microphones to improve audio clarity, and a voice feature that reads out incoming callers from your address book.
Here’s a nice place to park your iPad: a high-end speaker dock that’s designed to actually sound good. Sure it looks decent enough too, but here’s what separates this speaker dock from hundreds of others: a Bluetooth connection that will let you wirelessly stream sound from your iOS device to the dock. That’s a pretty handy feature to have when a game requires you to madly tilt or tap away at the screen.
