Saturday 8 October 2011

JBL ships UFO-style iBT Bluetooth speaker

JBL ships UFO-style iBT Bluetooth speaker:



The battery-powered JBL On Tour iBT includes an iPad stand--but not an iPad--for $199.99.


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JBL)


Add one more portable Bluetooth speaker to the growing list as JBL has announced that its mini UFO speaker, the On Tour iBT, is now available for $199.99.


The On Tour iBT weighs slightly more than a pound, is battery-powered and comes with a tabletop stand to "display an iPad in portrait or landscape mode so it can serve as an impromptu home theater or the audio output to a video conference."


While JBL is certainly eyeing iPad owners as its target audience, the unit works just fine with Android tablets and smartphones, as well as any other Bluetooth-enabled devices (it works with the common A2DP and AVRCP Bluetooth profiles).


JBL says the On Tour iBT features four Odyssey full-range neodymium transducers with computer-optimized DSP (digital signal processing) equalization "for richly detailed, 360-degree sound." The unit also has a built-in microphone so it can be used as a speakerphone for conference calls, and it's powered by four AA batteries or an included AC adapter.


A fresh set of those batteries will get you up to 5 hours of playback time at full volume, but it's a shame the unit isn't... [Read more]



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