The iPod Touch makes an admirable replacement for an iPhone, especially if you don’t care for ridiculously high data charges. But it comes with several disadvantages: You need to find a Wi-Fi hotspot when out and about, you don’t get…
The iPod Touch makes an admirable replacement for an iPhone, especially if you don’t care for ridiculously high data charges. But it comes with several disadvantages: You need to find a Wi-Fi hotspot when out and about, you don’t get a camera (it’s a crappy camera, sure, but good for taking notes) and, least often mentioned, there’s no speaker, making impromptu YouTube shows a distinctly private affair.
Korean manufacturer Neoneco addresses this problem with its Swing Speaker, a battery powered add-on for the iPods Nano and Classic along with the Touch. The battery life is a claimed 10 hours, but that battery also means that the speakers are active instead of the tinny passive speakers we normally find in this form factor.
These have just been released in Korea for $29 (Nano), $32 (Classic) and $36 (Touch). If they ever head West and sound half decent, I’m in: The price and size are just about perfect.
Product page [Neoneco via Aving]
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