Neoneco’s Active Speakers Aren’t Actually Bad

by Eric March on July 24, 2008 at 11:28 am

The most significant issue with the iPod Touch compared to the iPhone — as with any iPod — is its lack of speakers, and the portable speaker solutions have so far been pretty lackluster; they’ve tended to be rather bulky, and being powered by the headphone jack or dock connector, they end to be a bit on the quiet side.

Korean manufacturer Neoneco seems to understand this, so they have not only devised a set of speakers that are actually portable to a realistic degree, and rather attractive to boot, they’re powered. The iPod Swing Speakers are effectively Crystal-style cases with attached speakers and have their own rechargeable Lithium Ion battery pack that Neoneco rates at about 10 hours of play time (though they don’t say at what volume level this rating is based on). Aesthetically they’re actually rather nice looking — despite my objections to plastic cases, which don’t really count since these needn’t be used specifically as your every-day protection.

They’re available for the Nano, Classic and Touch. Their product page has approximately zero information (other than an image of the Nano version) but the good folks at Aving have managed to squeeze a few more details.

The good news is that they are quite inexpensive, setting you back a mere 29,000KRW (US $29) for the Nano version, 32,000KRW (US $32) for the iPod Classic, and 35,000KRW (US $36) for the iPod Touch. The bad news is that they’re currently only available in Korea, and there is currenrtly no word if we’ll be seeing them on this continent soon — but here’s hoping.  Check the article image for a larger preview.

(via Aving USA)

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