Griffin Announces ‘AirCurve’; Acoustic Amplifier for the iPhone

by Jody Mitoma on September 21, 2008 at 5:56 pm

Have a gander at Griffin’s newest production for the iPhone, which the company announced at the Apple Expo 2008 expedition, which just ended yesterday, on September 20th. This thing is wireless, sleek, stylish, and small, and best of all, it amplifies your iPhone’s speakers, outputting much louder volume from the device - without wires!

I’ll let Griffin speak for themselves:

AirCurve is a cleverly-designed acoustic amplifier that turns your iPhone into a no-power-drain alarm clock on your nightstand, or a mini sound system that never needs batteries or adapters.

AirCurve looks like a simple, elegantly minimal stand for your iPhone. But inside is a cleverly designed coiled waveguide that collects the sound from the built-in speaker of your iPhone, amplifies it, and projects it into the room. AirCurve’s waveguide has been engineered to deliver amazing amplification — you’ll swear there are full-sized speakers in there.

AirCurve is designed with a pass-through slot that allows you to charge and sync your iPhone by inserting a Griffin Dock Cable (available separately). And AirCurve’s see-through translucent polycarbonate body lets you appreciate the graceful curves inside that do all the work.

Features include:

Acoustically amplifies your iPhone
Custom-engineered waveguide requires no power
Allows syncing/charging using Griffin Dock Cable
Great for nightstand or tabletop
Great for use as a speakerphone

I haven’t had a chance to try out the product myself, so I cannot tell you if it actually works well or not. In fact, this product isn’t available for purchase as of yet, however a price of $19.99 has been announced.

Once released, if any of you actually do get a chance to try out this sleek design by Griffin, please leave us a comment in regards.

(via Griffin Technology)