Tiny Travel Speaker From IXOS October 18, 2007

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IXOS, a company that generally doesn’t do budget-anything, has launched range of dinky little travel speakers.

The second product in its new “First By IXOS” budget brand - after the pretty and cheap XMI308 iPod dock - is the colourful XMM238 travel speaker, which runs off batteries and is designed to externalise the tunes held on your laptop, iPod or other MP3 player.

Using 4 AA batteries, it will deliver up to 8 hours of playback and, while the 2W speaker is not exactly built for a rave, it should work fine as long as the room isn’t too big and you’re not too far away. Using it with your laptop is a less costly affair since it can be powered off the USB port.

The wee cube speaker boasts two side-facing drivers to deliver a wider sound field – or as wide as you can expect from a little square box. Weighing in at 130g, it measures 7 x 7 x 7cm.

Available now in places like HMV and Halfords, the speaker [including cables] comes in white, black or pink and costs £15.-Martin Lynch

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