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GEAR4 debuts PocketParty V2 micro speaker system
By LC Angell
Senior Editor, iLounge
Published: Tuesday, February 14, 2006
News Category: iPod Accessories
GEAR4 has announced the PocketParty V2, an updated version of its micro speaker system for iPods. The PocketParty V2, which connects via the dock connector port instead of the headphone jack, puts out 1 watt of stereo sound from its two tiny speakers and plays for up to 10 hours using a single AA battery. It is available in black or white and sells for $39.
“The PocketParty is ideal to break the silence when lying in the park or on the back of a bus; sharing your music with friends has never been easier,” says the company. “The newest member of the PocketParty family offers improved sound appreciation on its predecessors after a painstaking amount of work went into getting the most from its two tiny speakers. The PocketParty is ultra-simple to use, you just plug it into your iPod, switch on and get rocking.â€?  Â
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I have a hard time believing that the sound on these things is anything but mediocre. Does anybody actually own one? I’d like to know if it something that I should or shouldn’t consider buying if I ever find one.
Posted by Werewolf on February 14, 2006 at 9:09 AM (PDT)
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“...great on the back of a bus”.
Yeah, that’s gonna go down really well with all the other poeple on the bus who are just dying to hear your iPod. Who the hell writes this PR blurb?
Posted by Dopial on February 14, 2006 at 4:07 PM (PDT)
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GEAR4 has hit a gold mine with there partypockets. i dopnt have a vidoe ipod but this shood really be good for all ipods. im not to sure about the sound, my dad has somthing simular to this and its sound is great!
Posted by LawnBoy on February 14, 2006 at 5:13 PM (PDT)
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I think what it REALLY comes down to is that if you want to SHARE your iPod with someone or a few someones, let them listen to a video or hear a song while you’re listening to it on-the-go, you’ve got several undesirable choices. Sharing one of your earbuds (yeech) carrying around an extra set of headphones and a splitter (the single pair I have is hard enough to remember and that only works for one extra person) or get one of these and suffer with poorish sound quality, but it’s the lesser of all the evils to me.
iLounge, want to give a rundown of which cases will work with this connected? I’ve got an Agent 18 which bezels the bottom so that, while it’s exposed, you’ll be able to connect things like this without removing the case.
Posted by Ken on February 14, 2006 at 9:55 PM (PDT)
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I wish this used iPod power instead of a battery, or perhaps, allow you to use either. No, you wouldn’t be able to get loud sound, but it would be nice if you could get any sound without need of a battery. Better would be for Apple to include a speaker on future iPods (along with an AM/FM tuner). It doesn’t have to sound fantastic. It’ for occasions when you want to play a video or slideshow for others and let them here the sound/music or if you want to listen/watch a podcast without using headphones, or, with a radio feature too, to listen to the game. This would be a very useful feature.
Posted by sjonke in Maryland, US on February 15, 2006 at 8:50 AM (PDT)
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DANG! I just bought the Macally iPod speaker which is almost the same thing but made by a different company and plugs into the head phone jack instead of the dock port.
First off, I can tell you… THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN HERE THIS ON A CROWDED BUS! I had my speaker and iPod in a restaruant the other day and I couldn’t here it unless I held it up to my hear.
I basically bought the speaker so that both my wife and I can look at vidoes on the ipod without haveing to share earplugs while traveling on airplanes. The speaker works fine in the house but not so great where there are going to be other noises.
This should be a decision that is well thought about before buying… I almost took mine back to the store.
Posted by 3rdEye on February 15, 2006 at 10:36 AM (PDT)