Parrot intros Parrot Party Bluetooth speaker system
by Donald Melanson 
posted May 30th 2007 at 5:31PM
France's Parrot has busted out yet another device based on their wireless protocol of choice, with its new Parrot Party Bluetooth speaker system providing a smaller, more underpowered alternative to its recently announced Bluetooth Boombox. With nothing more than a pair of 3W speakers, your "party" will likely be somewhat limited, although it does at least boast support for A2DP to pick up stereo audio from any compatible Bluetooth source (a standard RCA input's also included for your non-Bluetooth needs). At just nine inches long and 22 ounces, the device is also a good deal more portable than the twelve pound Boombox, and it promises to pump out the tunes for a full four hours on its built-in, rechargeable battery. If that'll do, you should be able to grab one sometime in July for 119€, or about $160. [Warning: PDF link]
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Filed under: Portable Audio, Wireless
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Spyvie @ May 30th 2007 5:41PM
This could come in handy for lots of things, if it were $29.95
calvin @ May 30th 2007 6:51PM
looks kinda like some sony speakers i saw a while back. pretty cool, but yeah a drop in price would be nice. oh and, 4 hours seems kinda short. that's just my thinking though.
other than that i say i like what i see. hopefully sound is also likeable.
Ryhan @ May 30th 2007 9:59PM
Hey, don't put links like that here, okay? We're not here for Spaml, no matter how attractive it is....
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These would actually be handy if the price wasn't so steep. I would sacrifice sound quality on a "outdoor" speaker system for price, because I could always use earbuds for quality.. :)
Anyways, I have the Samsung K5, which makes decent sound anyways... (Note, I still hate the interface on the K5)
hydrogen_wv @ May 31st 2007 8:53AM
If this were < $50, I'd be all over it.... I ride bike on a paved trail that has a lot of people... You hear "On your left" pretty frequently.. This would be good to have music but still be able to hear people coming up from behind.
Or find a way to attach this thing to my ski jacket so I could have some tunes while skiing without headphones (headphones + skiing = dangerous)