Kinyo DS-350 speakers play music off your USB stick

From the "why aren't more companies doing this?" department comes Kinyo's DS-350 USB flash disk drive speaker, which can play MP3s and WMAs from USB flash drives, despite being in an enclosure the size of an average MP3 player dock. This particular example is a rather unimpressive one, being that the USB port's location means your stick will jut out, the speakers are only rated at 2 Watts total output, and it runs off 4 AA batteries (yuck!). Anyway, it's still nice to see companies come out with gadgets that give the owner a little more choice about what they can plug in: the DS-350 is shipping now for around $40, so if you're looking to give your flash drive a tinny soundtrack, then go ahead and snap one up.

[Via Chipchick]

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 11th 2007 10:19PM]

Alot of home theater recievers can play music via USB.

I have an RCA 5-disk changer DVD with 5.1 home theater sound in my bedroom and it has this ability.

If The BOSE SOUNDDOCK had this feature I'd get one for my classroom.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 11th 2007 10:27PM]

This was definitely NOT the 1st company to do this... I own a cheap Coby POS and it has USB input and it does actually work pretty well. Its output is also greater and it has a CD Player + Radio:

Link @ CobyUSA.com
http://www.cobyusa.com/_en/prod_item.php?item=MPCD475&pcat=portaudio&pscat=mp3&pscat2=

A quick Google Search will show u the price for this is ~$30...
I suggest Engadget starts reporting news not old news...

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 11th 2007 10:26PM]

2 Watts? 2 Watts?!

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 11th 2007 10:28PM]

What someone really needs to make is a USB Drive adapter that is very very small, that fits on to the end of your USB Drive. All the little thing would have would be basic controls and a headphone jack. I guess it needs a small battery to power it too. I would buy that in a sec, if it were say $15 or so.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 11th 2007 10:30PM]

How about a dock that lets you plug a USB iPod adapter in?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 11th 2007 10:51PM]

HOW ABOUT a STUN GUN that is hidden inside a USB stick which charges convieniently in your PC or your Xbox360/PS3/Wii ?

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 11th 2007 10:54PM]

How about they change the MALE - FEMALE ports around so that the computer has the male portion inside a cover and the usb stick has the Female end.

This way people could stop bending their USB stick's MAle end and thus ruining the entire device.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 11th 2007 11:20PM]

Yeah, that way people will ruin the male part on their computer instead, paying hundreds to get the stupid thing fixed...

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 11th 2007 11:47PM]

I believe Big meant that it would be recessed inside of the device, it wouldn't be too hard to do, thought it would probably look pretty silly.

[(Unverified) Posted Jun 12th 2007 2:15AM]

Well, actually, if U see closely, you will find that so is the case.