Vers 1Q Palm-Sized Wireless Portable Speaker

Vers has been around for a while now handcrafting speakers with bamboo and wood enclosures. Vers' new 1Q is a beautifully designed, wireless Bluetooth portable speaker that's small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and can connect to any audio device. Vers' 1Q is only 3" in diameter and shaped in a polished and rounded off cube shape, similar to that of NuForce's aluminum Cube speaker. The 1Q's powerful and custom tuned 2" driver along with a handcrafted solid wood cabinet promise room filling, warm natural sound.

The 1Q has a 30-foot wireless range, and features a rechargeable battery for 10-hours of battery life, USB charger, 3.5mm input and also has a built-in auto switching capability to convert from mono to stereo audio when two units are linked to create a micro stereo. The 1Q comes in Walnut wood, Bamboo as well as in a limited edition red Beech wood. It'll retail for $120 when it starts shipping this Fall. You can pre-order a 1Q speaker right now starting at $95 over at Kickstarter.

Cubedge Edge.Sound Portable Wireless Speaker

Cubedge has created a worthy competitor to Jawbone's Jambox dubbed Edge.Sound. This Bluetooth wireless speaker is portable, stylish and has the same form factor of the Jambox only with a more, cutting edge style to it. The Edge.Sound will work with any device that supports Bluetooth music streaming including Windows Phone, Android, BlackBerry and iOS devices. Cubedge's Edge.Sound speaker does strike our fancy with a sleek yet edgy rubbery housing and sand blasted aluminum speaker grille design. It also features a built-in mic for hands-free call and chat making, top music playback button controls, 10-hour battery life and a sweet aluminum enclosure package.

What about the sound you ask? Cubedge isn't letting out much detail about the specifications other than promising us all big sound in a small package, capable of easily filling up the most enormous room you've got in your home. We've heard that before, and as far as we know it, that's definitely a trusted saying. The Edge.Sound speaker is available to pre-order in a black, white and gray starting at $130 over at Kickstarter.

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Jawbone Big Jambox Speaker Is Insanely Good Looking, Big & Thumpy

Big Jambox is big. Jawbone's portable and lovable Jambox Bluetooth speaker took some pills, and now it's bigger and much louder. Jawbone has announced its  Big Jambox wireless speaker today which is now available to pre-order at $300, and will hit retailers on May 15. Jawbone's Big Jambox continues the uber stylish design of the Jambox with three different styles and colors to pick from. Despite its huge, size, the Big Jambox is still very much a portable wireless speaker. 

Jawbone's Big Jambox is compatible with any device that supports A2DP Bluetooth audio streaming, and features additional on-board playback and volume controls across the top, a built-in rechargeable battery that will last up to 15 hours of party rocking, a 360-degree omnidirectional microphone with echo-cancellation for speakerphone functionality and two passive bass radiators and two stereo acoustic drivers for hi-fi sound full of clarity and richness at any volume. 

Zooka Wireless Silicone Speaker Bar Slips On Your iPad

Kickstarter is full of great new products waiting to be funded by consumers who like what they see. The Zooka is yet another promising Kickstarter project that has caught our attention. The Zooka is a portable Bluetooth wireless speaker with Jambox-like volume and power controls infused into its durable, medical grade-silicone tubular body. It can connect to virtually any Bluetooth audio source, but its most unique feature is that it can slip onto any iPad with or without a Smart Cover while propping it at an angle for a better, hand-free viewing angle. It can also be used on top of any MacBook screen without interfering with the camera lens.

The Zooka's dual speaker configuration will outperform the sound level output of the iPad by as much as five times. Not much else was said about the speakers themselves as far as specifications. The Zooka is powered using a built-in rechargeable battery that's capable of holding a charge for more than 8 hours of music streaming and also has a 3.5mm audio input. This speaker has all the right ideas to become a hot product we might see at Apple stores. Let's just hope the audio quality is worth it all. You'll be able to pre-order a Zooka for $89 in various colors. Check out the Zooka Kickstarter page for more. 

Spar Intros Zephyr Bluetooth Wireless Speakers That Charge Gadgets

A brand new company called Spar is getting ready to release some juicy wireless speakers out into the wild that not only play your tunes wirelessly over Bluetooth, but also pack a built-in rechargeable battery which acts as a battery backup charger that lets you charge any device via USB. Spar's Zephyr wireless speakers comes in three models that feature speakerphone functionality, battery backup charging features and a 3.5mm audio input. The high-end Zephyr 550 features an aluminum enclosure, two custom drivers for room filling studio quality sound and a 3000mAh rechargeable battery for $159.99. The Zephyr 500 has a soft-touch rubber coated plastic enclosure and also features two custom drivers but with a 1500mAh rechargeable battery for $129.99.

Spar's Zephyr 300 wireless speaker has a pocket-sized design and is more affordable at $99.99, and features a soft-touch rubber coated plastic enclosure with an 800mAh rechargeable battery. All three models are now available to pre-order and will ship in mid-December.

Libratone Debuts AirPlay Enabled Lounge & Live Speakers

Amongst the sea of AirPlay enabled audio speakers and docks, the European high-end sound systems makers Libartone has announced a few of its own gorgeous and well designed AirPlay enabled wireless speakers with simplistic Scandinavian design and made from hand picked materials that include Italian cashmere, wool, satin plated chrome and wood. Libratone is releasing both of its AirPlay boasting Lounge and Live wireless speakers in the US for all to enjoy state-of-the-art sound and stream their music thru iTunes on a Mac or PC as well as any iOS device over a WiFi network. The Libratone Lounge is geared towards living in your living room space and can be hooked up to your TV for a 360 degree Hi-Fi sound experience.

Libratone's smaller and more portable Live speaker also utilizes Libratone's FullRoom technology found in the Lounge speaker to output sound in a 360 degree angle. Both Live and Lounge are available now in a variety of colors for $699 and $1,299, while you should expect to drop more for the cashmere models.

Bose SoundLink Portable Speaker Streams Your Tunes Wirelessly

Bose just went all fancy pants on us with its newly released SoundLink portable speaker that can stream your music wirelessly over Bluetooth supporting the A2DP profile. Looks like Bose fell in love with Apple's Smart Cover idea and decides to incorporate a very similar idea into the SoundLink with fancy colored leather speaker covers that magnetically attach to the front face keeping the speaker protected while in transport and can turn the SoundLink speaker on and off while at the same time also serve as the device's stand when flipped underneath. How very neat. Bose's aluminum finished SoundLink portable speaker is so fancy it will set you back a cool $300. And that's only for the SoundLink with a nylon cover. Thinking about a more luxurious leather cover? That will be an additional $50.

There is a bit of audio magic behind the SoundLink's hood though. Bose's very own proprietary slim speakers deliver powerful sound using 2 dual-opposing passive radiators that promise deep lows and clear detailed sound quality. A built-in user replaceable, rechargeable battery should last up to 8 hours with the option to use the supplied wall adapter. It'll work with any Bluetooth device out there supporting the A2DP Bluetooth profile while also boasting an Auxiliary back input. The SoundLink portable speaker is available now with additional covers to be sold separately as well. Jawbone's Jambox is in for some steep competition.