When it comes to streaming from your phone to something with some more muscle, there are a lot of options on the market. This year, Sony is taking a page out of Nokia's playbook with a slew of speakers and headsets enabled with Bluetooth 3.0, NFC, apt-X codec support, and speakerphone capabilities. The devices run the gamut from a racquetball-sized orb, to a purse-shaped speaker, to a premium $299 sound bar with a built-in subwoofer.
The spherical SRS-BTV5 will cost $69 when it launches and pumps out some OK sound despite its diminutive size. It’s a little tinny, and is prone to cracking at high volumes, but syncing with NFC is super simple, and the 360-degree sound means you won’t have to worry about the seating arrangement when you decide to rock out. The built-in battery only lasts for five hours, though.
Sony's NSZ-GS7 Google TV box didn't hugely impress us last year, but a new accessory could breathe some life into it. The company has announced the new NSG-MR7U remote, of which the headline feature is a microphone that allows for voice-activated commands. Otherwise it sounds similar to the existing Sony Google TV remotes, with a backlit QWERTY keyboard on one side and a trackpad on the other. We'll make sure to check out how the new remote improves — or otherwise — Sony's Google TV implementation later in the week.
Nexus phablet breeeh???! I will gladly toss my n4 in the bushes. I just got this phone
so I got the N4 and playing around with it.
not impressed. im sure its good and all but its my first smartphone so
so I got the N4 and playing around with it.
not impressed. im sure its good and all but its my first smartphone so i cant appreciate exactly how good it is compared to inferior specimens
so I got the N4 and playing around with it.
not impressed. im sure its good and all but its my first smartphone so i cant appreciate exactly how good it is compared to inferior specimens