xpod: tiny speakers fit in your pocket (flag)

technabob.com — Want to share your music when you’re out and about? Sure, you could ask your friends to try on your crusty headphones, or you could reach into your pocket and pull out a pair of these tiny speakers. XPod Active Sound speakers could be the smallest portable speakers I’ve seen ...

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Xpod Active Sound speakers put your pocket change to use
Engadget — ... are also small enough to toss into a bag or pocket and forget about 'em until you want to share a song or, say, a podcast, with someone, and they pack a built-in rechargeable battery that can be topped off using any available USB port. They also shouldn't cause too much heartache if they should mysteriously go missing someday, as they only cost the rough local equivalent of $17, although you can expect to pay a bit more than that if you plan on importing them. [Via technabob] ...

Xpod: Tiny speakers, presumably tiny sound
CrunchGear — ... nano. As such, they couldn’t possibly sound any better than two wires connected to a dirty penny. The two-channel 770mW amp hardly belies that metaphor. Moving on. Any USB port can charge them, so, at the very least, you won’t be scrambling to find batteries when they die during the “good part” of that one Grateful Dead song. They’re only available in Korea. Yup, that’s all I got. It’s gonna be a rough day, I can feel it. via Technabob

XPod active speaker rocks the stereo sound in a stick-of-gum-sized package
DVICE Atom Feed — ... back — just the right size to let you use a coin to prop it up. Just connect the Xpod with your iPod or any music player, and you're good to go. You can even hang the thing around your neck. It looks cool, but how does it sound? Given the much-improved performance of many mini speakers, it's possible it sounds pretty good, but don't expect any thumping bass. Available first in Korea, maybe there's a place for this mini-tech worldwide sometime soon. Via Technabob

XPod Active Speakers: tiny portable stereo audio
SlashGear — ... socket.  Neatest design feature is the coin-groove at the back, which lets you prop up the XPod speakers. You also get a color-matched lanyard to dangle the speakers from around your neck, guaranteed to annoy other travellers on any method of public transport you select.  Sadly only those in Korea will have the opportunity to be annoyed; no word on whether the XPod Active Sound speakers will make it elsewhere. [via technabob] ...

XPod Active Sound Speakers
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... pocket-tiny and even has two piezo buzzers for stereo awful sound. An integrated 770mW amp is powered by a battery, itself juiced-up via USB, though there's no obvious indication of how long you'll get on a charge. That's an immaterial complaint, however, as a more immediate problem presents itself: they are available only in Korea. Surely SkyMall or Hammacher Schlemmer can do something about that. X-Pod [Early Adopter via Technabob]