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Nokia and Harman - JBL Play Up Portable Wireless Speaker N okia has teamed up with Harman, a supplier of audio systems around the world, to create wireless audio products for the Nokia Lumia Range. Nokia and Harman’s JBL range will include wireless speakers and these can work either by connecting wirelessly to a mobile device through any Lumia phone via Bluetooth or through the next generation Lumia phone based on Windows Phone 8, via NFC. The JBL Play Up Portable Wireless Speaker was first unveiled in Berlin, at the IFA Consumer Electronics Show, looking deceptively and delightfully like a brightly coloured plastic cup. Nokia and Harman have boasted the product as being able to radiate sound in all directions, offering “crystal clear sound”, and delivering “every sonic nuance of the original recording”. Acting as a woofer is its bass port, designed specifically to deliver, with minimal audio air turbulence, the best results in low end sound. The Play Up Portable can be easily used both indoors and outdoors, thanks to maximum output of 89 db. As part of the package comes a 3.5mm headphone connector to connect to any MP3 player, computer, or mobile phone. Based on the Nokia Play 360 Wireless Speaker’s design, the Play Up Portable is available in four different colours - black, white, cyan blue, and bright yellow, and despite its appearance summoning up ideas of fragility and flimsiness, it is actually very durable due to its double-shot plastic body. The Play Up Portable can play up to ten hours of music before needing another charge-up but it also offers a replaceable battery, discreetly hidden in the base of the speaker. And if that wasn’t even enough, there are even more accessories in the form of a 3.5mm audio cable, a micro USB charger, and even a carrying pouch. With this being the first of the collaborations between Nokia and Harman, the JBL Play Up Portable Wireless Speaker is only the

APPLE IPOD Touchand iPodNano

A pple has also unveiled the new iPod Touch and iPod Nano. Much like the iPhone 5, the iPod Touch has been hailed as the thinnest one yet at 6 mm and with a weight of 88 grams, a 4-inch Retina display, a 5 megapixel iSight camera, 40 hours of battery life, and as a final touch, there are five different colours to choose from. The iPod

Nano, in seven different colours to choose from, is the thinnest Nano to be made so far at 5mm thick. It has a 2.5 inch multi-touch display as well as buttons and it even comes with Bluetooth. The iPod Nano comes with Bluetooth-enabled headphones and has a battery life of 30 hours. You can listen to FM radio on the new Nano, and it even has a built-in pedometer. The iSight camera included in the iPod Touch has features such as face detection, video image stabilisation,an LED flash and, just like the iPhone 5, a panorama feature. The iPod Touch even comes with a wrist strap from which the device can hang safely when taking pictures and videos. On the Touch you can visit the App Store and immerse yourself in the availability of over 700,000 apps and the iTunes store which currently offers over 26 million songs, 190,000 episodes of television programmes, 45,000 movies, and 1.5 million books. With three new additions to the Apple collection,many Apple enthusiasts will have their work cut out as they try to decide which of these three new gadgets is right for them. www.apple.com

beginning of what could prove to be a unique and exciting collection. www.nokia.com

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