DGA reckons a fully charged Livespeakr will work for 16 hours. Ours gave up the ghost after 14 hours of solid use, which still struck us as reasonable. As well as a felt travel bag, the Livespeakr also comes bundled with a mains power/USB adapter.

Also available in white

Currently the Livespeakr is only available direct from the manufacturer in the USA for $85 (£53/€61) and the shipping costs will add a fair old bit to that. Luckily DGA tell us that the Livespeakr will soon be available from a UK distributor and that the target price will be around £50 – still not exactly cheap but, then, Apple products are not aimed at the penurious to begin with and we can see quite a few iPhone and iPod Touch owners thinking that the Livespeakr is worth the outlay.

Verdict

As a travel speaker for the iPhone or iPod the Livespeakr is certainly a clever and well thought out system. The sound quality is rather fine for a device of its type – especially when watching video – while the full shielding against radio frequency/GSM interference means your iPhone can be hooked up to it without resorting to flight mode. ®

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