I'm a sucker for Bluetooth speakers. They make it so easy to play music straight from my iPad or -- when my slightly weird friends come to visit -- from Android cellphones. No cables, no annoying Wi-Fi AirPlay delays, just simple music. And when the speakers look as good as the HiddenRadio & Bluetooth Speaker, I'm doubly interested.
It's also dead simple to use. Resembling an oversized cap from a spray-can, you switch it on by twisting the whole thing. The cap spirals up and moves away from the main body, creating more volume inside so the sound volume increases too (up to 80dB).
The HiddenRadio also contains ad AM-FM radio (hence the name), doubles as a speakerphone and has a battery which should last up to 30 hours. It is currently up for funding on Kickstarter, but far from being a brand new project, the designers --John Van Den Nieuwenhuizen and Vitor Santa Maria -- have been working on the HiddenRadio speaker for four years.
If you have any kind of mobile device which you use for games, music or movies, you need a portable speaker. And this one looks as good as any. You can either pledge $119 to the Kickstarter project, or wait and pay $175 if and when it goes into production.
Hidden Radio & BlueTooth Speaker [Kickstarter]
