Parrot PARTY Black Edition Speakers Do Use Near Field Connection

Kit Eaton — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:10:00 EDT

Parrot has come up with a new Black Edition of their PARTY speaker which uses Near Field Communications to connect to audio sources, claiming it's the first commercial speaker system to do this. Basically you don't have to do any complicated Bluetooth paring, just tap your cellphone to the speaker and away you go. It uses a class-D amp, has a 6W power output, a "Stereo Widening" option to create virtual surround sound and its rechargeable batteries will last eight hours. Available in the summer in the UK for around $156. Update: Ok, we thought they did, then we thought they didn't: Parrot contacted us, very sweetly, to say "yes... they are NFC enabled." Hooray. Sorry for the confusion. [Pocket Lint]

Parrot Party Gives You Bluetooth Tunes On Steroids

Charlie White — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:09:04 EDT

This Parrot Party wireless speaker system pumps out a veritable wall of sound for such a tiny unit, even though the 21-ounce system is just nine inches long. It quickly pairs up to any A2DP Bluetooth cellphone, MP3 player or PC and cranks out the tunes with reckless abandon. We just listened to this baby and it sounds surprisingly good.

It'll run on its rechargeable internal battery for four hours—hard to believe it can keep cranking its 2x 6-watt power for that long, but that's what the Parrot people say. Impressive sound in a fun package. Available next month for $170. We like. – Charlie White

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Parrot PARTY Black Edition Speakers Do Use Near Field Connection

Parrot Party Gives You Bluetooth Tunes On Steroids