As its name suggests, the Beats Pill looks like a medicinal gel capsule found on any drug store shelve. This Bluetooth wireless speaker features four drivers and an aux-in jack. The Beats Pill can be used as a speakerphone. Its USB-rechargeable lithium-ion battery provides around 8.5 hours of operating time. The Beats Pill Bluetooth speaker will be released on September 28th, 2012 for £170 ($276). [Engadget]
The Beats by Dr. Dre badge has usually been attached to headphones and the occasional laptop or smartphone. We’ve never really seen it attached to dedicated speakers, however, and that’s where both an FCC filing and a sighting at UK retailer HMV’s online store raise a few eyebrows. The House that Dre Built appears on the edge of launching the Beats Pill, a Bluetooth wireless speaker with four drivers and a shape that more than explains the medicinal name. While we don’t know just how much of that signature Beats thump we’ll get, we do know from the FCC that the Pill can serve as a speakerphone, carries an aux-in jack and will last for a typical 8.5 hours on its USB-rechargeable lithium-ion battery. There’s also signs of a red version of Beats’ Mixr headphones coming at the same time. HMV has publicly scoured its pages of any trace of a ship date or price for the Pill, but cached copies point to a £170 ($276) price and a release around September 28th — not necessarily trustworthy figures, but they may be in the ballpark. Our only question is whether or not we’ll get a dose of the Pill in the US.
[Thanks, Germaine]
Gallery: Beats Pill speaker (unofficial)
Filed under: Peripherals, Portable Audio/Video
Beats Pill Bluetooth speaker spotted at FCC and HMV: take one and call Dr. Dre in the morning originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Coca-Cola and Beats by Dr. Dre have joined together to release the EKOCYCLE headphones. These headphones are made from recycled materials to help raise environmental awareness amongst the younger generation. The EKOCYCLE brand will premiere its first 60 seconds television commercial on August 1st, 2012 in the U.S. market during the telecast of the Summer Olympic Games. The Beats by Dr. Dre EKOCYCLE headphones are priced at around $349. [Press Release]
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