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The JBL PowerUp is not an ordinary Bluetooth speaker because it is designed specifically for the new Nokia Lumia 920/820. The wireless speaker has a Qi wireless charging point so that you can just leave your brand new Windows Phone on top for an extra juice. The JBL PowerUp Wireless Charging Speaker is available in a variety of colors to match Nokia’s Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 cases. The JBL PowerUp supports both Bluetooth and NFC. Unfortunately, there is no info on pricing at this moment. [Nokia]

JBL has announced a new line of soundbars for home theater fans looking for deep bass and high-quality sound without taking up a lot of room. The new line includes the JBL Cinema SB 100, SB 200, and SB 400 soundbars. The devices are designed to bring surround sound performance to flat TVs ranging from 32 to 46-inches in size.

All of the devices in the range have an equalization switch that optimizes the audio performance for the soundbar when it’s mounted on the wall or placed on a table. The high-end SB 400 has a separate wireless subwoofer that can be placed anywhere in a room for superior bass. The SB 200 has an integrated subwoofer while the low-end SB 100 has an RCA output to add a separate powered subwoofer.

The sound bars have dual integrated woofers for enhanced bass, and the SB 100 and 200 models have a Bass Boost button to optimize low frequency performance. The midrange SB 200 and high-end SB 400 both have integrated Bluetooth allowing users to stream music and other content from Apple, Android, or other Bluetooth compatible gadgets.

The SB 100 features dual woofers, dual tweeters, and an integrated amplifier with two 30 W channels. It uses the existing TV remote and will sell for $199. The SB 200 features Bluetooth, dual 60-watt amps, two woofers, and two tweeters. It will sell for $299. The SB 400 has the same features as the SB 200 with the addition of a separate eight-inch 200-watt wireless subwoofer. The system has an MSRP of $549.

JBL launches new Cinema Series soundbars is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Nokia’s new Lumia 920 may have stolen the show this morning while they announced a few new handsets, but the accessories Nokia brought to the market along with their new phones deserve a quick look too. We have wireless charging in multiple ways, NFC speaker docks from JBL and more so check them out below along with some hands-on and first impressions.

First we’ll start with the just announced JBL Power Up wireless speaker. This new speaker doesn’t have a dock, well, because it doesn’t need one. This is as wireless as it gets featuring both NFC capabilities for wireless media playback, and wireless charging with compatible Lumia devices too. JBL partnered with Lumia and the Qi wireless technology to produce a neat accessory here. Just tap the phone and speaker together for some NFC goodness to start streaming your favorite song, or lay your Lumia right on top and charge it at the same time. This is quite the cord-cutting accessory.

Then since we are talking about cord cutting they also detailed multiple other wireless charging systems too. Nokia also announced their own Lumia Wireless charging pads using the same Qi charging we’ve seen from others like HP and Palm. This still hasn’t taken off like many had hoped, but Nokia seems to be putting forth tons of effort in the technology. We have hands-on video showing off their charging system that will be available shortly.

When we said Nokia is going all in on wireless charging we meant it. They partnered with JBL above, and even with Fatboy to announce a wireless charging “pillow”. Yea this is actually a soft microfiber pillow with the Qi charging standard built-in. This will be a nice and comfy place to set your lovely Yellow or Cyan Lumia 920, and they’ve partnered with Virgin Atlantic, Coffee Bean, and Tea Leaf to get these pillows in lounges nationwide. Yes they want you to be able to charge your Lumia while hanging out at the coffee shop — again all wirelessly.

Then while it isn’t an accessory in the usual standards the Lumia 820 also announced today will support a wide array of colors and battery covers. This will add the wireless charging options to that budget smartphone to join the 920, and they’ll be offering multiple colors such as black, yellow, cyan, purple and more. Then lastly just like leaks all last week Nokia has partnered with Monster to offer the same bright colors in multiple NFC capable wireless headphones as you can see below.

The Nokia event has just wrapped up earlier today and we’ll continue to bring you more details and hands-on video as the day continues.

Nokia Lumia accessories and wireless charging hands-on is written by Cory Gunther & originally posted on SlashGear.
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JBL just kicked out a pair of new accessories to go with that new Nokia Lumia 920. The Power Up speaker does more than just start Bluetooth music sharing over NFC — it has a Qi wireless charging point so that you can just leave your shiny new Windows Phone on top for an extra jolt of energy without looking for that FatBoy pillow. We’ll provide more details as they emerge following Nokia’s special event.

Dana Wollman contributed to this report.

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Nokia has teamed up with famed audio company JBL to come up with a tantalizing array of audio accessories, where the first fruits of the collaboration has resulted in the JBL PlayUp Portable Wireless Speaker. This new pair of speakers will definitely conjure up memories of the NFC-enabled Nokia Play 360° portable speakers that were released sometime last year. Sporting bright colors in a cylindrical design, the JBL PlayUp Portable Wireless Speaker will feature double-shot plastic that certainly adds that element of added durability to the overall design. After all, if a speaker is meant to be portable, we should not have to worry about it cracking or breaking like a set of fine china, should we?

Underneath the hood, JBL’s expertise in audio know-how comes into play, where it boasts of a maximum output of 89dB, making it ideal to share your favorite tunes with those around, whether it be an open space or right there in your living room. There should also be no issue at all concerning the relatively diminutive size of this speaker, since it comes with a specially designed bass port that functions as a woofer. (more…)

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