Digital Home Thoughts: Altec Lansings inMotion Air Speaker Streams Music Up To 100 Yards

"It's rare that we find an iPod or PMP speaker that interests us, but, believe it or not, it happened at the Altec Lansing booth at Digitial Experience this week. The company was showing off its inMotion Air speaker, which allows you to stream music from your computer via a special wireless dongle. When connected to a computer via the adaptor, the inMotion Air has a range of 100 yards to stream playlists, internet radio or other audio content."

I have a portable wireless bluetooth speaker that I use on my travels so I can listen to music in my hotel room, and I have always been impressed by the distance my mobile phone can be away from the speaker and it still play the music clearly. However, 100yds is a seriously impressive distance to transmit music. Admittedly this requires a proprietary usb stick to be in your PC to achieve the 100yds, but nevertheless, it's still a long way. It is portable, though it looks a little big to me, and it can run on it's own rechargable battery for approximately 7hrs, and connects to your mobile devices via bluetooth. Pricing is expected to be $200 and available from Radioshack and Altec's own website.