Portable speakers are awesome. And while I'm not sure if Scosche's BoomCan is awesome without testing it, it's not going to cost much to find out: the little pocket-sized speaker is just $25.

The BoomCan has a single 35mm driver, mounted in a cylinder and pointing upwards. It hooks up to any device using a 3.5mm jack, and runs for up to seven hours on its rechargeable li-ion battery. It also has a line-out connection so you can daisy-chain a bunch of speakers together.

I have almost stopped using my proper home-stereo speakers. It's just too convenient to beam music over Bluetooth the a SuperTooth Disco or a JawBone JamBox, and the sound is good enough. The BoomCan needs a wire, and is unlikely to come anywhere near the sound quality of a $200 speaker, but it's still rather handy. And one thing is pretty certain: There's no way on Earth that this could sound worse than the speaker built into the iPad 2.

BoomCan product page [Scosche. Thanks, Mark!]

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