Sony Ericson To Out With MS500 Wireless Speaker

After IS800 Bluetooth Headset, Sony Ericson is all ready to roll out yet another interesting accessory – MS500 wireless speaker. MS500 is a 2 watt, bluetooth 2.1 wireless speaker for listening to music. This new wireless speaker is good, but like any gadget or accessory it has its flaws.

First let’s see some good things that the Sony Ericson MS500 wireless speaker has:

•    It connects with almost all devices (except the iPhone and the ubiquitous Nokia)
•    The design is pretty good.
•    Sony Ericson wireless speaker is splash proof
•    If you connect the speaker with any Sony Ericson walkman headset, the resultant voice quality is very good.
•    The reception range is good. (The speakers would play good audio even when the device is in an adjacent closed room).
•    The speaker’s battery life is for 5 hours, which is pretty good.
•    Also, you can use rechargeable batteries in the speaker.

So those were the good features of Sony Ericson’s wireless speaker. Now shortcomings:

•    The speaker doesn’t go with when connected with Nokia cell phone and iPhone, which makes it unsuitable for those with iPhones and Nokia cell phones. (Try using it with some Nokia phone, the voice quality is really bad).
•    The user cannot control the volume of the speaker. To set the volume you need to use your mobile phone.
•    The voice quality is good only for a quite place, not when you are driving your bike or so.

That was a quick review of some advantages and some disadvantages of Sony Ericson’s MS500 wireless speaker. To see what the new wireless speaker looks like, click Sony Ericson MS500 Wireless Speaker.

But the only problem, which is a very strong one, this speaker may encounter is the iPhone mismatch. After all, who would want a speaker, wireless though, that doesn’t go with their iPhones?

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