Asus Pumps Out USB-powered uBoom Notebook Speakers

By Geoff Duncan
August 26, 2009

Asus wants you to feel the beat with its new uBoom series of USB-powered portable speakers - but users might wonder exactly what makes them portable.

Computer maker Asus might be best known for its computers, notebooks, and motherboards, but the company has been in the peripheral and accessory business for a while, and today introduced its uBoom series of portable speaker systems for notebook computers. The good news is that they're powered off a computer's USB port so they don't require separate batteries or a power adapter to operate; the bad news is that for many users, they'll stretch the limits of the word "portable" just a little too far.

The uBoom series consists of two units, the uBoom and the smaller uBoom Q, both features cylindrical designs designed to latch onto the back of a traditional notebook computer in the place of a tradition two-speaker ...

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