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Gear4 StreetParty Size 0: Ultra-skinny iPod speakers

Crave Campers and fans of, well, thin stuff -- take notice. Gear4's forthcoming StreetParty Size 0 is an iPod speaker system that's only 16mm thick.The peeps from Gear4 were kind enough to pop by our swanky new offices yesterday to give us a glimpse of...

Tags: gear4, speaker, sound quality, pop

11 May 2007, 11:00

Gear4 Blustream RX: Hi-fi Bluetooth puck

Crave Gear4 popped by Crave yesterday to talk about a super-secret new product (which we're not allowed to talk about -- but you will be excited when we can). We were also given the company's brand-new Bluetooth receiver for hi-fi systems.

Tags: gear4, bluetooth, talk, fi

17 April 2008, 11:34

Hands-on with the Gear4 StreetParty Size 0 iPod speakers

Crave Thin is in. You know it, right? Gear4 knows it, and in response it has released a speaker dock with dimensions that are usually reserved for supermodels -- the StreetParty Size 0. It's so thin, in fact, it even gives that Flat Stanley bloke a run...

Tags: gear4, dock, twin, remote control

21 August 2007, 11:27

Hands-on with Gear4's Blackbox wireless speakers

Crave Wires and wired connections are for old people, the mentally challenged and the Amish -- all the cool people are using wireless stuff. Wireless technology is the connectivity of choice in today's prisons since, unlike Ethernet, it's virtually...

15 October 2007, 13:09

Hands-on with the Gear4 Bass Station iPod boombox

Crave For those of you who haven't spent the rest of your spare cash on discounted Easter eggs from Woolworths, take a glance at Gear4's new iPod speaker system -- the Bass Station. It's £99-worth of speaker, and we've just been sent one to play with.

Tags: gear4, speaker, bass, hi fi

26 March 2008, 11:42

Hands-on with the Gear4 Duo: What the dock-tor ordered

Crave When Gear4 told us it was holding its most exciting product launch to date, we knew we were in for a little treat. It came to show us its swanky new Duo in private, weeks before said launch, so we've had a chance to form a solid opinion already.

Tags: gear4, speaker, sub, duo

8 May 2008, 16:00

Hands-on with the Gear4 StreetParty III: Festival's friend

Crave The last Gear4 StreetParty we got jiggy with was the StreetParty Size 0, and when it was just the two of us we had a pretty good time. Yeah, sorry for another helping of Will Smith references, but we were just told the Big Willie is in London later...

Tags: gear4, smith, festivals, streetparty

18 June 2008, 11:18

Gear4 HouseParty Blu: Trendy Bluetooth iPod speakers

Crave Gear4 visited us last week. Among an array of exciting iPod products was the company's HouseParty Blu. We've previously covered the HouseParty 3 speaker system, but the HouseParty Blu comes with a snazzier design and Bluetooth capabilities.

Tags: gear4, bluetooth, speakers, speaker

24 May 2007, 11:15

Gear4 BluEye: Introduce your iPod to your mobile phone

Crave Here's how it goes: you're on the train, listening to music through your noise-cancelling, world-excluding, hear-no-evil headphones -- because that's the only way to make commuting bearable. Your phone rings.

Tags: weight, remote control, displayed, switch

27 November 2006, 11:27

Gear4 HouseParty 4: No hi-fi, but worth a high five

Crave You iPod speaker fans out there may well remember Gear4's HouseParty 3 from last year. Like Lily 'I'm so wacky, you never know what I'll do next' Allen's new pink hair, it's not without its flaws, but on the whole it's definitely something you'd...

Tags: gear4, speaker, bedroom, allen

4 June 2008, 9:25

Gear4 BluPhones: Music without the wires

Crave Wires are the bane of music-lovers' lives. If you're not spending hours untangling your headphones, you're pulling them out of your mobile phone of MP3 player by mistake. Fortunately, something called A2DP -- aka stereo Bluetooth -- is putting a...

Tags: gear4, bluetooth, hands, stereo

11 April 2007, 11:30

Gear4 HouseParty 3: It's here, it's Gear(4), get used to it

Crave Gear4's new HouseParty 3 is an iPod-ready speaker system that's proud to be loud. For a system that on first glance appears decidedly shy and retiring, this curvy little number packs a surprising 30W of amplification.

Tags: gear4, radio, speaker, houseparty

21 March 2007, 10:00

Win a GEAR4 HouseParty 24/7 iPod speaker system!

Crave If you got a new MP3 player for Christmas, chances are you and your latest beau have already developed a very strong bond indeed. You've probably spent countless hours wrapped in its tangling wire, stroking its shiny metal casing and hanging on to...

Tags: speaker, speaker system, digital living, houseparty

4 January 2007, 8:00

The 12 Days of iPod Christmas: part two

Crave On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love sent to mean XtremeMac Micro Memo for my iPod video More info: XtremeMacAvailable from: iWorldPrice: £31.99 How do I love thee? Let me record the ways. I love thee to the very depth and breadth and...

22 December 2006, 9:16

Altec Lansing inMotion SoundBlade: If your tent's rocking

Crave With festival season just around the corner -- don't forget your wellies, kids -- it's time to look at battery-operated speakers. One of our favourites for times when size is of critical importance is Gear4's StreetParty Size 0 -- its thin form...

Tags: altec lansing, operation, battery, bluetooth

16 April 2008, 11:41