Jeremy Charette
07-28-2005, 05:30 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review2911.html' target='_blank'>http://reviews.designtechnica.com/review2911.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"I rarely use the clock radio in a hotel room. One, I don’t trust that it will work, and two, I don’t want to spend the time figuring out the typically Byzantine path to programming it. Lately I’ve been using my cell phone for an alarm, but I prefer music to the beep of my Treo. And I prefer my music to what plays on most commercial radio stations. The confluence of these preferences leads me to Philips’ ShoqBox Personal Sound System: A combination alarm clock, speaker system and MP3 player in a travel-size case."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/20050725_0901541.gif" /> <br /><br />DesignTechnica has published a review of the Philips ShoqBox PSS110, which is a travel size combo MP3 player, alarm clock/radio, and speaker system. Like most "all-in-one" units, it performs each of these functions "ok", but doesn't do anything particularly well. It's also far more expensive than your average flash mp3 player, portable clock/radio, or portable speakers. The kicker: it locked up at the end of their review. Looks like it's back to the drawing board for Philips. :roll: