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I'm David karna and I'm sure a lot of you know about the Jawbone Jambox wireless speaker well this is the new shrunken down version of it the jawbone mini which is almost half the size of the original and not too much bigger than some smartphones I was particularly impressed with the design the mini looks and feels great the body is a single aluminum enclosure housing stereo drivers and a passive radiator it's available in a mixture of nine different colors and varying grille styles but make no mistake about it this is first and foremost a lifestyle product in shrinking down the original Jambox jaw bones engineers have created a wireless speaker that's designed to be carried around with you wherever you go a constant companion to your smartphone tablet or laptop this thing small enough to fit in a woman's purse or my indiana jones-style murse from water filled bags which scene it's brian Tong has tried to steal from me on numerous occasions you'll find the standard bluetooth speaker features on-board charging via microUSB lining for Wired audio sources and built-in speakerphone capabilities topside buttons provide play/pause and volume controls and the mini includes the same speech cues and live audio sound processing mode found on the other Jambox models you can upload different style voices male or female by connecting the speaker to your computer and ready to go there's also a jawbone app for iOS and one on the way for Android as for battery like jawbone is promising 10 hours of streaming time on a full charge of its integrated lithium ion battery but of course battery life will vary according to how loud do you play the speaker the question of course is does the mini sound any good well that depends on what you're comparing it to there are certainly other small speakers in this price range that sound better and can play louder the Bose Soundlink mini and ue boom for example but at the same time you'd be hard-pressed to find a speaker that's as tiny as the jam box mini that sounds as good as it does I found the mini sound too cleaner than the original damn box and plate as loud enough for some base and can fill a small room with sound but it also has its limitations so don't expect the world from it still I was impressed by how much sound jawbone it was able to get out of a speaker this size was able to improve on the sound of the original while shrinking the speaker down I do think the mini should cost less it's pretty pricey at 179 and would have been nice if jawbone had included some sort of carrying pouch protective cover like it did with the original but other than those gripes as far as tiny bluetooth speakers go the jawbone mini is about as good as it gets I'm David Carr noise thanks for watching