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pillows makes a number of portable wireless bluetooth speakers but the dot which retails for around fifty dollars online is one of the company's most unique looking models bowl shaped and ribbed fills bills the dot as both water and shock resistant comes in multiple color options and can be stood up vertically or propped up at an angle what's kind of cool is that there's a sensor inside that automatically pauses your music when you flip the speaker over on its head I'm not sure why a simple pause button wouldn't suffice but hey it's something different hi I'm David carnal and yes I review a lot of Bluetooth speakers here at C net my take on this model is pretty simple I give it a high marks for its design but I can't say I was blown away by its sound for an affordable speaker it performs pretty well but it's just not all that crisp sounding and will distort when you crank the volume and around 1.3 pounds with a single three-inch driver inside it's got a bit of heft to it though it's certainly not heavy I see people using it indoors say in a kitchen or bedroom and then bring it out to the patio or pool you could take it on the road but it's a little bulky to carry around in a laptop bag as far as features go beyond the aforementioned flip to pause feature there's a built-in microphone for speaker phone calls which is nice and a call answer and button on top the speaker along with volume controls this is a Bluetooth 2.1 speaker and has a micro USB port that doubles as an audio input with an included cable to prevent that port from getting wet it's hidden behind a removable rubber gasket battery life is rated at 8 hours which is about average for this type of speaker it does play pretty loud for its size and has some bass just not the fullest or tightest bass it's fine for playing background music though not critical listening as I said ultimately its biggest strength is its design so if you like the way it looks it's certainly worth considering at its modest price point I'm David Carr noise and that's the Phillips dot wireless Bluetooth speaker thanks for watching