Boombox

Sam Beck from Portland, Oregon-based Blueshift has unveiled his latest portable Bluetooth speaker that can be charged within five minutes and boasts a rated lifetime of 500,000 charges thanks to being powered by supercapacitors.

Pyle Audio is looking to update the ghetto blaster for the wireless age with its Street Blaster. Ditching the rectangular boombox styling of the '80s, the unit adopts a cylindrical form factor that makes it look like something Geordi La Forge pulled out of the USS Enterprise's warp core.

In the world of Bluetooth speakers, there are many different shapes, sizes and companies to choose from. In this buying guide we'll help you navigate the great wide Bluetooth sea.

What's cooler than a boom box for loads of street cred? A boom box powered with solar energy, of course. Aron Zingman, a designer from Cambridge, Massachusetts, has created just that – an updated version of the 80s music-playing icon, called the ZingBox.

SOUL Elctronics has announced the immediate availability of its feature-rich Party in a box P910 wireless boombox.

TDK has updated its Life on Record Boombox and Sound Cube to include wireless audio streaming over Bluetooth, and has added a new Weatherproof Speaker to the range.

Brothers Ezra and Alex Cimino-Hurt marry classic electronics with vintage luggage to produce stunning, hand-built, one-of-a-kind Case of Bass portable sound systems.

Grace Digital has just released a fully waterproof boombox for smartphones and media players - the Eco Terra.

The House of Marley recently celebrated a certain Reggae legend's birthday with the release of the Bag of Rhythm portable stereo speaker system.

The various laser-cut wooden panels of Matt Keeler's Fab Boombox snap together to form the outer shell for a digital music player with stereo speakers and a touch-sensitive UI.

TDK has announced the release of two premium audio Boomboxes and a Sound Cube as part of its Life on Record range.

Altec Lansing's MIX (iMT800) digital boombox lets users connect three music players at once through its inputs – a 30-pin dock connector for the iPhone and iPod and also two front-facing 3.5mm jacks.