CES 2012 Bag of Rhythm

One of the most fun items at this years CES has got to be The house of Marley’s Bag of Rhythm. A ghetto blaster for the iPod generation. It looks pretty cool, channelling bongos for its design.

This product would not look out of place at the stone circle at Glastonbury festival or pride of place in a students bedroom. Using earth friendly materials boost its likely hood of being seen at Glasto 2013 as it will appeal not just to the “trendy crowd”/”welly washers” but to the eco friendly crowd to.

Indications are that the sound quality from its “Twin 1" tweeters, twin 4.5" high-definition woofers and a powerful amplifier” are worth the modest price tag of $350.

CES 2012 Highlights - Pure unveils Sensia 200D Connect

The original sensia was one of those products that on paper should have been a major seller. The sensia was supposed to be your one stop shop for radio. Boasting DAB, FM and internet radio if you couldn’t find the music you wanted on the sensia it didn’t exist. It had a cool design and included many features/gimmicks such as a touch screen and facebook/twitter apps. It failed to set the world alight though, personally I felt the price tag may have been to much for its target demographic and it never quite became the must have gadget it promised.

So let's fast forward to this weeks CES in Las Vegas and Pure have decided that now is the sensia time. They announced the release of the updated model the sensia 200D connect. The new model is generally a polished version of the original, but with the rather cool new features of recording onto any usb stick and the ability to stream music from your home pc.

I think pure may have made the grade this time. While the price tag is still high for a radio its not massively more than its competitors while trumping their features and looking so much better . Also its target demographic “the facebook” generation are a little older now and pure hope a little better off.