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Altec Lansing Orbit MP3 iM237
Packaging: Leaving little to the imagination
The small, transparent product packaging lets the Orbit MP3 take center stage with an unobstructed view of exactly what you're getting. The packaging is light, so by picking up the box you can get a good feel for how much the Orbit weighs. The first thing you notice, even before the Altec Lansing logo, is PC Magazine's take on the Orbit MP3 calling it a "Mighty little speaker". This is a bold move by Altec Lansing, who chooses not to leverage their well established brand equity with a big, noticeable logo, but instead lets the product, or at least it's users, do all the talking.
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With very attractive and easy to open packaging, the Orbit MP3 lets you get down and dirty with little fuss and fumbling. The included storage case and built-in cable management make this product the perfect travel companion. |
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No frills, just straight to the point
Some portable music devices, like your annoying little brother with all the sports awards and perfect report cards, are overachievers. They want to charge your player, they ship with half a dozen different adapters or inserts and some of them even try to wake you up in the morning. Unfortunately, like your genius brother that suffers in the personality department, the other portable speakers suffer in the music playing department. The Orbit MP3 is honest and humble. Only wearing one hat, it does not try to be too many things at once. The Orbit is simple; it's a small speaker attached to a battery powered amplifier with an audio cable and a storage case. Altec Lansing resisted the temptation to make the Orbit a jack of all trades and designed a product that is intended to do one thing: reproduce music.
There are no surprises waiting for you when you open the box. Fully unpacked you have just what you expected, a small speaker and a storage case. Altec Lansing chooses not to include batteries with the Orbit which I take umbrage with considering the product's portability and packaging. I'm always tempted to open up new gadgets before I get home, sometimes even before I leave the store. To have something as seductive as the Orbit tell me, after teasing me with a peek at it's body through it's revealing packaging, begging me to touch and looking ever so delicious as it's packaging is ripped off in the heat of the moment, it can't go any farther because I forgot to bring some batteries is a real bummer. Having to wait who knows how long just to finally have the sweet release of music coming from it's speaker is really upsetting, almost painful.
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