CES 2013: Wireless speaker joins Philips Fidelio range

By Jonathan Evans
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Philips announces the Portable Speaker P8, the first wireless speaker dock in its top of the range Fidelio series

Coming hard on the heels of the recent announcement of new Fidelio soundbars and headphones, Philips has released its first Fidelio portable speaker, the P8, at the International CES in Las Vegas.

The speaker works with Bluetooth for simple wireless streaming, and there’s an audio-in to connect devices without the facility for Bluetooth.

The speaker works with Bluetooth for simple wireless streaming, and there’s an audio-in to connect devices without the facility for Bluetooth.

The Li-ion rechargeable battery will fire out tunes for a claimed eight hours, and you can charge devices such as smartphones via a built-in USB port.

It comes with a protective pouch for safer transportation, and should be available soon (US launch date is set for March).

Price in the US will be $200.

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Jonathan Evans
Jonathan Evans
Editor, What Hi-Fi? magazine

Jonathan Evans is the editor of What Hi-Fi? magazine, and has been with the title for 17 years or so. He has been a journalist for getting on for three decades now, working on a variety of technology and motoring titles, including Stuff, Autocar and Jaguar. With his background in sub-editing and magazine production, he likes nothing more than a discussion on the finer points of grammar. And golf.