Speakers used to be just another accessory that you could plug into your computer or act as a dock for your music player. However with Genius equipping these bad boys with their own touch screen based controls (which I must admit looks infinitely more cooller then any other control that I have ever seen for speakers); its just like wondering why not just equip them with a USB port so all I need to do is load up some music on my portable memory stick and stick it on to the speakers to play it.

After all if they are intelligent enough to understand touch controls, surely they can play a few popular formats as well?

The touch panel screen lets you control function, volume, bass, and treble. A slide bar shows how high or low the particular setting has been turned up. Features include a jack for headphones, audio cable, and an easily accessible mute button to turn off the sound. I dont have the exact dimensions but at 30 watts output and a promise from Genius to have them portable enough to take along with a laptop, these may just be the cool kick-ass speakers you have been waiting for. Retailing at 99$ for a set.

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