Antec Mobile Products Wedge Bluetooth Speaker (White)

Got this for an older vehicle - with no bluetooth support - for listening to audible audiobooks. The suction cups were the big selling point and the speaker output is adequate; however, the speaker auto-powers off and requires toggling the power switch so that pairing can resume anew each time I get into the car - annoying!

Perfect in size and outstanding in sound and build quality. Five stars all the way!!!

This is handy for occasional weekends away

The Antec Wedge is a tiny little Bluetooth speaker that can double as a support stand for tablets (up to about 8”). Even though my Kindle Paperwhite reader does not have audio capability, I like using the Wedge as its support stand because it holds it at the perfect viewing angle.The Wedge not only supports Bluetooth, but it comes with an audio cable that can connect to devices with headphone/audio jacks that do not have Bluetooth capability. I wanted to see how the Wedge handled Bluetooth connections, so I tested it with a Kindle HD, an ASUS Transformer, an LG cell phone, and a high-end Dell XPS laptop. Each device found the Wedge with no Bluetooth connectivity problems whatsoever. I also tried the audio cable and hooked it up to all my devices that had auxiliary audio jacks, including a desktop computer. Tip – if you switch from Bluetooth to cable mode, make sure you “unpair” your Wedge with any Bluetooth devices you have paired. Otherwise, it might not enter “cable mode” because it will continue to look for those Bluetooth devices.When playing music, the Wedge far surpassed our ASUS Transformer’s “tinny” speakers in terms of sound volume and quality, yet it is small enough to compliment the tablet’s portability.If you already have a good set of wired larger speakers for your desktop, then the only thing you would gain from the Wedge would be wireless Bluetooth. If your objective is to just get rid of the wires, then you would probably better off going with a larger Bluetooth speaker like the Antec Wave - http://www.amazon.com/Antec-0-761345-73050-1-Bluetooth-speaker-Portable/dp/B00TTND27M/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1443555436&sr=8-1&keywords=antec+wav.

I so wanted this to work. But it's so frustrating. Let us name the ways.1) It turns itself off periodically (presumably to save power). Okay, fine. But don't turn off WHEN CONNECTED TO THE USB POWER SOURCE I BOUGHT SPECIFICALLY SO YOU'D STOP TURNING OFF WHILE I'M DRIVING.2) There is no way to sync other than turning it off. So when it turns it self off, you have to flip the switch back and forth. Needless to say, this is not very helpful when I'm trying to listen to audiobooks while driving.3) The power doesn't last very long. Thus, it needs to be plugged in constantly. Yet, it still turns itself off while it has constant power.4) The sync software is awful and loses its connection and causes Windows to forget it exists. This will cause your computer to have NO SOUND through the computer speakers because it still has some connection with the disabled Wedge device. Thus, you will be better off NOT using this speaker than using your default laptop/computer speakers. Because this is like a negative speaker. It actually REMOVES SOUND because it cannot decide whether it should allow "voice" or "music" or whatever at any particular point in Windows. So, you'll randomly just have something which was working suddenly NOT work.So, as a wireless speaker it fails in its primary functions:To be portable (not enough battery life): Very poorTo be placed anywhere: No, you will need to sync it on and off constantly. So, it has to always be within your reach. You might as well have headphones.I would prefer a rock to this device because at least with the rock, I would not waste my time trying to figure out why no sound was coming from it. I would not expect it to work. The frustrating thing is that sometimes it seems like it might work. But then, it reverts to being a rock and you keep trying to do something and google info in order to try to get it to work, something that wouldn't happen with a rock. Do yourself a favor and get a rock. You'll be less frustrated and waste less time.