JBL OnBeat Xtreme gets your iPad dizzy

There are iPad accessories and then there are iPad accessories. The OnBeat Xtreme rotating iPad dock from speaker dons JBL is the latter – it’s about the same price as Apple’s tablet and you’ll want to show it off just as much.

The OnBeat Xtreme’s dock connector will also happily accommodate your iPhone and iPod Touch and for other smartphones and PMPs, there’s a 3.5mm input jack so we know that JBL isn’t playing favourites.

If you can’t bear for your phone or tablet to leave your side for a second, JBL has kitted the Xtreme out with Bluetooth so that you don’t need to dock your iOS or Android device to blast out your music through the dual Atlas bass drivers and Ridge tweeters.

It can also double up as a speakerphone for Skype and FaceTime calls – so while the £400 price tag on the OnBeat Xtreme might look steep, you can tell yourself you’ve saved money on that home phone.

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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