Did you ever think you could listen to high-fidelity audio out of a little metal cylinder just 88mm long? The Taiwanese company Agios Technology thinks that day has arrived with its Podio digital music playback device. The company says it has spent two years developing the device, which features a proprietary microamp and a full-range Foster speaker adapted from speakers intended for notebooks and palmtop devices. Agios says the Podio is the first pocket-sized hi-fi device, offering full-range, crisp and natural-sounding audio without needing earbuds. The cylinder has a speaker at the front and control buttons at the opposite end, and Agois is pitching it as an ideal music solution for bicyclists, as well as folks who enjoy doing darn near anything with music—exercising, walking, relaxing, working…even sleeping.
