Braven 705 wireless speaker review: a practical portable Beats beater

Portability is about as annoying a buzzword as synergy, or smartwatches for that matter. But unlike the latter two, portability has been a fundamental requirement for business people, the tech elite and the not-so-savvy for ages. Remember the netbook? It became popular thanks to its tininess. These 10-inch computers could go anywhere and work practically everywhere without much faff or fuss.

Although the netbook is well and truly dead, this notion lives on in other guises of technology. Portable speakers is a good example. Recently, we’ve seen the likes of Harmon’s JBL brand, Beats By Dre’s Pill range and cheaper imports from the Far East infiltrate our market, and brighten up our beach trips, our camping holidays or, more regularly, the nights when having the power on is not an option.

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