SlashGear Japan
Arielle’s i2i Stream exists for the phantom situation in which you and a number of your close personal friends congregate in a room, headphones in, music blasting, and suddenly realize that you all want to listen to one song, which only one of you has. You think, “What can we do? We have no speakers, we have no laptop, we have nothing!” Then, it dawns on you that each and every one of you has purchased the same $69.00 device. You’re saved! Plug your headphones into the top of the i2i Stream, your MP3 device into the base, and flip over to one of the 7 colored channels. Now, you’re ready rock out. Silently though, because you all have your headphones in.
The i2i has a wireless range of 30 feet on a 2.4GHz transceiver. It charges on a USB cable and has a battery life of around 6 hours. The box comes stocked with 2 different lengths of audio cables, a lanyard, a belt clip, and “Unlimited fun!” I have to posit that this fun ends the moment I flip my channel and realize that the friend I thought I knew had secretly been listening to Kevin Federline’s unholy album and not the sweet sounds of Michael Buble. The flaw with this device is that if your goal is to streamline your music sharing capabilities and go wireless, you wouldn’t be interested in adding another set of cables (and a nifty lanyard) to your MP3 player setup. The device is cumbersome, thick, and rattles like a 10-cent toy. It is yet another piece of equipment to lose charge, bulge in your pocket, and look awkward with.
A quick poll of our comments on YouTube supports this verdict: the i2i Stream is confusing and redundant.
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