I keep seeing more and more portable speakers designed specifically for the shuffle which i suppose is a good think saying as how the shuffle is much more of a portable player than say the classic. Thats not to say that people don’t carry around the average ipod its just that the shuffle mp3 player is much more conducive to carrying about than its heavier cousins.
I think what the gear4 speakers are mainly doing is going for the picnic market or maybe even people going on vacation who don’t want to take a really expensive speaker system with them. This set retails at around $40.00 which is pretty reasonable in my opinion for the sound quality that they produce. Another great factor is that you can run it both from batteries and from the AC adaptor provided so it really has the best of both worlds!