The Dynamic Music function likewise featured in the new MINI Connected App contains a selection of exclusively composed music which can be played back through the audio system of the MINI.

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It attaches to a smartphone or tablet via its audio jack, features a mini-headphone jack for monitoring, and offers a low-profile solution for capturing better sounding audio from a smartphone or tablet.

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Back at IFA we spent most of our time handling new tablets and Win 8 devices, but, given that the show has grown into something of a mini-CES, there was news in almost every product category, portable audio included.

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That name alone sounds like a mini aria, albeit without one of the great tenor's signature high Cs (audio).

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Looxcie uses a mini processor for Bluetooth that includes a digital signal processing system to process and optimize the audio.

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