Posted on 04 March 2008 by Chris Davies
Next time you're faced with a rack of expensive Bluetooth headsets, just remember how cheap manufacturers can actually get the hardware: CSR have announced their BlueVox2 mono headset, measuring a tiny 4.5 x 5.5mm but still packing Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, simultaneous connection with multiple devices and the company's own AuriStream noise reduction that, they claim, gives voice quality on a par with a ...
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Posted on 29 February 2008 by Chris Davies
If you're in love with your feature-packed HTC smartphone but having serious commitment issues with the headphones the manufacturer supplies, then Brando's 3-in-1 adaptor might be just the thing to keep relations rosy. A standard 3.5mm headphone socket means your ears are free to choose their favourite 'phones, while miniUSB means you can recharge and synchronise the handset to. Finally, ...
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Posted on 29 February 2008 by Chris Davies
Aliph's Jawbone Bluetooth headsets are dropping the cheese-grater casing and picking up three limited edition designs courtesy of Yves Behar, founder of Fuseproject studios. The three models - in black, white and copper-brown - are called dirty talk, trash talk and sweet talk, with discrete logos to match.
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Posted on 20 February 2008 by Chris Davies
AIRDRIVES have announced an addition to their range of so-called interactive stereo earphones, introducing a model specifically catering for the iPhone (as well as BlackBerry's Pearl and Curve). The set adds a microphone and "one-touch music-to-phone capability" to the company's existing earphones, the InAir Technology of which places the speaker buds outside, just forward of the ear canal rather than ...
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Posted on 15 February 2008 by Chris Davies
Genius move by stumbling cellphone giant Motorola: why push out millions of drab, feature-lite handsets (oh, wait, they already have) and claw in money dollar by meagre dollar, when you can knock up a few diamond-clad Bluetooth headsets and sell them for $17k a-piece. The MOTOPURE H12 is a basic Bluetooth headset that's taken into the realms of ridiculous price-tags by ...
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Posted on 14 February 2008 by Chris Davies
If the VX9100 and its SMS-friendly QWERTY keyboard doesn't tickle your fancy, then PhoneScoop's other leaked LG handset soon to be available from Verizon might be a better option. Ostensibly a basic slider - with trackball directional control and 2-megapixel camera - flipping the VX8610 over reveals a small Bluetooth headset that slots into a recharging bay built into the phone itself.
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Posted on 05 February 2008 by Chris Davies
Driving while using your cellphone makes it more likely you'll have an accident, it's difficult to imagine anyone not knowing that, but governments also see it as an opportunity to make some money: Rhode Island's lawmakers predicted a vast $6.2m in fines for drivers caught holding their handsets while at the wheel. Now, however, budgetary "revisions" have scaled back that ...
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Posted on 04 February 2008 by Chris Davies
It's not that my mom & dad don't trust me, it's just that there are millions of strange people out there who might get up to mischief with me on the phone. That's their excuse for always making me talk to friends on speakerphone so they can supervise the conversations, and now it'll be even easier with Callpod's Phoenix Bluetooth headset hub. ...
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Posted on 11 January 2008 by Chris Davies
Vincent is known for his pathological love of Bluetooth headsets, and so when faced with BlueAnt's latest Voice Control technology packed into their brand new V1 earpiece he practically demanded that company rep Peter George demonstrate the hands-free marvel on camera.
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=AzGzyj-9TFo[/youtube]
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Posted on 03 January 2008 by Vincent Nguyen
BlueAnt will be showing off their latest and greatest Bluetooth headset called V1 Voice Controlled Bluetooth Headset using the revolutionary BlueGenie Voice User Interface.
By talking to the headset, it talks to you. If you need help and ask for assistance, it will help you get the command you want. This will prevent you from having to fumble around ...
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