Nextlink's new bone-conduction headset goes Bluetooth

by Chris Ziegler posted Jul 7th 2006 at 5:57AM

It's hard not to love the concept of bone-conduction headsets: government-funded technology (much like the iPod), fairly positive reviews on sound quality in noisy environments, and most importantly, they represent the closest most of us will ever get to bionic implants. The tech is still fairly young, though, and previous entries from Nextlink and Aliph have come up short in the size and, uh, wire departments. Nextlink's at it again with their latest entry, the Invisio Q7, and both issues appear to be solved. The Q7 takes the shape of Nextlink's well-liked Bluespoon line, adding Bluetooth and a send/end button for good measure. At $200, the headset is a bit steep when it looks to drop toward the end of the year, but if it means we can hold a phone convo in the middle of a raucus Engadget reader meetup, we're all for it.

[Via phoneArena]

Filed under: Peripherals

Tags: aliph, bluespoon, bluetooth, bone, bone conduction, BoneConduction, headset, invisio, invisio q7, InvisioQ7, jawbone, nextlink, q7

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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strider_mt2k @ Jul 7th 2006 7:29AM

Just don't walk around with it in all the time, okay?

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Adam Lein @ Jul 8th 2006 11:33AM

$200 is pretty good considering the wired version (Invisio Mobile: http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=reviews&id=680)
started out at $400.

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John McDonald @ Jul 8th 2006 12:26PM

You guys could have mentioned that it's exclusive to Radioshack!!! As someone driving a convertible I'll be testing this one out for sure!!!

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Niteran @ Dec 28th 2007 6:03PM

Actually they will not be sold at RadioShack.

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Jonathan Sundy @ Jul 9th 2006 9:09PM

As a convertible owner i'm beyond excited about this.

How is the speaker on it going to be though?? Will that be bone conduction too or will it be a speaker?

I currently have a higher end motorola headset and it's pretty hard to hear or be heard while driving.

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