Anyone who's used the stylish, compact, voice-isolating Z9 Bluetooth headset from BlueAnt knows that while the unit itself performs satisfactorily, remembering the thousand and one unintuitive button combinations (three-second push to end a call?) can be a real pain in the ass. Well thankfully for fans of that somewhat flawed product, the Australian manufacturer will be back as CES with yet another dual-mic model, the V1, which drops the Z9's awkward input method in favor of almost complete voice control. The so-called BlueGenie Voice User Interface promises to operate the full suite of headset functions with the use of but a single activation button, which -- if it can actually work in real-world situations -- should definitely help give this new model a leg (or six -- ha) up on the competition. Stay tuned to our CES coverage for more details, along with pricing and release info.

Ready for a new slew of Nokia's eerily designed Bluetooth headsets? Nokia is said to have that new style that "it dresses stylishly" from our sister site over at Engadget Japanese, and we're all in agreement here. The newer Nokia models BH-200 and BH-700 are now available for sale in Japan. While the BH-200 is an "outside the ear" headset, the BH-700 models are of the "inner ear" persuasion without any kind of common earhook. The BH-200 comes in at a rather stout 14 grams and can pair with eight simultaneous devices while the BH-700 comes in at 10 grams. Both are pretty close in talk and standby times in hours at 5:30 / 150 and 6:00 / 160, respectively.

[Via Engadget Japanese]