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Nokia's world-beating BH-905 Bluetooth cans slip into the photo booth

by Darren Murph posted Aug 17th 2009 @ 8:03AM

Nokia's BH-905 made some serious waves when it debuted back in early June, but what else would you expect from a product that calls itself "the best headset ever made?" The Bluetooth-equipped cans, along with its ten microphones, supple ear cups and A2DP / AVCRP support, are expected to launch globally next month for around three hundred bones, and the fine folks over at NokNok have already managed to score a pre-release model. Aside from visibly gushing all over themselves, they also note that the cans are far smaller than the original press shots made them seem, giving cautious travelers reason to breath a sigh of relief. Hit the read link for a luxurious hands-on look.

Nokia's Bluetooth BH-905 is 'the best headset ever made'

by Thomas Ricker posted Jun 2nd 2009 @ 6:26AM

Pretty strong words from Nokia calling its new BH-905 headset "the best headset ever made." The claim comes as a result of a partnership with Wolfson Microelectronics to add its 10-microphone "feed-forward" active noise-cancellation technology to the headset -- 8 mics for capturing background noise, 2 for your voice. The headset can connect wirelessly over Bluetooth or via a selection of plugs for your home stereo, MP3 player, or airplane jack. It also features high-performance speakers with stainless steel audio controls on one can, phone controls on the other. They'll hit globally in August for a steep pre-tax price of €285 / $403. Hey, that's not bad for the best ever.

Gallery: Nokia's Bluetooth BH-905 is 'the best headset ever made'

[Thanks, Stephen R.]

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Sound ID's SM100 Bluetooth headset tunes you into nature

by Darren Murph posted May 15th 2007 @ 2:14AM

We've got Bluetooth headsets that cancel noise, amplify voices, and make you look ~~good~~ not entirely cockamamie, but Sound ID's latest iteration actually gives you one less reason to ever take it off. The minuscule earpiece sports compatibility with handsfree Bluetooth profiles, around eight hours of talk time and 72 hours of standby, auditory and visual low battery warnings, dual omni-directional silicon microphones, and a trio of modes to fit your situation. It also touts a NoiseNavigation feature that magnifies and cancels appropriate sounds automatically, and just in case you get tired of only hearing face-to-face conversations out of one ear, the "Environmental Mode" actually brings in ambient noise in order to make you forget about the critter hanging off your eyeglass holder. Notably, the $129.99 SM100 even features a One2One mode that enables "Bluetooth communication between two modules" without the use of a cellphone, which should definitely appease the anti-social social crowd.

[Via Slashphone]

Hands-on with Aliph's Jawbone Bluetooth headset

by Chris Ziegler posted Apr 1st 2007 @ 9:00AM

What makes a Bluetooth headset great? Does it need to be so small as to be virtually invisible? Does it need to be a brilliantly-designed fashion accessory? Perhaps easy to use, easy to hear, and easy to be understood? Ultimately, of course, no model is perfect; every headset on the market is a compromise, a reflection of the manufacturer's (and the buyer's) priorities. So we basically went into the review of the Bluetooth variant of Aliph's lauded Jawbone with that same mentality, hoping that it'd prevent us from getting distracted by any miscellaneous shortfalls in the product -- the Jawbone's draw, after all, is its noise reduction circuitry, and that's what we really wanted to report on here. Instead, we came away with a shockingly positive impression of the Jawbone not just as a technological overachiever, but as a legit headset that we could see ourselves using day in and day out. Read on to find out why.

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Gennum's nx6000 noise cancelling Blueooth headset: now with more extreme

by Thomas Ricker posted Jan 8th 2007 @ 4:45PM

If Gennum's nXZEN Bluetooth headset with noise cancellation caught you eye last year then check the evolution, son. The nX6000 adopts a new design, Bluetooth 2.0, and mini-USB jack yet drops the weight considerably from 17-grams to 10.9-grams. Their FRONTWAVE Extreme noisecancellation is combined with digital voice isolation technology and dual-microphone array that isolates the user's voice from the ambient noise. The headset features 6 hours of talk time / 90 hours of standby and accepts a recharge to its Lithium Polymer battery over USB.