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Bluetooth headset is super tiny for the wanna-be spy

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Bluetooth Spy Earpiece

Following on from the ‘spy theme’ is this invisible bluetooth earpiece. This is exactly what it says on the tin – a 2-way earpiece that transmits and receives via bluetooth, yet is almost completely invisible! Simply connect the earpiece up to your phone’s bluetooth and get chatting to your colleague in a top secret mission.

Yeah right. Only the professionals would need this device (especially at $200), but if you like pretending then go for it. The picture makes a nice illustration of the need for the new earpiece.

Buy now!

Price: $199.95
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

More options for wireless (Bluetooth) earbuds/headphones

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Following up yesterday’s entry on the DigiFi Opera S5 wireless earbuds, we thought it would be a good idea to give you a few more options for going wireless over your lobes.

Here are 4 more headsets, all Bluetooth that give you a chance to get rid of those pesky cords, well most of the cords anyway!

1st on the list is a set of headphones from Sony. The specific model # is DR-BT22. These on-ear headphones have a 30ft range, weigh under 3 oz, folds up can be used to take a phone call, and can control basic iPod functions from the headset. $96.

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Blueant Supertooth 3 Hands-free Bluetooth Speakerphone

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The BlueAnt Supertooth 3 handsfree speakerphone takes car speakerphones to another cool level. The most interesting feature is that the S3 announces the name or ID of the caller when you get a call and you just have to say ‘OK’ to accept the call. Totally hands-free.

The Supertooth 3 connects to your cell phone via Bluetooth 2.0 and is a full-duplex speakerphone with DSP noise and echo cancellation, as well as automatic sound-leveling. You can upload the contacts from your mobile and it uses text-to-speech to do the announcing of the caller.

Gives up to 15 hours of talk time, and up to 800 hours of standby, and comes with a clip to attach to your car’s sun visor.

Buy now!
Price: $73.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Lazy Pad – palm-sized Bluetooth keyboard and mouse

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The Bluetooth-connected Lazy Pad lets you control your laptop or notebook with this all-in-one keyboard & trackpad. It even includes a numeric keypad. Weighing in at just over 3oz and just over 4″ at its widest and very thin, it’s pretty easy to hold in one palm while you control it with the other.

You can also use it as an adjunct number pad; the accountant in you will like that. It has a number of key combinations that let you perform functions that typically only a full-scale keyboard would do.

More info from the manufacturer

GfG’s Article Recap for Week Ending May 1, 2009

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Let’s take another look at what we found worthy of a post this week! Let’s start with 2 recession-busting bargains that you can’t afford to miss out on: a D-Link Print Server for $20 and a nicely-spec’ed MacBook Air for $999.

Next up is the uber hi-tech Emotiv EPOC that allows you to play games and control your computer with your mind. On a similar theme we featured the very futuristic Ripple Bluetooth Headset.

In tech business news, ABC and Disney are partnering to show ABC shows on Hulu, Microsoft and Verizon are to work together on a possible iPhone Killer and Amazon are acquiring Stanza to expand their Kindle operations.

Finally, for all you Apple fans out there (everyone?), we have heard rumors of a new, cutting-edge Apple product: The iPad?

The Ripple Bluetooth Headset

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The Ripple Bluetooth Headset

Bluetooth headsets have never really been the epitome of style. Presenting The Ripple – coming from the designer Ilya Fridman, this headset is a small, circular disk with ‘ripples’ emitting from the center which is also a small button used to control the device.

Without knowing what it actually was, most people would just assume it’s a very modern and very large earring, but part of the circle flips outwards to reveal the microphone and when a conversation is over, you can press the center button to keep the headset active for listening to music.

More images.

via Popgadget.

Bluetooth MP3 Sunglasses

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Bluetooth MP3 Player

Last month we featured a pair of Bluetooth Sunglasses but this new device combines both a MP3 player and Bluetooth connectivity, and for around than half the price of the other pair for the top memory.

Built-in memory ranges from 128MB to 2GB, depending on how much music you want to listen to in your glasses, and battery life is 6 hours after a full charge. Like many in-car Handsfree kits, if you’re listening to the MP3 player and you get a call coming in then the MP3 will shut off and switch to your call. It plugs into your computer via USB and is compatible with the basic audio file formats; MP3/WAV/WMA. Price is a bit uncertain – but if you order in bulk you could get down to about $22 for the 2GB model.

Our thoughts? This product is quite a bit more bulky on the sides than the other pair we featured, and probably isn’t the same quality, but is a lot cheaper. It’s a toss up between MP3 and quality/style, but we recommend you go for the other pair.

More info from the manufacturer

Price: ~$22.00
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

Sunglasses with built-in wireless Bluetooth headset

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Okay, so we’ve all heard of those glasses made by Oakley that have a built-n MP3 player, but sunglasses with built-n wireless Handsfree over Bluetooth – is this just taking it one step too far? I don’t think so.

With a talk time of 3.5 hours and a standby time of 90 hours (rechargeable via internal battery) there’s just nothing comparable on the market – and all for under $50. The glasses themselves are quite stylish; probably as good as any other $50 pair of normal sunglasses you can get – they have a matt black finish with smoke mirrored lenses.

With a temperature range of -10C to 50C, you can use these pretty much anywhere in the world. Perhaps these will be next year’s skiing must have, that is if you think you can manage calling people whilst you’re coming down the slope at break-neck speed!

In conclusion, a good buy, as long as you don’t mind walking around looking like someone out of the Matrix. And, in all fairness, they’re not quite as good looking as your pair of D&G designer glasses. Another gadget that combines 2 of our daily necessities into one simple, stylish product. Nice.

Gimme!
Price: $49.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is
correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)

#CES09: TriSpecs all-in-one sunglasses, headphones, Bluetooth headset

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This is a bit wonky, but TriSpecs thinks there’s a market out there for those who want what I’ll call integration of head-devices – sunglasses, stereo headphones, Bluetooth headset, and even power and volume controls for your MP3 player.

TriSpecs actually got together with a company called Step Labs to ensure that the audio quality is up to snuff and probably then some. It even has noise-cancellation, the ability to detect and switch between music and incoming phone calls. The lenses on the sunglasses are Zeiss Sola and are interchangeable.

Despite all of these high-tech and seemingly expensive components and materials, starting price is rumored to be around $200.

Sony hopes to make TransferJet fly

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TransferJet is Sony’s next shot at taking a leadership role in founding and rallying support behind a new technology standard. TransferJet is a wireless data transfer tech that claims up to 560Mbps speeds. Sony hopes to get this into consumer electronics gadgets next year (2009).

TransferJet is only meant to go short distances, much like Bluetooth, but with a much higher bandwidth so that people can do things like quickly transfer their pictures from their camera to their computer or to a TV or to someone else.

One of the selling points of TransferJet is its touch-to-pair idea, much like Microsoft does with its Surface table, to make it easier to pair up devices quickly for transfer.

Sony now has 14 large CE firms on board, including Canon, Kodak, Panasonic, Samsung and Toshiba, and has formed a consortium to progress their goals.

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