Review: A $130 phone headset helpfully talks back

August 26th, 2008 By PETER SVENSSON , AP Technology Writer Review: A $130 phone headset helpfully talks back (AP)

Enlarge

A Bluetooth earpiece by BlueAnt is photographed in New York, Monday Aug. 25, 2008. Tuesday marked the launch of the first headset that speaks our language, literally. The $130 V1 from BlueAnt Wireless recognizes spoken English commands, and responds, also in English. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

(AP) -- Bluetooth wireless headsets for mobile phones are puzzling: We're supposed to control them with couple of unmarked buttons and get feedback from a single indicator light.



Content from The Associated Press expires 15 days after original publication date. For more information about The Associated Press, please visit www.ap.org .

Similar stories from PHYSorg:


New speech software Bluetooth compatible

created Oct 12, 2005 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Verizon Wireless downplays Linux phones

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Review: New headsets let you shoot the breeze

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NXP introduces mobile platform to deliver concurrent Bluetooth and Wireless LAN connectivity

created Feb 05, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

RadioShack Corp. quietly opens new concept store

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


print this article email this article download pdf blog this article bookmark this article     Digg this Stumble it share on Facebook share on Reddit add to delicious save to Yahoo! bookmarks
4.2/5 after 12 votes

Rank Filter

Move the slider to adjust rank threshold, so that you can hide some of the comments.


Display comments: newest first

  • Glis - Aug 26, 2008
    • Rank: 4.6 / 5 (5)
    " Remember, years ago people who talked loudly to unseen friends while walking down the sidewalk were considered crazy."

    Now we just assume they are obnoxious pricks. I friggin hate these headsets. We have no cell phone etiquette as it is! Any device that makes it easier for the woman in front of me at the grocery store to yammer on about her dogs 'chase' and 'madison' should be destroyed, and the inventor subjected to clerking at Albertsons.

    I can totally understand these for use where you are going to be on the phone for an extended period of time or need free hands for writing things down/typing (NOT DRIVING), but the conversations that generally go into that blue light... grrr...

August 26th, 2008 all stories
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Comments: 1
Rank: 4.2/5 after 12 votes

  • Stumble this up

  • Digg this

  • Share it:
  • share on Facebook
  • share on MySpace
  • share on Slashdot
  • rss-newsfeed
  • share on Google
  • share on Reddit
  • add to delicious
  • save to Yahoo! bookmarks
  • share on Windows Live
  • Add to Mixx!
Rating: 4.2/5 after 12 votes

  • Related Stories

  • Review: New headsets let you shoot the breeze
    created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0
  • HTC Unveils World's First GSM/WiMAX Mobile Phone
    created Nov 14, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0
  • Intel CTO Says Gap between Humans, Machines will Close by 2050
    created Aug 25, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0
  • RIM Introduces First CDMA-enabled BlackBerry Pearl
    created Oct 01, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0
  • Sony Ericsson Unveils Slim Slider Phones
    created May 09, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tags


  • Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Memory with Matter Qubits
    Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Memory with Matter Qubits
    Physics / General Physics
    created Jul 03, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 1
  • 'Holey' Nanosheets for Wastewater Dye Removal
    Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
    created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1
  • Jellyfish Robot Swims Like its Biological Counterpart
    Jellyfish Robot Swims Like its Biological Counterpart
    Electronics / Robotics
    created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1
  • Could Maxwell's Demon Exist in Nanoscale Systems?
    Could Maxwell's Demon Exist in Nanoscale Systems?
    Physics / General Physics
    created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (18) | comments 29
  • Living Safely with Robots, Beyond Asimov's Laws
    Living Safely with Robots, Beyond Asimov's Laws
    Electronics / Robotics
    created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (52) | comments 40
  • Other News

    Zenith Flash-Matic

    TV remotes to undergo big change

    Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

    created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 4

    In 1955, Zenith introduced the first wireless TV remote control, the Flash-Matic, followed a year later by the Space Command.


    HP Introduces First Professional Workstation with Six-core AMD Opteron Processor

    Electronics / Hardware

    created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

    HP today announced the integration of the highly anticipated Six-Core AMD Opteron 2400 Series processor into its family workstations.


    Digital Entertainer brings PC content to big screen

    Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

    created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

    So there you are with all those videos, photos and MP3 music files, and the only place you can play all that digital entertainment is on your computer. It's probably sequestered away somewhere in the room you've designated ...


    A group of students of robotics setup a football robot on the eve of the "RoboCup" the world largest robotic event

    Robots face off on football pitch, in kitchen at RoboCup 2009

    Electronics / Robotics

    created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

    RoboCup 2009, the world's largest robotics event, kicked off Wednesday in the southern Austrian city of Graz, with some 400 teams and 2,000 robots ready to compete in sports and rescue operations.


    Dell

    Dell Planning Pocket Web Gadget

    Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

    created Jul 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

    (PhysOrg.com) -- Dell engineers are in the process of developing a pocket handheld device for browsing the internet. Dell plans on using the Google Inc.'s Android software and may also use chips based on designed ...