Accessories - SlashGear

Posts Tagged ‘Accessories’

Celltronix VR1 Bluetooth headset adds recording functionality

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 13th 2009 No Comments

The ability to record phonecalls is pretty standard on cellphones these days, though it's arguably one of the less-commonly-used functions out there. So we're a little bemused by the Celltronix VR1 Recordable Bluetooth Headset; as well as supporting Bluetooth 2.1+EDR with multipoint for dual simultaneous connections, it can record up to 8 minutes of your conversation.

Continued »

HTC HD2 CU S400 Car Kit gets priced, detailed; coming December

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 13th 2009 No Comments

Details of HTC’s car-kit for the upcoming HD2 Windows Phone have emerged, courtesy of retailer Clove. The HTC HD2 CU S400 Car Upgrade Kit includes a powered windscreen/dashboard mount and a replacement battery cover for the HTC HD2; when the Windows Phone is slotted into place it automatically loads up the finger-friendly NaviPanel navigation menu.

htc hd2 slashgear hands on 20 540x358

Continued »

LEGO Headphones ripe for DIY knock-off

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 7th 2009 No Comments

The pictures here really speak for themselves: Elecom have launched a set of LEGO-themed headphones, the PLAYBRICK EHP-CIN40, and if you've never quite been able to give up your childhood addiction with plastic building blocks then you're bound to find these appealing. Supplied with four different earbud sizes, Elecom are even going so far as to suggest that sound quality is decent, though we'd believe that when we heard it.

Continued »

Atlona Dual-Link DVI to Mini DisplayPort adapter launches

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 22nd 2009 No Comments

Arriving top of the “you mean we didn’t already have an adapter for that?” list is Atlona’s DVI to Mini DisplayPort Converter. The unassuming box sucks up your dual-link DVI input – such as from earlier MacBooks or many existing notebooks on the market – and then squirts it out via the new, compact connector increasingly featuring on high-end displays.

atlona dvi to mini displayport converter 1 540x302

Continued »

Sony Ericsson Motion Activated MH907 headphones: your ears’ remote control [Video]

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 21st 2009 No Comments

Sony Ericsson promised to revolutionise personal audio, and while that’s so loaded with PR hyperbole we’d normally just throw any subsequent press release straight out of the window, it turns out their Motion Activated MH907 headphones are pretty nifty. The stereo headset is the first to use SensMe, where capacitive sensors in each earbud can track whether they’re in your ears or not, and remotely control your cellphone accordingly.

sony ericsson mh907 headphones 1 540x283

Video after the cut

Continued »

Nitrox iconn+ iPhone 3G battery case hands-on

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 17th 2009 No Comments

Nitrox didn’t just bring along their latest Bluetooth devices for us to look at today; they also had a new leather battery-case for the iPhone 3G. Like the Mophie Juice Pack that we rate so highly, the Nitrox iconn+ promises to roughly runtime thanks to its integrated 1,200mAh Li-Ion battery; however unlike the Mophie, the iconn+ has a flap-down leather cover that protects the smartphone’s display.

nitrox iphone battery case slashgear 2 540x408

Continued »

Nitrox X835 and X735 Bluetooth devices hands-on

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 17th 2009 No Comments

SlashGear stopped by new Bluetooth start-up Nitrox today to find out what they company had planned with their first range of cellphone accessories, the X835 car-kit and X735 stereo hands-free kit. The X735, shown here, is already a RED DOT design winner, a compact Bluetooth clip with a monochrome OLED display, stereo A2DP support and a standard 3.5mm headphones jack.

nitrox x735 bluetooth clip slashgear 5 540x344

Continued »

Fiio E1 iPod headphone amp spotted

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 16th 2009 No Comments

There’s a compact band of loyal headphone-amp users who swear by the audio-tastic qualities of some external amplification, so it comes as no great surprise that manufacturer Fiio are attempting to jump onto the iPod gravy-train. The Fiio E1 plugs directly into the docking connector of an iPod or iPhone and not only offers in-line remote controls but the sort of headphone boost that can drive high-end cans or simply help more mainstream models shine.

Fiio E1 ipod headphone amp 3 540x405

Continued »

Solar Trees Are Charging On the Go Made Not So Portable

By Evan Selleck on Thursday, Sep 10th 2009 No Comments

Ever been at the beach and realized that your cell phone was about to die? Ever been at the beach, noticed that your cell phone was about to die, and cared? Well, if you have, or perhaps a bit more realistically you needed to charge your digital camera while trapsing around, then it looks like a team of developers has just the thing for you. They’re called Solar Trees, and you guessed it, they’re solar powered.

Solar2

Continued »

WD My Passport Essential and My Passport for Mac Gets Smaller, Smarter, and More Secure

By Evan Selleck on Thursday, Sep 10th 2009 No Comments

External hard drives are almost a necessity at this point, even as the hard drives in our laptops and our desktops get bigger. Securing those hard drives is a big deal, and it’s good to see companies like WD taking a big step forward in keeping their products secure with features like encryption, and WD’s SmartWare software. And today marks the introduction of WD’s new, safer, sleeker, and smaller My Passport lines for PC and Mac.

MyPassport