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Monster Beats wireless headphone visits FCC

Rue Liu, Sep 6th 2011 Discuss [9]

It looks like those trendy and expensive Monster Beats by Dr. Dre studio-style isolation headphones are about to get a wireless upgrade for this holiday season. Dubbed Beats Wireless, the new headphone was revealed by an FCC filing and could be designed to work perfectly for those upcoming Beats-powered HTC smartphones. Read The Full Story

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Creative Zen X-Fi3 Hands-on [Video]

Chris Burns, Sep 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

This week at IFA 2011 we’ve been able to get our hands on more than a couple devices, taking lovely videos as we go – this particular device is certainly not like the others in that instead of a smartphone, tablet, Ultrabook, or pair of earbuds, we’ve got an odd little music player. This is the Creative Zen X-Fi3, and as Creative shows us, it’s meant to be a competitor in the currently iPod-dominated portable music player market. It’s got a several features that are sure to turn your head including X-Fi Crystalizer audio enhancement and the ability to play FLAC files, but are they enough to get past the fact that this device does not have a touchscreen display? We’ve come to expect as much from basically every little portable device like this on the market – does it need to be in tact in order for us to love a product?

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Jabra debuts SPORT Bluetooth and corded headsets

Rue Liu, Sep 1st 2011 Discuss [3]

Jabra is well known for their Bluetooth headsets and today they announced two new additions that target active lifestyles. The Jabra SPORT and Jabra SPORT-Corded both take on a behind-the-air form factor with various sized ear gels for the utmost comfort and fit. They also boast military-grade rain, dust, and shock protection. Read The Full Story

Genius HS-905 BT Bluetooth device with headphones lands in US and Canada

Shane McGlaun, Sep 1st 2011 Discuss [4]

Genius has announced a new Bluetooth device combined with a set of headphones that is now available in the US and Canada. The headphones made their official debut at IFA 2011 this week. The device is called the HS-905 BT and it may be perfect for the user that is thinking about picking up one of the new Bluetooth devices that are debuting at the show. The HS-905 BT will be offered in the US exclusively though CompuExpert. Read The Full Story

IFA 2011: Sony outs A-Series and S-Series Bluetooth Walkman players along with E460

Shane McGlaun, Aug 31st 2011 Discuss [2]

I haven't owned or used a Walkman since the 80's when they were big yellow devices that played cassette tapes. Sony has a bunch of new Walkman players that it has unveiled at IFA 2011 and most support Bluetooth wireless playback. The Walkman A860, S760, and E460 players all support MediaGo software for drag and drop media transfers. Read The Full Story

Reviews

ICON HD and The NERD Review

Vincent Nguyen, Aug 30th 2011 Discuss [1]

Jawbone’s ICON was our consumer Bluetooth headset pick back in early 2010, but more than 18 months later it’s perhaps overdue a refresh. Along, then, comes the replacement, the Jawbone ICON HD and its new Bluetooth dongle accessory, The NERD. It might have a geeky name, but the promise is complete simplicity. Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

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Jawbone JAMBOX LiveAudio Update Hands-On

Chris Burns, Aug 23rd 2011 Discuss [3]

Today Jawbone has announced a software update to their JAMBOX, a bluetooth speaker which we’ve previously reviewed quite positively. This new update includes what’s called LiveAudio and is included with the totally free JAMBOX Software Update 2.0 available on the JAMBOX companion webpage MyTALK. We’ve got our hands on this brand new software update and have been busting it out on our JAMBOX review unit for not only optimization across the platform, but a totally new three-dimensional sound that brings the JAMBOX to a whole new sound level.

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Nokia’s NFC-toting Wireless Music Receiver MD-20W clears FCC

Chris Davies, Aug 17th 2011 Discuss [4]

Nokia's MD-20W wireless media streamer has cleared the FCC, offering a way to stream music over Bluetooth A2DP to any speaker system you choose to plug it into. Seemingly related to the Wireless Music Receiver already listed on Nokia's site, the MD-20W is expected to use NFC in a similar way to the Nokia Play 360 speaker, as a straightforward way to pair your phone. Read The Full Story

Apple $999 iMac for education on sale: Thunderbolt and Bluetooth MIA

Chris Davies, Aug 8th 2011 Discuss [9]

As expected, Apple has quietly announced a new iMac variant targeted at education users, bringing the sticker price down to under $1,000. The 3.1GHz iMac uses a dual-core Intel Core i3 processor paired with AMD Radeon HD 6750 256MB graphics and 2GB of memory, and offers a $999 entry point to the 21.5-inch all-in-one desktop machine. Read The Full Story

Speaky Bluetooth car kit has motion detection and looks cute too

Shane McGlaun, Jul 27th 2011 Discuss [0]

The design of most of the hands free kits for cars is very similar. They all tend to hang from the visor so you can cruise around and talk on the phone without having to take your hands off the wheel. We have talked a lot about Bluetrek around here in the past. The last new item for the company we covered was the cool and small Carbon headset with the carbon fiber boom. Bluetrek has now unveiled the Speaky hands free kit for your car. Read The Full Story

iPhone 5 rumor suggests iPhone 5 may use Bluetooth 4 rather than NFC

Shane McGlaun, Jul 22nd 2011 Discuss [2]

There are a lot of new smartphones and other devices that are coming to market with support for Near Field communications. NFC is a technology that a lot of the biggest companies in the smartphone industry are starting to integrate into their devices. NFC allows the user of the smartphone to pay for things in stores using their smartphone for instance. Read The Full Story