Nokia may soon be unveiling a new partnership with Monster Cable to introduce co-branded audio gear. According to leaked marketing graphics obtained by PocketNow, the duo appear to be readying at least one product called the Nokia Purity HD Stereo Headset by Monster. This move could be similar to HTC's deal with Monster's Beats Audio line and may help boost appeal for Nokia's first Windows Phones.
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Daft Punk Tron Legacy Headphones Released by Monster & Disney
Disney Consumer Products and Monster Cable have teamed up to release a pair of Tron Legacy Daft Punk headphones, and they're just so lovely and fantastic looking it makes my eyes water a little bit. They're part of a series of Tron Legacy themed audio gear and toys being put out by the team. These over-the-ear type headphones have, YES, lights installed so you can feel like you're totally Tron-ing it up while you continue to watch the trailers over and over again, avoiding the books and pieces of silverware that would otherwise be thrown at you because your family members are tired of hearing the same commercial over and over again! Hooray!
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Justin Bieber JustBeats headphones are latest Monster/Beats by Dr. Dre madness
Ladies and gentlemen of the music industry: Justin Bieber is your saviour. Not because of his "adorable" helmet-made-of-hair styling or his sixteen billion Twitter fans, but because he's helping Monster and Beats by Dr. Dre to take the message of "sound matters" to "the kids". Bieber is the latest celebrity endorsement the headphone partners have signed up, with the JustBeats available exclusively through Best Buy in time for the holiday shopping season.
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Monster signs LeBron James for custom headphone line
Monster Cables has announced that the next celebrity to lend their name to a high-end headphone range is Cleveland Cavaliers basketball star LeBron James. Already associated with the company from his appearing in a commercial for their Beats by Dr. Dre model, James follows in the footsteps of Lady Gaga and P. Diddy who have each branded a set of custom cans.
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Monster unveils Beats by Dr. Dre Solos HD (PRODUCT)RED edition headphones
Monster has been around for a long time and is probably most known for its line of seriously expensive, and often controversial, cables for audio and home theater products. The company also makes a line of personal audio gear including headphones in conjunction with some of the most popular musical artists around.
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Monster unleashes new Jamz line & Turbine Pro Copper Headphones
Monster has unveiled its new in-ear lineup in the form of the new Jamz and Turbine Pro Copper in-ear headphones. The A/V cable company’s been slowly advancing into the high-performance headphone front recently, and this year they’ve brought their newest audio innovations for 2010.
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Monster Turbine Pro headphones debut
Monster is a well-known name in the audio and home theater market with all sorts of gear from cables to power conditioners and surge protectors. Monster also offers a full line of headphones for different uses. Today monster has announced a new set of headphones called the Turbine Pro In-Ear Speakers.
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Monster Beats Solo headphones: smaller, cheaper, less Gaga
If Monster's new collaboration with Lady Gaga is a little too extreme in the style stakes for you, then their new entry-level headphones - the Beats Solo - may be more attractive. Smaller and lighter than the original Beats by Dr. Dre, the new Beats Solo set still has the folding earpiece design but now packs a more compact driver.
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Monster tie up Lady Gaga for distinctive Heartbeats headphones
When you've tapped the hip-hop knowledge of Dr.Dre for your headphones, where do you go next? If you're Monster, you sketch out an endorsement deal with interestingly-clothed Lady Gaga, who then designs you a set of in-ear headphones - the Heartbeats by Lady Gaga, no less - which look like tiny meat tenderisers.
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iPod shuffle “control chip” not DRM, just more licensing
After speculation that Apple was using the new iPod shuffle 4GB to launch an "authentication chip" which only licensed headphones would offer, Apple themselves and a number of third-party accessory manufacturers have spoken up about the smallest iPod's hardware. V-moda, Monster Cable and Scosche have all described it as a "control chip", which uses the microphone channel in the four-channel headphones to send multiple commands: play, pause, volume control and more.
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Monster Cable, RedMere teams up to bring MagnifEye tech on ultra thin HDMI cables
I bet you 10 bucks you wouldn’t have guessed the RedMere's MagnifEye technology have nothing to do with optics or still images application, but an embedded silicon chip in HDMI cables. Apparently the Irish have odd way to name their silicon goody, but for some reasons, Monster Cables dig it and has announced partnership to collaborate a smart and ultra-thin profile active HDMI cables.
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SlashGear meets Ludacris and Monster’s Noel Lee: HD Surround Interview
SlashGear had the opportunity to sit down with rapper Ludacris and Monster Music owner Noel Lee at CES today, to discuss the artist’s new Theater of the Mind album which has been remixed in surround sound. While Monster may be better known for their Cable hardware division, responsible for the Dr.Dre Beats and Beats tour headphones, the company also has an Superdisc audio arm putting out music DVDs in full surround sound. Company founder Noel Lee is responsible for High Definition Surround, a set of recording, mixing and reproduction techniques to accurately recreate the sound field of an original performance in high definition for 5.1 surround sound. Check out the full interview after the cut.
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