CES 2008
Three Bluetooth headsets stood out tonight both because of their design, and their technology. Whether any of them can make a clear call has yet to be seen.
The Jabra 3030 is meant for a younger crowd than your average Bluetooth headset.
It is a stereo headset that looks like a dogtag with etched music and call controls and a headset jack. Plug in the headphones and you can rock out to your tunes, or take a call since there's a microphone built into the dogtag. The 3030 sounded great and looked hip enough to wear around without looking like a borg. It also did a great job at playing back a music stream without dropping the connection every time you moved around.
The Joby Zivio is a small little mono headset with an even smaller surprise.
It has a tiny little boom mic that pulls out so that you're talking into a microphone near your mouth instead of near your ear. The mic is suspended on the same memory metal used for many wire rimmed glasses, so it will bend without crimping or breaking. It also has a large variety of rubber grommets to fit the headset to many ears, as well as a magnetic ear hook should you need more support.
The Invisio Q7 takes a different approach to ensuring your voice, and not background noise, is heard.
It uses technology SWAT teams and special forces have had for years - the microphone is actually inside your canal. The Q7 slides in your ear and the microphone sits against your ear canal picking up your voice as it's transmitted through your jawbone. The rest of the headset is small and designed to fit just outside the ear. We don't know how the Invisio sounds, but the technology totally appeals to our inner Sam Fisher.
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