Bluetooth headsets became less expensive (although even today they still make the wearer look like a Borg-in-training).
More screens will feature compatible accessories, like Bluetooth headsets, chargers and cases, and applicable rate plans.
Users may also pair compatible Bluetooth headsets to the Ooma Telo to enable hands-free talking from anywhere in the home.
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Negotiation is not: men in suits and ties wearing Bluetooth headsets, sitting at a long table, yelling at each other.
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Shipments of the Jawbone ICON for Cisco Bluetooth Headsets have begun in the U.S. and Canada, bundled with Cisco Unified IP Phones 9951 and 9971.
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In addition to the considerable variety of Bluetooth headsets available now (including prototypes embedded into sunglasses and motorcycle helmets), the first stereo Bluetooth headphones are coming into the market.
Others might find value in the phone's ability to display Adobe (nasdaq: ADBE - news - people ) PDF attachments or its compatibility with Bluetooth headsets.
Jawbone, the privately held maker of the Jambox mobile speaker and those in-ear Bluetooth headsets beautiful enough to be in the Museum of Modern Art, is making big moves lately.
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Jawbone, best known for its wireless Bluetooth headsets, brought out its UP health band in 2011, a fashion-able bracelet that monitors sleep and daytime activity, with its data uploadable to a smartphone app.
Though they were obviously overshadowed by the handset announcements, Nokia World also saw the introduction of a number of new Bluetooth headsets and miscellaneous accessories like the DT-600 this year.
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Hi-Fun's gloves are Bluetooth headsets -- or, well, handsets -- with the speaker built into the thumb and the mic in the pinky, so you can talk by doing the traditional "call me" hand gesture.
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They include products and devices such as Bluetooth headsets used with cell phones, handheld metal detectors used by airport security, iPods, iPhones, electric blankets and pills that are swallowed and used to image internal organs by transmitting wireless data.
Up until recently, and barring the use of Bluetooth headsets, the constraints defining the upper practical limit of a phone included the ability to fit into a pocket and be held against the side of an (adult) head to facilitate a voice call.
Half of the new vehicles sold in the United States are now compatible with MP3 players and 80 percent can connect with wireless Bluetooth headsets, said automotive technology expert John Waraniak, who served as the panel's moderator. iReport.com: Are you attending CES?
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Nor has it put off Jawbone, which has won a reputation for itself by making Bluetooth-equipped headsets and smart, portable speakers.
Following in the wake of the original's botched launch, Jawbone could've taken the easy way out, shelving that product for time immemorial as a one-off dud and refocusing on its tried-and-true Bluetooth speakers and headsets.
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Although Bose has been using Bluetooth in its Aviation headsets, SoundLink portable speakers and earpieces for cellphones, wireless headphones have been lacking from the company's roster.
What the QD does offer is Bluetooth for syncing and headsets, a large software library including plenty of emulators to play other game ROMs (including GameBoy), a small game-centric phone (that's also easy to text on), and the usual Nokia pluses and minuses.
EnterpriseMobility will allow office workers to remain connected to their company's information systems with the aid of base stations that are placed around the office, picking up radio signals from a number of devices, including Bluetooth-enabled PCs, headsets and Palm handheld devices, Ostergaard said.
The U.S. ArmyTM covert style throat mike headsets are available, wired for both Xbox and a Bluetooth version for PS3 and PC.
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Wireless GPS modules are a dime a dozen these days, but what makes the so-called locoGPS Mobile Navigation Server so special is that it serves piping hot coordinates up via WiFI, not the usual Bluetooth, which is just fantastic considering that the iPhone's Bluetooth stack doesn't much like to talk to anything other than headsets.
With Bluetooth enabling cable-free wireless chat, the Ear Force XP510 and PX51 headsets allow gamers to take phone calls and stream music easily.
Nowadays, you will find Bluetooth features in a variety of different bits of kit, including mobile phones, PDAs, headsets and printers, to name just a few.
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