Headsets Archive

  • SteelSeries Introduces the SteelSeries 7H and Siberia v2 Headsets for iPod®, iPhone® and iPad®

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  • Daily Crunch: Light Gun Edition

    Daily Crunch: Light Gun Edition

    Zapper attachment for Playstation Move makes your light-gun dreams come true Winnie The Pooh, Stitch, Alien: Super-cute digital photo frames Hands-on with Nox Audio’s new lightweight gaming headsets Fart Battles for iPhone. It’s what’s inside that counts! The Playstation Move is a Wii clone – but it’s awesome

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  • SteelSeries announces Spectrum 5xb and 4xb headsets at E3

    SteelSeries announces Spectrum 5xb and 4xb headsets at E3

    SteelSeries announced at E3 today three new peripherals for the XBox 360: the Spectrum 5xb premium headset, the Spectrum 4xb entry-level headset, and the Spectrum AudioMixer which "allows any headset with a microphone and 3.5mm jacks to function with Xbox 360 gameplay and Xbox LIVE chat". The Spectrum AudioMixer is included in the box with both the 5xb and 4xb headsets.

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  • Astro A30 Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker headset coming at ya

    Astro A30 Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker headset coming at ya

    Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker comes out today in North America, and in 10 days in Europe. (It came out in Japan about two weeks ago.) Famous Japanese video game magazine Famitsu gave it a 40/40, so we can safely assume it's not bad at all. Also not bad, probably? The Astro A30 gaming headset. Konami helped the Astro team design the headset, dontcha know?

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  • Sound ID’s 510 Bluetooth headset has iPhone app to match

    Sound ID’s 510 Bluetooth headset has iPhone app to match

    Occasionally, we long for simpler times -- times when "handsfree" meant little more than connecting a corded earbud to your phone and calling it good. Nowadays, of course, things are a little different: Bluetooth is quite literally everywhere, headsets have their own frickin' apps, and bone conduction tech is the real deal. Take this Sound ID 510, for example, featuring its very own iPhone app (which Sound ID made sure to get approved by Apple ahead of the actual hardware's release) that lets you control a number of settings, check your battery level, and find the set if you misplace it. To be fair, it's not the first time we've seen an on-phone companion app for a Bluetooth earbud, and something tells us it won't be the last; that's right, welcome to our frightning new reality. Look for the 510 to hit shops in early June for about $130.

    Sound ID's 510 Bluetooth headset has iPhone app to match originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 May 2010 00:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • The Engadget Show returns, this Saturday, May 22nd with Sprint’s Evo 4G, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch, and an Engadget editors Q&A!

    The Engadget Show returns, this Saturday, May 22nd with Sprint’s Evo 4G, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch, and an Engadget editors Q&A!

    Guess what humans? It's that time again -- the Engadget Show returns this Saturday, May 22nd at 5pm... and it's shaping up to be a killer! First up, we'll have an exclusive interview with Adobe's CTO Kevin Lynch (taped at the Google I/O conference), which is sure to be both informative and wildly entertaining. What's more, Josh, Paul, and Nilay will be putting the new HTC Evo 4G through its paces live onstage, then they'll be joined by our very own Chris Ziegler and Laura June for a hard-hitting round of Q&A with the audience. That's right, it's your chance to ask the Engadget editors anything, live and in-person, plus much more (see instructions in the bullet points below). And as usual, we'll have some rocking 8-bit music from minusbaby and visuals from notendo and plenty of those good 'ol Engadget Show shenanigans.

    You like giveaways? Well then, this is your lucky week (if you attend). Many of you will be walking away with shiny new Voyager Pro headsets, courtesy of Plantronics and we've got tons of Engadget t-shirts to hand out!

    Oh, and did we mention we're also giving away a brand new iPad (courtesy of The Little App Factory and bundled with all of their software titles)? Well we are, alongside a handful of other goodies.

    The Engadget Show is sponsored by Sprint, and will take place at the Times Center, part of The New York Times Building in the heart of New York City at 41st St. between 7th and 8th Avenues (see map after the break). Tickets are -- as always -- free to anyone who would like to attend, but seating is limited, and tickets will be first come, first served... so get there early!

    Sprint is also offering 50 guaranteed tickets to The Engadget Show taping to the first 50 entrants who text "ENGADGET" to 467467 or enter online! Standard text messaging rates apply. Click for the official rules and see how to enter online.

    Here's all the info you need:
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    • Ticketing will begin at the Times Center at 2:30PM on Saturday, doors will open for seating at 4:30PM, and the show begins at 5PM
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    • Seating capacity in the Times Center is about 340, and once we're full, we're full
    • The venue is located at 41st St. between 7th and 8th Avenues in New York City (map after the break)
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    Continue reading The Engadget Show returns, this Saturday, May 22nd with Sprint's Evo 4G, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch, and an Engadget editors Q&A!

    The Engadget Show returns, this Saturday, May 22nd with Sprint's Evo 4G, Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch, and an Engadget editors Q&A! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 19 May 2010 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • ex-Sprint and Radio Shack execs try to save the world with eRecyclingCorps

    ex-Sprint and Radio Shack execs try to save the world with eRecyclingCorps

    65,000 tons of mobile phone e-waste are generated every year. The bad news is, only 1% of consumers choose to recycle their headsets when they upgrade. eRecyclingCorps is working with carriers to integrate the recycling process into the POS sale system at the retail store. eRecyclingCorps plans on working with the carriers to offer customer [...]

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  • Moshi Moshi: Native Union makes Skype/iPhone headsets fun again

    Moshi Moshi: Native Union makes Skype/iPhone headsets fun again

    Moshi Moshi! I’m not a huge headset fan but these are some of the coolest accessories I’ve seen in a while. All of these devices, the 04i, the 03, and the 02, connect to PCs or iPhones either via Bluetooth or 3.5mm cable. The 04i acts as a stereo Bluetooth speaker as well as a [...]

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  • Sony’s gaming headset rocks the modern design

    Sony’s gaming headset rocks the modern design

    Sony just launched a new gaming headset line in Asia, and they look nice. I'm not entirely sure how comfortable they are based on the rendering, but they certainly look lighter than most headsets. Expect to see them in Asia this month, and hopefully Sony will bring them over to us sooner rather then later. No word on pricing at this time.

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  • SteelSeries launches new headset and keyboard

    SteelSeries launches new headset and keyboard

    SteelSeries announced two products today, a headset and rather interesting looking keyboard. Both products are very much gamer-centric, with specialized features to make them of particular interest for the hard core LAN party player.

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  • Review: Jabra GO 6430 Bluetooth headset

    Review: Jabra GO 6430 Bluetooth headset

    The Jabra GO 6430 headset has the best audio clarity I’ve ever heard from a Bluetooth headset. It’s unmatched. It’s too bad that my ear and the headset don’t get along. Features Bluetooth connectivity Works comes with quick-connect PC dongle Works with Skype and Office Communicator 6 hours of talk time Charging dock MSRP of $190 Pros Amazing clarity Charges via microUSB Simple sync to a [...]

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  • CrunchGear’s “Clean Out My Office” Contest

    CrunchGear’s “Clean Out My Office” Contest

    This week I’ll be running a “clean out my office” involving a whole bunch of stuff I can’t get rid of and is too valuable to potentially throw away. Today’s special treat? Lots of Plantronics Voice-Music-Gaming headsets with USB thinger for listening to stuff over USB and using Skype. I think I have like nine. How [...]

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  • Razer announces Chimaera gaming headset for Xbox360

    Razer announces Chimaera gaming headset for Xbox360

    Thankfully, Razer is finally getting into the console market. In addition to the Onza controller we told you about yesterday, Razer is also launching a wireless gaming headset to use with your Xbox 360.

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  • Jabra launches two new bluetooth devices at CES

    Jabra launches two new bluetooth devices at CES

    Good news for Jabra fans; they just announced two new Bluetooth devices at CES. For the traditional headset wearer we've got the Jabra Extreme, and for the speakerphone fan we've got the Cruiser Bluetooth speakerphone. Both devices use Jabra's new Noise Blackout technology, to cut down on the background noise issues.

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  • Palm Pixi gets an upgrade to WebOS 1.3.2, fixes “Security Issues”

    Palm Pixi gets an upgrade to WebOS 1.3.2, fixes “Security Issues”

    Just a few weeks after launch, it looks like the Pixi is already hoggin’ all the update-love. Early today, Palm pushed WebOS 1.3.2 out to Pixi owners, leaving Pre owners wondering when they’d get theirs. Palm’s not making a big fuss about this update, but we managed to dig up the patch notes and find out [...]

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