Headsets Archive

  • Wait, the cell phone accessory market is worth how much?

    Wait, the cell phone accessory market is worth how much?

    $63 BILLION. That’s how much we’re spending each year to keep our devices primped and powered. In the U.S. alone, the average mobile phone owner spends roughly $60 on accessories over the life of their phone. I mean, we all go through chargers fairly regularly, but $63 BILLION-worth? According to ABI Research (which conducted the, well, [...]

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  • Another day, another Apple Tablet rumor or How I stopped worrying and learned to love the Tapplet UPDATE

    Another day, another Apple Tablet rumor or How I stopped worrying and learned to love the Tapplet UPDATE

    It's nice that the Apple Tablet - we're calling it the Tapplet - rumors are circulating. August is a horrible time for tech. There's not much out there right now, just a few headsets and some early back-to-school stuff. The retail refresh hasn't hit - that comes in about October - and the Interwebs are quiet. It's great to have a little bit of frisson in our lives, something to put on our Christmas lists. With that we present today's Tapplet rumors. First, we have rumor of a September 7 event at Apple HQ for music devices. This is Apple's traditional time for releasing new music gear. It's just before back-to-school and it gives them a little time to get stuff into the retail space by October, just when kids are starting to break the iPods they got last year. So what could it be? Could it be a new iPod? iPods with cameras? Or it might be... UPDATE - Whoa, now Gruber knows about the new iPods:
    the new camera-equipped ones Apple is set to announce next month (16/32/64 GB for $199/299/399).

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  • MoGo Talk integrated folding Bluetooth headset line expands to BlackBerry models, we’re giving 50 away

    MoGo Talk integrated folding Bluetooth headset line expands to BlackBerry models, we’re giving 50 away

    If you watched in agony as the very-cool MoGo Talk Bluetooth iPhone headset was announced and given away here on CrunchGear while your BlackBerry sat idly on your desk, take heart. The BlackBerry Curve and BlackBerry Javelin versions are coming and we’re giving 50 of the Curve models away. Newton Peripherals has developed a flat-folding Bluetooth [...]

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