Driving while talking on a cell phone is dangerous and quickly being outlawed in many states and cities around the world. Bluetooth headsets are the perfect safe alternative to texting while driving or holding a phone to your ear. Here is a look at some of 2009’s best Bluetooth headsets.
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Bluetooth Headsets Shipments Down Sharply in 2009
Common sense would seem to indicate that with U.S. consumers ever more-dependent on mobile technology, the sale of mobile telephony and mobile media peripherals would be a pretty solid business, even during a broad economic downturn. Not so, according to research firm Strategy Analytics, which is forecasting sales of those oh-so-trendy Bluetooth headsets will be down a massive 28 percent during 2009. Apparently as U.S. consumers tighten their belts, they’re decided that wireless headsets are luxury items rather than necessities.
Jabra Polishes Its Halo
Headset maker Jabra has introduced its new Halo Bluetooth headset—and realizing that most stereo Bluetooth solutions are about as elegant and hassle free as a 100-foot extension cord tied in knots, the company has borrowed the Halo’s design from the music side of the fence. Instead of being designed as an in-ear or over-the-hear device, the Halo uses a two-year, over-the-head design from traditional headphones…and the Halo collapses and folds into a carrying case for convenient storage and travel when not in use.
Orb Bluetooth Earpiece Finger Ring
You could be excused for dismissing wearable tech after 20 years of corny 3D glasses, Nintendo Power Gloves and goofy Bluetooth jackets, but there might just be a light at the end of the tunnel. Not only are Samsung and LG both hard at work on watch phones you might actually want to show off, one company is actually working on a new concept we haven’t seen before: a ring that converts into a Bluetooth headset.


