Rolling Classrooms Use Wireless Heaphones

Internet Access Turns School Buses Into Rolling Classrooms

With the economic-stimulus plan of President-elect Barack Obama comes the idea of rolling wireless classrooms which use wireless headphones. It’s a great way to catch up on classes. Read more about these rolling wireless headphone classrooms.

Santok STK BTHS600 Bluetooth Stereo Headset

The new Santok STK BTHS600 stereo wireless headphones are very impressive right out of the box.  Read about it on trusted reviews.

Tenqa Bluetooth® Wireless Headphones

After posting the Tenqa Bluetooth Wireless Speakers article, we decided to see what else the had.  Tenqa  also sells stereo wireless headphones.

This stereo wireless bluetooth headphone can be used for your iPod, mp3 players, personal compute and Bluetooth enable mobile phones.  Your package will come with the headphones and the Tenqa Bluetooth Wireless Transmitter. It is ergonomically designed controls for changing music tracks or adjusting volume .   Read more on Tenqa’s Stereo Wireless Headphones.

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Tenqa Bluetooth Wireless Speakers

We always write about stereo wireless headphones however saw this article about Tenqa Bluetooth Wireless Speakers and wanted to share it with you.

Read more on Tenqa Bluetooth Wireless Speakers.

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EOS Wireless Audio System

By Doug Aamoth

Short Version: The EOS wireless audio system is dead simple to set up and use, although a high price tag and so-so sound quality might keep some people away.

Overview and Features:

• Base station with iPod dock transmits audio to wireless speakers up to 150 feet away
• Features 3.5-inch auxiliary input for connecting to other music-playing devices
• Speakers are 2.1 stereo — left and right channel, plus back-firing subwoofer
• Uses proprietary 2.4GHz transmission to avoid interference
• Core kit comes with base station and one wireless speaker for $249 – additional speakers are $129.99 each

Pros:

Setting up the EOS system couldn’t have been easier — if you can plug things into wall outlets, you’re 95% there. The speakers are designed to either plug directly into an outlet and “float” or you can detach the AC adapter from the back of the speaker if you want to move it away from the wall to, say, a bookshelf or countertop. I had everything set up and playing in about five minutes. It’s super easy.

Wireless audio transmission was absolutely interference-free, which is refreshing for a wireless system. The EOS speakers sounded pretty good, although it was still somewhat obvious that they were wireless. You’d probably be able to fool regular folk, though, as each speaker features both a left and right channel and a subwoofer, which is far more ambitious than most wireless speakers setups.

Cons:

First and foremost, the EOS system is a bit pricey. The kit I tested consisted of the core system – which consists of the base station and one speaker – plus three add-on speakers. Total out of pocket cost for that setup would be $249.99 plus $129.99 per extra speaker ($389.97), for a grand total of $639.96.

Granted, you can just buy the base system and add speakers as you go, but keep in mind that the system only supports up to four total wireless speakers, so you’d be somewhat limited in your coverage if you have a big house.

And the sound quality, while free of interference, is still a bit tinny on the high end and songs with deep bass end up sounding pretty muddy. I ended up testing some bass-heavy songs with an iPod Touch, with the EOS plugged into my computer, and with the EOS plugged into a SanDisk Sansa Clip and the speakers bottomed out and distorted with each device when trying to handle songs with low, low bass.

Recommendation:

If you’re not put off by the price tag and you’ll be listening to relatively tame music at moderate levels (or podcasts and other voice-only stuff), then the ease of use as far as setup and functionality are concerned make the EOS system worth a closer look.

Product Page [EosWireless.com]

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Samsung SBH-700 Stereo Bluetooth Headset Review

Written by Jeremy Kriegel for Crunch Gear

Short Version: I love wirelessness. I was using Bluetooth to connect handhelds, phones, and headsets since ~2004. While smart phones have mostly killed the PDA, their media capabilities scream for a good set of wireless headphones. Sadly the Samsung SBH-700’s are not those headphones. While the specs sound impressive, talk time up to 9 hours, play time up to 7 hours, standby time up to 140 hours and weight of only 38.3 grams, the reality was disappointing.

To be fair, my disappointment was only partially Samsung’s fault. First of all, the iPhone does not support A2DP, the Bluetooth protocol necessary to transmit stereo music. WTF, Steve? You create the uber-music phone and then don’t support transmitting that music wirelessly? The only explanation I can think of is that Apple likes to control the entire experience, most bluetooth headsets suck, and they don’t want that experience to be associated with the Jesus-phone. To test out the audio, I tried pairing it with my MacBook Pro. That didn’t work either. So while I never did get to test it with music, its performance as a phone headset was sufficient for me to pass on this product.

As a headset, it paired just as easily with my iPhone as any other headset. Hearing your conversation in both ears is great. Going back to my Samsung Uproar (the first mp3 player phone), I’ve loved having stereo headsets for my phones. It makes the person much easier to hear, especially in loud environments. However, despite Samsung’s claims of ambient noise reduction, when walking outside on a mildly windy day, people I was talking to asked me if I was using a headset and to please stop. The sound transmission and wind noise was pretty bad. The problem is that the mic is located above your ear near the play/pause button and I don’t thing this unit uses the kind of advanced noise reduction that the Jawbone does. In a quiet room, it functioned acceptably.

The unit is well designed. It is an over-the-ear, behind-the-neck form factor that is reasonably comfortable, althought will take a bit of adjusting to get it to fit snugly in your ears. The part that rests on your neck is light enough not to bother you and heavy enough that it won’t bounce if you jog. I don’t know if I would wear it for extended sessions. It’s not that comfortable. The main contol buttons are located near each ear. The phone answer/end button is on one side, play/pause on the other. On the back of your neck are two additional pairs of buttons, volume up/down and track forward/back. Since you can’t see any of the controls , it will take a few screw-ups to learn which buttons are on which side. There is an attempt at consistency by placing the track control on the same side as the play button.

The SBH700 lists for $100 but can be had for as low as $60. If it will work with your phone, you do get both a music headset and phone headset in one small package, but I would suggest that the compromise is not worth the savings with this model.

Overall, it’s a good attempt, but not quite ready for consumption.

Bottom Line: Getting better, but pass on this one.

Product via Amazon

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Wireless Stereo Headphones – XM-I X-mini Blu

By Mike Lee, a freelance IT writer for The Straits Times.

Price: $138

WIRELESS simplicity, audio ecstasy – that’s the tag-line of the X-mini Blu bluetooth stereo headphones created by home-grown company XM-I. Indeed, I found the X-mini Blu easy to use and the sound quality excellent.

To tell the truth, at first I was fooled by the X-mini Blu’s somewhat plain looks.

However, once I had it paired with the test music mobile phone, a Sony Ericsson W595 Walkman phone and piped in some rock music, I was sold.

The bass was solid and thumping and the vocals and guitars sounded rich and full-bodied.

I also enjoyed the sounds from other tracks in my collection – from pop to trance to classical. Five buttons on the right earphone allow you to skip tracks, adjust volume control and stop or pause the player.

The X-mini Blu further surprised me during voice-call testing with Skype and the W595. Reception was clear for both caller and receiver.

Even when I was sitting at my notebook and playing rock tracks, the other party could still make out my voice from the music.

X-mini Blu can be simultaneously paired to two Bluetooth devices as a hands-free headset. Answering a call from the mobile phone in the middle of Skyping was fuss-free and when the call ended, I was able to seamlessly resume the Skype conversation.

The headphones – just 72g – are so light, I was able to wear them comfortably for one to two hours at a stretch. The X-mini Blu is rated for 12 hours of playtime on a fully-charged battery and I did not need to recharge the batteries till the fourth or fifth day of testing.

When not in use, just bundle them in the protective case and pop it in your pocket. That’s not all – the package also includes a limited edition of the X-mini capsule speakers, which won the world-renown Red Dot Award for product design.

Final say

Easy-to-use Bluetooth headphones that pump out great stereo sounds.

Wi-Gear’s iMuffs Stereo Wireless Headphones for the iPhone and iPod

Cut the cord with Wi-Gear’s new wireless stereo headphones for Apple iPhone and iPod

Wi-Gear’s iMuffs, wireless headphones are now optimized for iPhone use. They use Bluetooth 2.0 with Stereo (A2DP), AVRCP, Handsfree (HFP), and Headset (HSP) protocol. iMuffs’ built-in rechargeable battery is lithium polymer based with a rated life of up to 20 hours of continuous music. iMuffs adapter for iPhone/iPod requires no battery, but is dependant on iPod’s battery capacity.

Read more on these wireless stereo headphones for iPhone and iPod.

Buy your MB220 Wi-Gear iMuffs Bluetooth Wireless Headphones for iPhone at Amazon.com

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Stereo Wireless Headphones & the New Blackberry Storm

A review by  Mobile Burn was done on the new Blackberry Storm 9530 which included their assessment of the use of stereo wireless headphones to which they said, “Bluetooth seemed to work quite well with both normal headsets as well as wireless stereo headphones.”  Although their review was mostly on the phone at least we know that it works well with wireless stereo headphones. Read more on their Blackberry Storm review.

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Broadcom(R) Bluetooth(R) Headset Technology Now Shipping in Innovative New Jabra(R) Products from GN

Here’s a great article by Market Watch discussing GN’s involvement with shipping Jabra headsets. Jabra offers great audio and a stylish design on Broadcom(R)’s BCM2044 single chip Bluetooth system-on-a-chip (SoC) solution.

Article:

Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced that GN, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of Bluetooth(R) audio headsets, is now shipping multiple Jabra(R) headset products based on Broadcom’s leading Bluetooth technology.

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