Review: Callpod Dragon V2
The Callpod Dragon V2 is a Bluetooth headset with a unique array of features as well as a perfect comfortable fit design along with Supreme sound quality.The Callpod Dragon V2 Bluetooth headset also features multidevice pairing as well as walkie-talkie functionality with other Dragon V2s or Skype calls. The Dragon V2 offers a wide connection range of 328+ ft approx. up to 100 meters, you can access your mobile home instead of carrying along with you while roaming in a office or home. It also includes a Dual-microphone background noise cancellation technique that allow you to communicate in noisy environments.
The Dragon V2 has a circular and quite simple design with a reversible ear loop that supports left and right ear. The V2 comes with a sleek fit and finish with three different looks: Titanium Silver, Black Chrome and Carbon Fiber. It also includes two multi-functioning button design for enhanced call control functionality. Inspite of all excellent features the Callpod Dragon V2 is a bit less snug and due to improper alignment of microphones it suffers an interference in outgoing sound quality.
Features:
* Extended range
* Dragon two-way communication software
* Supreme sound quality
* Callpod’s own dual-mic noise suppression
* Easy to wear and use
* Charging flexibility
* Unsurpassed power
Review: BlueAnt V1 Bluetooth headset
The BlueAnt V1 is the world’s first voice-controlled Bluetooth headset added with Sensory’s BlueGenie voice interface. The BlueAnt’s V1 headset is offers an excellent audio quality along with stunning noise canceling and voice-isolation technologies. The V1 comes with a pinstripe exterior where a glossy striped silver plastic on front and a matte black plastic on its back and edges. The earpiece of the V1 comes with rubbery ear gels that dip a little deeper in the ear canal along with a flexible metal/plastic ear hook.
The BlueAnt V1 features no voice recognition tutorial but you can take help by saying “Teach Me”, if you forget the commands, you can say “What can I say?”, for manually pair a phone, you have to say “Pair Me” and many more voice commands. It also offers an excellent command “Call GOOG-411″ which automatically connects you to Google’s free 411 service. The V1 also features a voice isolation technology with voice-isolation sensor having two modes–Standard and Max for clear communication and the echo-cancellation where we can hear our callers’ just fine as well. The V1 also supports call mute, call waiting, and the capability to transfer calls from the headset to the phone and vice versa. Inspite of all the BlueAnt V1 lacks in its attractive design.
Review: Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 earphones
After the huge success of the Ultimate Ears super.fi 5 Pro earphones a dual driver design, the new product launced by Ultimate Ears- the Triple.fi 10 a triple driver earphones having a high-quality build and stylish earbud housing. The triple.fi 10 Pro Earphones offers excellent audio quality coupled with amazing clarity by the three individual speakers in each ear piece.
Ultimate Ears Triple.fi 10 earphones comes in the translucent blue and black finish, a nice case, and plenty of other accessories.It supports far thicker cabling, that feels like it could survive a decent amount of tugging, pulling and twisting. Ultimate Ears also includes a nice metal hard case for keeping the wires knot free during storage as well as protecting the ear pieces. It is a stellar-sounding in-ear headphones which is one of the best expensive earphones available in the market and the great competitor for the Shure SE530.
Technical Features:
* Three individual balanced armature speakers
* Recording Engineer Studio-Reference Quality Sound
* Noise Isolating Design attenuates outside noise by an amazing 26db
* Comfortable and Secure Ear Loops
* Includes Universal Fit kit and a protective metallic travel case to store earphones
Review: Ultrasone HFI-580
German headphone maker Ultrasone’s HFI-580s has made some recent moves to kick their headphone line into high gear.The Ultrasone HFI-580 is a closed-earcup headphone that block out noise without plugging up your ear canals or using active cancellation circuitry and create a private listening space between your ears.
Ultrasone’s full-size closed-back HFI-580 headphones which is super comfortable and manages a clean, highly dynamic, brightly textured presentation. Ultrasone’s “natural surround sound” S-Logic technology – which some listeners feel imparts a bit of hollow sound in certain spots.The Ultrasone HFI-580 is pretty hip-looking, with a matte black finish and silver accents and can swivel about 60 degrees horizontally and about 170 degrees vertically, enbling single-ear listening. The HFI-580 headphone features includes fold for compact storage, tremendous bass power, good sound quality and radiation shielding.
Ultrasone package includes a soft fabric carrying bag, a screw-on 1/4-inch adapter, and a demo CD of very well-recorded musical selections.For the DJ, recordist, musician, or music afficionado it is seeking a well-performing closed-earcup headphone with outstanding ergonomics & cosmetics.
Review: Jabra BT3010 Bluetooth Headset
The Jabra BT3010 is a fun little Bluetooth headset with passable sound quality comes with 33 interchangeable cover designs by a hard plastic layer.Apart from being beauteous the Jabra BT3010 is awesome on the inside too offering you has good call quality in extremely affordable cost.
In Jabra BT3010 there are three multifunction button at the very top of the design cover and houses the LED indicator light. The Jabra BT3010 provides the regular answering, ending, and rejecting calls, last number redial, voice dialing support, call waiting, three-party calling, and the capability to transfer calls from the headset to the phone and vice versa.The Jabra BT3010 lacks with its tiny controls and lower flexibility in ear hook.
Jabra BT3010 Specifications:
General:
Product Type: Headset – Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
Width: 0.9 in
Depth: 0.9 in
Height: 2 in
Weight: 0.4 oz
Recommended Use: Cellular phone
Additional Features: Volume control, Answer/end button
Headphones:
Headphones Type: Headphone – Monaural
Headphones Form Factor: In-ear ear-bud (with over-the-ear mount)
Headphones Technology: Dynamic
Connectivity Technology: Wireless – Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
Bluetooth Profiles: Headset Profile (HSP), Hands Free Profile (HFP)
Sound Output Mode: Mono
Microphone:
Type: Built-in
Microphone Operation Mode: Mono
Wireless Link:
Transmission Range: 33 ft
Miscellaneous:
Included Accessories: Earhook, Carrying strap, 33 headset faceplates
Power:
Power Device: Power adapter – External
Battery: Headset battery – Rechargeable – Lithium polymer
Run Time (Up To): 8 hour(s)
Standby Time: 300 hour(s)
Review: Nokia-BH-803
Choosing a perfect hand free is a hard task to do, because of the market is flooded with lots of hand frees. Now Nokia comes to offers a Nokia BH-803 is a combination of an elegant vision, DSP system, fast charging, and a unique volume and mute control.
The Nokia BH-803 catches the eye with the elegant and clear design in first sight. There are two color variants available, one is entirely black and the other is a combination with a silver button.
The BH-803 manufacturing the earpiece, the company selects the touch plastic material, which is shiny and smooth on the front and sides, and glossy on the back and the glossy part is a fingerprint magnet.
The Nokia BH-803 weighs 0.38 oz (11 grams). On the top of Nokia BH-803, you can find the micro USB slot for charging and the LED indicator. The microphone hole points to the mouth for a good sound wave reception from mouth.
Its multifunctional key is used to control all features like power on or off, Call end or switch, pairing, and reset. All these function are performed by just pressing and holding the button for a small period of time.The best functions offered by Nokia BH-803 are the volume control and the muting.
Accessories
Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-803
Nokia Charger AC-6
Headset strap and clip
User guide
Review: Philips Go Gear SA2825
The Philips Go Gear SA2825 is one of most attractive and compact MP3 players available in the market. Available in only silver color and having 2GB capacity, and the GoGear SA2825 cost only 40$.
The Philips Go Gear SA2825 is 1.5 inches square and 0.5 inch in thickness Only in $50, the Go Gear SA2825 is packs that contain a decent amount of features, including MP3 and WMA audio playback, FM radio, and voice recording. The Go Gear SA2825 is support for Audible audio books . Philips gives the Go Gear SA2825’s battery life at 20 hours of continuous music playback with high quality music.
Philips designed the Go Gear SA2825 such that the squeezable edges that allows you four directions of control. In the Go Gear SA2825 on squeezing the top or bottom edges of the Go Gear SA2825 will allows you to scroll through lists of music or FM radio frequencies, and while squeezing left or right allows you can skip through songs or rotate through the five main menu icons provided by Philips like Music, Radio, Recording, Folder, and Options.
General
* Width: 1.6 in
* Depth: 0.6 in
* Product type: Digital player / radio
* Height: 1.6 in
* PC interface(s) supported: Hi-Speed USB
* Amplifier total output power: 6
* Digital player signal-to-noise ratio: 80 dB
* Flash memory installed: 2 GB Integrated
* Digital storage: None
* Dimensions (W x D x H): 1.6 in x 0.6 in x 1.6 in
* Included accessories: Neck strap
* Packaged quantity: 1
* Software type: Drivers & Utilities
* Digital storage media type: None
Radio
* FM station preset qty: 20
* Tuner type: Digital Radio tuner
* Tuner bands: FM
Digital Player / Recorder
* Digital player supported digital audio standards: MP3, WAV, WMA, ADPCM
* Digital player response bandwidth: 80 – 18000 Hz
* Digital player sample rate: 8 KHz, 11 KHz, 16 KHz, 22 KHz, 24 KHz, 32 KHz, 48 KHz, 44.1 KHz
* Digital player playback modes: A-B repeat, Repeat all, Repeat shuffle, One track repeat, Random play / shuffle
* Digital player ID3 tags support: Yes
Battery
* Included Qty: 1
* Technology: Lithium ion
* Capacity: 270 mAh
* Battery: 1 x Lithium ion Rechargeable Player batteryInternal
* Battery Life Details: MP3 playback 20 hour(s), Video playback 4 hour(s)
Audio System
* Sound output mode: Stereo
* Additional features: Volume control, Upgradeable firmware, Battery level indication
Cable(s) / Peripheral(s)
* Cable(s) included: 1 x USB cable -
System Requirements
* Peripheral / Interface devices: CD-ROM, USB port, Internet connection
* Min Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Vista
Connections
* Connector type: 1 x Headphones Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm, 1 x USB 4 pin USB Type A
Built-in Display
* Audio system built-in display: OLED
* Resolution: 128 x 64
* Backlight display: Yes
Audio Features
* Amplifier output channel qty: 2
* Amplifier signal-to-noise ratio: 80 dB
* Built-in clock: Digital clock
Equalizer
* Equalizer factory presets: Funk, Jazz, Rock, Custom, Techno, Classic, Hip Hop
Microphone
* Microphone type: Built-in
* Microphone operation mode: Mono
Headphones
* Headphones type: Binaural Ear-bud
* Sound output mode: Stereo
Now faster Video Transfer with a single Touch of Button
Without using a PC its now possible to copy analog video from any source in MPEG-4 quality to any USB 2.0 storage device, with a single touch of a button.
High-speed USB 2.0 connection ensures fast video transfer. The compact size makes it perfect for backing up videos on the go.
Pinnacle Video Transfer is an innovative device which records analog video from a TV, camcorder or set-top box, VCD/DVD player, VHS player and transfers it directly onto a Video iPod, iPod Touch, iPod Nano, PSP, USB flash drive, USB hard drive, or any other portable video player without using a PC.
Pinnacle Video Transfer provides high-quality MPEG-4 encoding in H.264 at up to 720×480/576 (NTSC/PAL) resolution and supports multiple inputs including S-Video, Composite video and stereo audio.
This small device is a little fatter than the iPod Classic, though the height and width are similar. The side edges are curved, and so are the top and bottom ones, so it looks a bit convex in perspective. These top and bottom edges are made of hard, translucent plastic, in a deep shade that matches the smooth black finish of the body. It looks classy, which is good – many gadgets in this genre tend to look tacky.
Users with little or no technical expertise can begin audio-video recording.The controls are simple: an aluminum-finish round button is placed bang center of the top face. This isn’t a dial, its a two-way push button, with the top and bottom arcs labeled ‘mode’ and ‘rec’. Pushing mode once turns it on, and pressing it for more than 2 seconds turns it off. The rec button does what its name implies: record.
Features
PC-less capture
of your video to an iPod, PSP, USB 2.0 hard drive or USB Flash Stick.
One-touch start/stop recording
from any video source including a TV, DVD player, PVR, camcorder, set-top box or gaming console.
High-quality MPEG-4 encoding
in H.264 at up to 720×480/576 (NTSC/PAL) resolution.
High-quality MPEG-4 encoding
for mobile devices, full-screen PC and even video editing or DVD burning.
Multiple capture options
for mobile devices, full-screen PC and even video editing or DVD burning.
Compact size
makes it perfect for travelling.
Recharges iPod battery
during video transfer (cable not included).
Specification
Input connectors
* Composite Video: 1xRCA (PAL-SECAM-NTSC)
* S-Video: 1xY/C (PAL-SECAM-NTSC)
* Stereo Audio: 2xRCA
Capture format:
* H.264 (MPEG-4)
USB output (devices not included):
* Sony™ PSP® (firmware version 2.81 or higher)
* Apple® iPod® Video, Nano and Classic (FAT32 only, firmware version 1.2.1 or higher) iPod Touch and iPhone are supported via iTunes
* USB2.0 Hard Disk Drive (FAT16/32 only)
* Flash Memory Stick USB 2.0, (FAT16/32 only). Video quality dependant on stick data rate.
Capture quality:
ipod
* Good: Video 320×240 512 kbps video 96 kbps stereo audio 48 KHz
* Better: Video 320×240 768 kbps video 128 kbps stereo audio 48 KHz
* Best: Video 640×480 1.5 Mbps video 128 kbps stereo audio 48 KHz
PSP®:
* Good: Video 320×240 512 kbps video 64 kbps stereo audio 48 KHz
* Better: Video 320×240 768 kbps video 96 kbps stereo audio 48 KHz
* Best: Video 320×240 1 Mbps video 128 kbps stereo audio 48 KHz
HDD/Flash memory:
* Good: Video 320×240 768 kbps video 64 kbps stereo audio 48 KHz
* Better: Video 640×480 1.2 Mbps video 128 kbps stereo audio 48 KHz
* Best: Video 720×576 (PAL, SECAM) / 480 (NTSC) 1.5 Mbps video 192 kbps stereo audio 48 KHz
Package content:
* Pinnacle Video Transfer Hardware
* Audio/Video cable 3 x RCA
* Power supply unit
* Quick Start Guide
Review: Sony NWZ-S616F Walkman Player
The Sony NWZ-S616F 4 GB walkman mp3 player & video compatible with large 1.8 (4.6 cms) LCD that can be used horizontally & vertically. It is easy to uses the Drag and Drop function in NWZ-S616F that supports Windows Media Player. The file transfer from your PC to your walkman video mp3 player is very easy.
The slim and stylish, the NWZ-S616FRED is very easy to operate with mobile phone-like interface and menu. Lithium-ion rechargeable battery gives approx. 33 hours for music and 9.5 hours for video. It is Equipped with Stereo, bass and DSEE sound enhancement systems for best quality sound. It consist of 1.8 (4.6 cms) QVGA colour LCD with high resolution (240×320). The player is compatible with popular video formats MPEG4 and AVC and popular audio formats MP3, AAC and WMA.
Specifications
Video
- Format : MPEG 4, M4V
- Playback : Mode: Repeat(on/Off), Continuous Playback (On/Off)
Weights and Measurements
- Dimensions (Approx.) : 1 11/16 x 3 1/4 x 15/32″ (42 x 79 x 11.5mm)
- Weight (Approx.) : 1.8oz (52g)
Audio Features
- Simulated Surround : VPT: Sudio/Live/Club/Arena/Matrix/Karaoke
Hardware
- Headphone Type : Earbud
Capability
- Clock : Yes
- MP3 Player : Flash Memory
- Radio : FM
General
- Backlit Color : 1.8″ GVGA TFT display (240 x 320)
Power
- Battery Charging (Approx.) : USB based charging; 3 hours (full charge), 1.5 hours (approx. 80%)
- Output Power : 5+5mW
Video Features
- JPEG Playback : Normal/Slide Show/Slide Show Repeat Slide Show Interval(Short/Normal/Long) Compatible with DCF 2.0/Exif 2.2 file format4
Audio
- Antenna System : FM: Headphone Cord Antenna
- Equalizer : 5 Band: Heavy/Pop/Jazz/Unique/Custom
- Format(s) Supported : MP3, WMA, AAC-LC, Linear PCM10
- Frequency Response : 20 – 20,000Hz (when playing back data file, single signal measurement)
- Tuner Frequency Range : 87.5 – 108.0MHz
- Tuner Type : FM
Convenience Features
- Multiple Language Display : Yes
Playback Features
- Photo Playback : Yes
System Requirements
- Operating System : Windows XP, SP2 or newer
Inputs and Outputs
- Headphone Output(s) : 1 (stereo mini jack)
- USB Port(s) : 1 (22 pin to high-speed USB 2.0 connector6)
Memory
- Memory Size : 4GB (Built-in)
Accessories
- USB Cable (22 pin to USB)
- MDR-E804LP Headphones
- CD-ROM with Windows Media Player 11 and MP3 Conversion Tools
- Quick Start Guide
Review: Bang & Olufsen Earset 2 Bluetooth Headset
Bang & Olufsen raises the bar for Bluetooth headsets with the Earset 2. Designed with Bang & Olufsen audio technology, the Earset 2 brings all the benefits of a cordless headset together. The loudspeaker system is designed to high-fidelity standards. Specially designed air vents and a ‘bass port’ ensure true voice reproduction. The microphones are designed to filter out disturbances, such as wind or background noise. With Bang & Olufsen audio technology, all the benefits of a cordless headset come together.
It works with Bluetooth-enabled Serene mobile phone, as well as other Bluetooth phones. The microphone arm controls your EarSet 2. Fold it out, and the EarSet is immediately turned on fold it in, and EarSet 2 turns off. The practical and protective carrying case also doubles as an elegant charger for EarSet 2.
Specifications
* Orientation: Designed for use on right ear
* Talk time: Up to 4 hours
* Standby time: 50 to 100 hours
* Charging time: greater than 3 hours
* Range: Up to 32.8 ft./10.0 m
* Dimensions: —Headset (WxHxD): 2.0 x 2.2 x 0.9 in./5.0 x 5.6 x 2.3 cm —Microphone arm (Length): 1.4 in./3.5 cm —Docking station (WxH): 2.8 x 1.2 in./7.1 x 3.1 cm
* Weight: —Headset: 0.8 oz./22.7 g —Docking station: 1.4 oz./39.7 g
It retails for about $413 in Korea.