CES 2006 - Day 3: Playstation 3, Quarter-size Hard Drives, SED and lots of TVs

Stereo Bluetooth Headsets

Another cool new item displayed on the show floor was the Bluetooth stereo headset. Both Motorola and Jabra showed off their implementation at their booths. The Motorola HT820 and Jabra BT620s are actually very similar in design and features. These units take advantage of Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) in Bluetooth to support stereo wireless streaming audio.

The headsets support up to two simultaneous connections. For example, you can listen to music via your laptop's Bluetooth connection and still be synced with your cellular phone. If you receive a call, you will hear an audible indication in the headset. You can answer the call by tapping the side of the headset. When you answer, your music player will automatically pause and the headset will communicate with the cell phone. Once you're done with the call, simply tap the headset again and you will switch back to your laptop's music player. You can also control both calling functionality and music playback from buttons on the headset. Features such as play/pause, next/previous track, answer/end call, call hold and voice dialing are available from the buttons on top of each headphone.