The New BH-Q600S Bluetooth Stereo Headset

ith the huge success of Apple's iPod in the last decade, many technology pundits have been heard to wonder where music players can go next? Portable music players can trace their history back through the Sony walkman to tape players, "boombox" radios, 8-track cassette players, and before that we just strapped a record player to the back of a woolly mammoth and kept it playing by beating it with a stick. But the iPod is so small, so compact, so simple, that you have to ask if music player technology has anyplace left to develop.

And the answer is yes: in your ear. We're talking about the Bluetooth stereo headset, headphones with an added dimension. The controls for the player are built right into the phones. take some time to get used to manipulating the dial on the side of the headphones while you're wearing them, because once you can effortlessly control your personal music experience, you'll never go back.

The design is small and sassy, futuristic without being nerdy. Not just stereo sound, but has noice cancellation as well. Not just for music playing, this device can also handle phone conversation wirelessly, and supports MSN, AVRCP, A2DP, VoIP, Skype, and other Internet communication applications.

It's also compatible with any device capable of playing MP3s - PCs, laptops, notebooks, smartphones, and all manner of mobile network devices. As long as it supports Bluetooth, just plug and play.

The list of surprising features goes on. It has a roving range of ten meters, built-in antenna, and a capacity of eight solid hours of music playback. And it packs all of this into a weight of just fifty-five grams.

There's something to be said for wireless headphones. The old kind with the wire and the jack that plugs into the payer - remember how the wire would always start shorting out after a few months? It would fuzz out or fade and you'd have to stop what you were doing and bend the wire, and that fixed it temporarily but you knew you'd soon be wrapping it around the player or duct-taping it to stay in position, and it would just degrade further. We know one acquaintance who got frustrated buying new headphones every three months and just took his apart, wire by wire, and re-soldered them. We're glad those days are over.

BH-Q600S Bluetooth Stereo Headset