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February 9th, 2010, 09:40
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Looking to get a Bluetooth (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Bluetooth/) earpiece without actually upping your tool factor (http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/06/bluetooth-headset-use-plummets-in-the-us-humanity-celebrates-a/) by 40x or so? Good luck. Helium Digital's so-called alternative (that'd be the HDBT-990 Bluetooth wristband (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/helium-digital-straps-your-wrist-with-hdbt-990-bluetooth-communi/)) was recently reviewed by our iPhone-lovin' pals in the Great White North, and while they found it to work well when it came to handling calls without actually using the speaker and microphone within the iPhone 3GS, everything else about it was ho hum at best. There's no inbuilt LCD for watching Caller ID streams, the mini-USB jack was "flimsy," and there's still the issue of this unit being at least somewhat unsightly. It's also $90, which puts it just north of the all-important "ah, who cares" range for most of you price-conscience consumers. Hit the source link for their full impressions, but don't be shocked if you come away still in search of the aforementioned mystery device.Helium Digital HDBT-990 Bluetooth wristband gets reviewed, given 3.5 Jack Bauers (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/09/helium-digital-hdbt-990-bluetooth-wristband-gets-reviewed-given/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Looking to get a Bluetooth (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Bluetooth/) earpiece without actually upping your tool factor (http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/06/bluetooth-headset-use-plummets-in-the-us-humanity-celebrates-a/) by 40x or so? Good luck. Helium Digital's so-called alternative (that'd be the HDBT-990 Bluetooth wristband (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/helium-digital-straps-your-wrist-with-hdbt-990-bluetooth-communi/)) was recently reviewed by our iPhone-lovin' pals in the Great White North, and while they found it to work well when it came to handling calls without actually using the speaker and microphone within the iPhone 3GS, everything else about it was ho hum at best. There's no inbuilt LCD for watching Caller ID streams, the mini-USB jack was "flimsy," and there's still the issue of this unit being at least somewhat unsightly. It's also $90, which puts it just north of the all-important "ah, who cares" range for most of you price-conscience consumers. Hit the source link for their full impressions, but don't be shocked if you come away still in search of the aforementioned mystery device.Helium Digital HDBT-990 Bluetooth wristband gets reviewed, given 3.5 Jack Bauers (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/09/helium-digital-hdbt-990-bluetooth-wristband-gets-reviewed-given/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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