[gps-talkusers] Re: new Bluetooth earphone

  • From: "Scott Granados" <gsgranados@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:49:09 -0700

Oh absolutely, extra processing power and static (very fast) memory would be nice. i'd like to slap a language module in there as well. I'd say we're probably 100+ years ahead of ourselves here but everytime I say that almost with out fail some enterprising person in a garage in (insert your town here) releases a solution and proves that things were several orders of magnetude less complex than we thought. ("Consumers will never need more than 640K", "nobody will want a computer in their home", "Oh we'll only use TCP/IP for a proof of concept", and on and on.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx> 
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Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 5:31 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: new Bluetooth earphone



We are a very long way indeed from best audio for cochlear implants.
Besides, the bhuman brain will always re-interpret the sensory data given to 
it, unless you want to change that as well so as to cope with 'information
overload'[:).
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Granados" <gsgranados@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 7:22 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: new Bluetooth earphone
Andy, sorry I don't know your mPower answer. In general it depends on what 
profiles (bluetooth profiles) the mPower supports.  Just to review in case
someone is reading who's not familiar the profiles you'd be interested in
for this would be the handsfree and wireless stereo aka A2DP support.
   Going off on a related tangent but one related to headphones / hearing,
I'm starting to think that having a Cochlear implant would be the bomb as
the kids say.  (once they approach human performance levels)  They make a
device called the Phonak Smartlink that converts Bluetooth in to I think FM 
and beams it in to your Cochlear implant.  It supports both profiles and
from what I've been reading (there are some MSP users using this device) it works quite well. I like the idea of having the ability to inject audio in 
to my hearing path with out the need for a transducer.  If you walked away
from BT and used some high bandwidth transport instead how cool would it be 
to get really high quality audio injected directly in to your neural
pathways! No pesky air to degrade the sound!!=) I know I won't live to see 
the day but eventually it would be great if we could get all 5 censes
presented to our brains directly via some sort of artificial interface so
that everything including optical data, feeling, taste, hearing, smell
anything could have information injected so you could end run around all the 
meat that gets in the way of perception.  Ah, to only be here in 2108!:)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco@xxxxxx>

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Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:04 AM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: new Bluetooth earphone



Would it work with the mPower?

Andy


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:gps-talkusers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Granados
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 9:13 PM
To: gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [gps-talkusers] Re: new Bluetooth earphone

Mike, does the Plantronics support A2DP and if so how is it?  You should
like the Oakleys, they also look pretty good when you wear them.  If
you're a noise canceling fan you should check out the boom quiet.
http://www.theboom.com.  Not small but they work well in really high
noise applications including helicopters.:)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael May" <MikeMay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "GPS-talkusers-freelists.org" <GPS-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 9:02 PM
Subject: [gps-talkusers] new Bluetooth earphone



I am constantly searching for the ideal Bluetooth earphone primarily to

use

with my cell phone but also to use with other devices. I have 3 I have

been

using for the past 6 months which include the Motorola hs850, the

Jawbone

and the Plantronix 855. Compared to these three, I really like my

newest

unit, the Plantronix Discovery 925.

This is an extremely light and thin earphone with noise cancelling for

one

ear. It fits inside the ear with this small flap that helps it fit

inside

your earlobe. The controls are simple to use and there are nice beeps

for

on/off and volume change.

With some of these earphones, the synthesizer for one's screen reader

is

much quieter than the phone call. If you turn it up, then it is super

loud

when you disconnect from the earphone. This is not a problem with the

925.

The volume is very consistent between modes.

The noise cancelling is at least as good as the Jawbone. The audio

level

on the 925 goes higher than any of my other units.

If you have a BT earphone in your pocket, how quickly can you put it

in

your ear and turn it on? The 925 is as fast as the Motorola 850. This

is a

key feature unless you keep the earphone on all the time.

The price is $149, same as the Jawbone. I will next try the Oakley

Orkr

pronounced O rocker. I believe it is $250 for the pro version which

has

two earbuds connected to sun glasses. I understand they can be rocked

out

of the way so you can use either or both earbuds and you can have them

out

of the way of your ear canal if necessary. I'll let you know how they
compare. I believe at least one person on this list has them.

Mike



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