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Motorola has launched the HX1 Endeavor Bluetooth headset, their first to make use of bone conducting technology. No, that doesn’t involve some magical, musically-inclined skeleton, but rather sensing the sound vibrations in your jaw as you speak to help cancel outside noise. This feature is activated by what they call “stealth mode” – just hit the button and bone conduction is a-go-go.
It’s not only headsets, like the Jawbone, that use this kind of technology – Pantech put out a bone-conducting phone awhile back, and others even tried stereo headphones for inbound audio. Motorola’s offer should do a lot to bring the idea of bone duction to the public eye, but there’s still a long ways to go before it starts becoming widespread. The initial launch for Motorola’s Endeavor HX1 will be in Asia this July. For a closer look, hit up Motorola’s minisite.
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
