Sony Ericsson’s MH-100 Stereo Bluetooth Dongle Going for $100-120
By Simon Sage on Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 at 1:44 PM PST In Accessories, Bluetooth, Sony Ericsson
The other day I got a chance to play with an upcoming Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) accessory currently called the MH-100, which promises to turn any set of standard headphones into Stereo Bluetooth-capable ones. The MH-100 is a simple clip-on dongle with a touch sensitive volume bar on one side, music controls on the other, call button on the front, and multicoloured LEDs beneath the front face to indicate volume levels. You can see it briefly in action in some videos; one from way back in May, and another from a little more recently, or my crummy Palm (NSDQ: PALM) Pre pictures below. The only comparable accessory that comes to mind is Jabra BT3030, but I’d much rather go with this clip design than dogtags, mostly since it’s one less string to get tangled. According the filings that recently went through the FCC, the MH-100 will be shipping with the Aino, but if you want to pick this one up separately, I was told it will be available for $100-120.
This is nothing new. Sony already has 4 or 5 of these clip on bt dongles of various shapes and sizes. Most let you use your own earphones. I had of them up until recently. Sounded great, but not much point when you can strap your music player to your arm and run your cables as far as you would plugging into the bt dongle.