RIM has just announced a new product in their accessory line, the HS-700 Bluetooth headset. It’s an innocuous little Bluetooth headset with a nice leather finish, but what makes it special is that you can launch into actions using only your voice. Using voice alone, you can start a call, mute a call, redial, call the last person to call you, swap between calls, or pair to another phone.
Instead of having to press the side of it to answer, you can just say “answer” or “ignore” out loud – it’ll even tell you who’s calling after pairing up with your BlackBerry’s address book and figuring out some text-to-voice translation. For non-BlackBerrys, it’ll still say the phone number of the incoming call.The HS-700 Bluetooth headset even plugs into GPS mapping on your BlackBerry to provide turn-by-turn directions, right in your ear. Volume controls are entirely automated based on ambient noise, which I would be wary about trusting, but will have to try out to know for sure.
If you’re interested, the BlackBerry HS-700 Bluetooth headset is listed in BlackBerry’s online store as Coming Soon for a steep $129.99.
[via Inside BlackBerry]