Callpod's Dragon Bluetooth earpiece sports 100-meter range

If you're cool with a circular gizmo flanking one of your ears, Callpod's Bluetooth earpiece is probably right down your alley. Aside from rocking a dual-microphone design, noise cancellation technology and multi-device pairing support, this headset promises to stay connected even if you stray 100-meters (give or take) from your mobile / computer. Additionally, you can count on 8-hours of talk time (300-hours in standby) to handle those all-night sobfests, and it's even firmware upgradable should the future hold some extras not yet available. If you're all ready to sign up, hit the read link and throw down your $119.95 -- Callpod says they'll be shipping soon.

[Via Uber-Review]

[TheCow5 @ Nov 15th 2007 7:05PM]

I know smaller is better but I keep loosing these things, I am on my third one.
is it only me that keep looking these things?

[ProBlogReviews @ Nov 15th 2007 7:25PM]

I know now what Santa is bringing me for X-Mas

[Kero @ Nov 15th 2007 7:31PM]

Get cancer faster!

[Michael LaFramboise @ Nov 15th 2007 7:39PM]

Oh please, stop whining - you wanna get away from it all - move out to an island in the middle of the ocean... but w/ all the wifi/cell phones/radio etc, I don't really think a headset will make that much of a difference...

[DarkLightConnection @ Nov 15th 2007 9:20PM]

It does make that much of a difference.. radio waves concentrate by magic means on zones where the receiver antennas are, so, unless you are a human-shaped intelligent antenna, it makes sense to move far off the antennas :-)

[Wwhat @ Nov 16th 2007 7:46AM]

You think you aren't flooded by more, and more powerful, radio waves just sitting in a populated area? I mean BT2.0 is very low power and designed to increase battery life, but those transmitters the phone company put outside your house don't skimp, to name but one source.
Plus a BT headset will keep the more powerful phone transmitter away from your head, if you believe it's so bad.

[XenoX101 @ Nov 15th 2007 7:36PM]

I wouldn't mind bumping uglies with this thing

[Reader @ Nov 15th 2007 7:47PM]

Too cool. Kinda pointless (20m is more reasonable), but still pretty damn cool.

[DarkLightConnection @ Nov 15th 2007 9:23PM]

No, i have a "20m" transmitter and my palm has good sensitivity.... and the signal from my computer to the palm doesnt reach my room :-(

(Yes i know, kinda pointless to connect my palm to the net using BT.. but it drains the battery waaaaay less tha WiFi)

[saq @ Nov 15th 2007 9:04PM]

I'm a little doubtful about these distance claims. No matter how much power you put into a radio it only improves its transmission, not reception. I don't think most phones/laptops really output that much wattage and I don't really think the antennae on this can really be THAT sensitive to compensate.

[Wwhat @ Nov 16th 2007 7:51AM]

There are 2 classes for BT equipment, and obviously this assumes you might use a 100 Meter version on your laptop too.
Mind you I found that an USB BT dongle rated for 100 meter actually connects to a lot of phones in my area, that are more than 10 meter away, through walls, phones that are rated for 10 meter.